Five months and we have teeth

I know the real reason you all visit my blog is to hear about Baby Antonio. A few of you actually sent text messages or Facebook messages expressing your disappointment in my lack of posts. Well if you read my blog just published moments ago, you'll learn I'm working through balancing wife, mother, and employee. Our little cub is progressing very well and he is the most amazing baby. Categorically here is what we have going on with the cub:

Teeth:

So March 12th the first tooth crowned. He had been teething for some time and we were patiently waiting for his little tooth to make an appearance. Well we woke that Monday morning to find the tippy top of a tooth in his bottom gum. It had finally broken the skin. I was shocked to learn that the little tooth was quite razory (is that a word). I don't know why but we were so excited and proud about this tooth. I told everyone at work. Well Tuesday came and much to my surprise there was a second tooth. This tooth managed to catch up to the first tooth in one night. I could not believe my eyes. We've tried desperately for weeks to capture these precious gems but my little cub is not having it so I'll share the cruddy ones with you all. At four months our little cub had two teeth.

Taken right after his teeth appeared

Eating:

The doctor cleared the cub for solid food at his four month appointment. We were excited because I've been eager to use my Beaba (baby food cooker). Of course we started with the rice cereal then oatmeal. So far he has been introduced to bananas, carrots, sweet peas, green beans, apples, pears, and sweet potatos. His favorite is definitely the sweet potato. My mother bakes the sweet potato then mashes it up. We don't use the Beaba to prepare the sweet potato because it doesn't taste as good. He does not care for carrots. We just introduced pears yesterday so I don't know how he feels about them. The next item on the list will be avacados. I definitely support making your own baby food. It's so cost friendly and it really doesn't take the time people think it takes. You literally peel the fruit, cut it up, then put it in the food cooker to steam for like 15 minutes. The timer goes off then you blend it. Twenty minutes tops and we've prepared a week's amount of pureed fruit for the cub. The Beaba is amazing because everything is done in one place. We don't have to steam it in a pot then transfer it to a blender.

Physical Growth:

So he finally allows us to do tummy time. My cub hated tummy time. We've been gradually increasing the amount of time he spends on his tummy and he has shown great improvement. No crawling. He currently prefers to roll everywhere he needs to go. Those little grabby hands are quite busy and I officially can not wear a knecklace or my glasses. He particularly likes pulling my hair. He does this differently from most babies. He actually puts his hands in deep to the scalp then he pulls from the root. He's a little strong for a baby. He sits independently for a few minutes before toppling over. We are still growing in this department.

Babbling and humming:
I'm a talker and let's just say my son will be too. He is the most babbling baby ever. In the morning he waits in his crib for us to get him all the while babbling. We have caught him several times talking to the animals printed on his sheets. He actually plucks at them and we believe he gets frustrated with them. I've replaced the animal sheets with blank ones and noticed that with these there is less babbling in his crib. My son also hum while he eats. It's quite adorable.
Loving:

Ok so my cub gives the most amazing sloppy wide mouth kisses ever. The first time he gave me one I almost melted on spot. So many emotions flew through me because here was my cub expressing love back to me. I thought I was a goner the first time he smiled at me but these kisses are to die for. He only gives them to me. No kisses for the daddy yet. I keep reassuring my husband it's due to the fact that I kiss all over all the time. For now the husband is content with the bright smiles and giggles.

Lastly he sleeps throught the night. He is actually the best baby when it comes to sleep. He gets fussy between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. becasue he is sleepy. Once the fussiness begins we lay him down for the night. He usually takes his blanket, roll over, and begin sucking on it or wrapping himself in it. We pray, say goodnight,  then leave the room. The next time we  hear from the cub is between  6:30 a.m. and  7 a.m. babbling away in his crib. We had a few hiccups where he woke in the middle of the night/wee hours of the morning because he'd rolled onto his tummy. Now that he is better with tummy time and with rolling back over we no longer have this hiccup. I have found sleep once again.

Well, there is more but this is lengthy enough. I  promise to get this balance thing together so my posts are more frequent and less lengthy.

Enjoying the sunshine