Gavin has had some excitement this month... FOOD! I wasn't going to be one of those moms who writes about each meal, but today's dinner was too cute not to mention: he ate pureed mangoes and vanilla yogurt. Together. Just because I eat a bite of everything we give him (fyi: sweet potatoes = yuck, formula = not too bad, yo baby yogurt = jury's still out, Gerber bananas = mushy banana candy, mom's homemade carrot puree = delish) I tried this mango yogurt concoction and I do believe we have a winner! I kept thinking, I'd smack the table for more of this, too!
He's funny when he eats. He loves fruit; he tolerates vegetables (I think he has Grandma to thank for that gene). Sometimes he eats two bites; sometimes the entire bowl (mango yogurt = two whole bowls). Occasionally he'll eat like it's his last meal; sometimes he's too busy with something more interesting. At times, he's so hungry for more, he's smacking the table and crying because you can't shove it in fast enough. He helps guide the spoon into his mouth. What a nut!
And a large child, he is! At his 6 month check up, he tipped the scales at 21 lbs. 6 oz. His doctor said, "That's a big boy!" Well, when this big boy is hungry, you wish you weren't in the room! His cries are unbearable when he's hungry. For an early baby, it's refreshing to see how he's grown into such a hefty thang. It was easy to worry about the "preemie" but he seems to have trashed that title.
He rolled that mass-o-body over a few times in the past week, but gets stuck on that darn arm, which he has trouble freeing once he's made the roll. I saw his first two rolls (Friday, March 20) and got an early morning chill... he's going to start crawling soon. We are so not ready for this guy to be on the move! All our junk is on the low levels! We don't pick up after ourselves! We have an outlet every 16 inches! That's a lot of outlet plugs... better get busy babyproofing...
