7 Months

It's hard to believe Declan will be 8 months on Thursday.  That also means it's time for my always-late monthly post.  So let's just pretend Declan is still 7 months for a moment....

What a cutie right?  He started sitting for a little on his own if you can get his legs situations just right.  He's really not a big fan of tummy time so we're starting to think he may just pass on the whole crawling thing.  He's eating 3 meals a day pretty regularly.  He chows down on kale, spinach and sweet potatoes but could do without the broccoli.  We originally started out with baby-led weaning but there was just too much anxiety on my part.  He only ever really gagged but I found myself literally holding my breath the whole time he was experimenting with the food.

He also loves reading by the fire during the snow storms this year.  He's a talkative little guys and makes all types of noises.  Mike and I are already battling it out to steer him towards "mama" and "dada" respectively.  But we're pretty sure Garrett and the dogs rank among his favorite things so I have no doubt they might beat us in the "first words" department as well.  

6 Months

Looking back at my posts since Declan was born it appears I have not been that great about that whole "document all the moments" thing.  Once every two months?  That seems to be my speed.

So here we are 6 months with this beautiful little boy who, as every person under the sun likes to let me know, is the spitting image of his dad.  Less than an hour after a natural delivery that saw no more than 7 minutes between water breaking and baby screaming, nurses and everyone who visited felt the need to share how much this precious new baby, THAT I GREW, looked like Mike.  But I'm getting off topic here....

The last 6 months have been an amazing ride and as much as I love snuggling with a newborn, these last few weeks are my favorite so far.  He's really interacting with us and is interested in what everyone is doing around him.  He loves interacting with the other kids at daycare and gets a great big smile when he sees Mike and I the first time after work.  He's a bit stingy with his laughs but Garrett seems to drawl them out the easiest by acting like a nutcase; jumping around and making crazy sounds.

His sleep has been, well, nothing to complain about or write home about.  Around 9-10 weeks he was sleeping most nights from 8 until 1 or 2 in the morning, sometimes even longer.  Then we hit the 4 month sleep regression.  I don't remember it with Garrett but the struggle is real people.  So for about a month we were back to feeding every 3 hours and it was brutal in every sense of the word.  Then we were getting that long stretch again for a while before these pesky teeth made their presence known.  So we're playing the waiting game and just hoping they rupture soon so we can start working with Declan to get him sleeping through the night.