Jesse turned six months the day before we left San Angelo, on Sept 3. I am pretty sure we made a big deal out of Esther's six month birthday. I am telling myself we would have done the same for Jesse if not for the craziness of moving. Either way, he didn't seem to feel neglected. : )
On the floor in San Angelo (Esther may be using him as a pillow!!)
Right before his six month birthday, we started feeding him solid food! With Esther, we waited til six months but Jesse just seemed to be hungry. So I tried to make him some cereal myself out of organic brown rice but I just couldn't get the texture smooth enough. Then I found a box of organic brown rice Gerber baby cereal and he was much happier with that. Bananas were the first food, which he seemed to like, then sweet potatoes, which he didn't seem to like. But I think he just took a few tries to figure out this whole eating from a spoon thing, because now he will eat them -- also peas, green beans, squash, pears, and prunes. I usually mix the fruit/veggie with some of the cereal and he gobbles it up. I made most of Esther's baby food but I have given myself a break so far and bought baby food jars/containers. But it is on my list of projects to start soon. I am also still nursing, either four or five times a day to go with the solid food.
Esther loves to help feed him!At six months, Jesse was able to scoot himself around the floor, but kind of slowly. Now, he can go anywhere he wants to go! He still doesn't do a full crawl with one leg moving at a time. He does kind of afrog kick across the floor but he is pretty fast. He can seriously go throgh a whole room, down the hallway, and into another. And of course, everything he finds goes in his mouth. I forgot how good babies are at finding every little piece of dirt and debris on the floor - and then eating it.
Six months pictures:
Our friends Kristen and Justin gave us an exersaucer for Jesse to use, and he loves it! He will play in that thing for a long time. He really investigates and plays with each one of the toys on it. He seems to be a hands-on kind of guy like his Papa. :)
And other big news is that Jesse has his first tooth! We discovered it just a couple of days before he turned seven months. It didn't seem to bother him except for the day after we first saw it. He was cranky, very abnormal for him, and even cried during the afternoon. But the next day he seemed fine...so we'll see what happens for the next one.
The old frozen washcloth trick.
And Jesse likes swings!! His first time on a big playground swing he seemed undecided. The next time he really enjoyed it, and even laughed. But he grabbed on to the side like crazy when it first started moving!
Like father, like son: Home Depot and Moutain Dew!!
Seven months birthday pictures:
Here is Jesse trying to climb the steps. He loves it when I help him "walk" up the stairs. And he crawls over to the steps now but he can't quite pull up onto them yet. Oh, but he wants to! I am excited to see what the next month holds. : )
One more story I remembered ... a few days ago, Jesse was lying on his tummy on my legs while I was sitting on the floor. Esther was beside me playing with a toy. Jesse bounced himself to try to get to that toy but he couldn't move himself off of my legs. He bounced himself again but still couldn't move. I was paying attention to Esther when suddenly Jesse launched himself across my legs and onto Esther and the toy! This little boy has drive and determination. : )
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