I just can't believe how fast everything is going. Reid is now 6.5 months old. It seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital. And now he's changing every day.
Exactly one week after Reid cut his first little bottom tooth, he cut the one right next to it. So he now has two little bottom teeth. No more have popped through for the time being, and I'm just fine with that. I got a little nervous about nursing because he was starting to bite me toward the end. I posted on my mommy site for some advise, and was told to try not to react and just unlatch him and that's it. So, that's what I did. One time he turned back for more, but I waited for a minute so he would know not to bite, and we haven't had another instance yet (fingers crossed!).
Reid is really eating solids like a champ now. He gobbles up a whole 2.5 ounce jar of veggies and is taking 3 TBS of cereal at night (depending on how tired he is). Last weekend I introduced fruit (peaches), and he chowed down the whole jar. So right now we're at 3 "meals" a day. We've also put some cheerios on his tray so he can start to practice picking up food. He's been able to pick a few up, but they don't quite make it in his mouth. But we're just practicing. The dr. also said we could start giving him small pieces of soft fruits, like bananas, peaches, avocado, etc. But I'll probably wait a little for that. Reid is also really curious about drinking out of a cup. He's always grabbing for the glass when Ryan or I drink something while holding him or being near him. This weekend I let him try to "drink" water from my cup. Obviously he didn't really swallow anything, but he was getting some in his mouth. I went ahead and bought a sippy cup, so we're going to practice with that and probably continue on letting him try a regular cup too.
Reid sits really well on his own now. As a matter of fact, Ryan and I have each seen him get himself into a sitting position from his tummy. Ryan thought it was a fluke when he saw it, but I think Reid is figuring it out. This morning it looked more intentional and a fluke. Also this morning I saw Reid do one army crawl scootch forward. He's going to be mobile in no time! I told Ryan my guess was that he'd be crawling or scooting around within a week. I also said we needed to look into getting those baby gates sooner than later!
A couple weeks ago on a Friday Reid had a fever of 101.9. He wasn't allowed to stay at daycare (anything over 100 has to stay home for 24 hours), so I took him to the doctor. Reid had an ear infection in his right ear and a virus called Hand, Foot & Mouth. He had sores in his throat from the virus. So, he was put on Amoxicillan for the ear infection and just had to tough it out for the virus, and we gave him infant tylenol for the fever. The fever was gone by Sunday. Aside from the fever, you wouldn't have known he was sick other than he was a little more clingy on that Friday. He still played and laughed and never showed any signs of discomfort. Then, on Tuesday, I had a fever of 103. I didn't know at first I was sick. I told Ryan that morning I felt funny, but we thought it was just because I was really tired (I stayed up late the night before). So I went off to work and was freezing...teeth chattering cold with my space heater on and it being over 80 outside! So I went home at 4:30 and took my temperature....I ended up putting Reid to bed, taking a shower, and was in bed by 8:00. Well, I guess I caught Reid's hand, foot and mouth virus because the next day my throat hurt really bad....it was like swallowing knives. Then I had red spots all over my fingers and hands, and my fingers hurt to do things like typing, picking things up, etc. The next day the spots on my hands didn't hurt anymore, but were still there. Then I got spots all over my feet and up my legs! Those didn't really hurt too bad. But thank goodness all of that is over now! There is nothing to you can do but let it run it's course, and it certainly was not fun! I'm just glad Reid didn't have it as bad as I did.
Reid is starting to get a little separation anxiety lately. He always wants his mommy, which sometimes makes Ryan feel a little bad. But it's completely normal around this age, and I told Ryan before we know it, he's going to want daddy more than mommy. Anyway, he is fine with Ryan when I'm not around...like if I'm running an errand or not home from work yet...but the minute he sees me when I get home, he starts fussing/crying until I get him. Also, if I'm with him in the living room and then run into the kitchen for a second, he starts crying until I get him. And any time I walk out of his field of vision....crying. I've been told this only lasts a few weeks. Oh well, not that I mind holding him a little more :-)
Overall, we just can't get over what a good baby Reid is. He is always so happy and really only cries when he's hungry and tired. We are very blessed.
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