Fun Family Moments

Eating some butternut squash - Little Bear likes to help get the spoon in his mouth

I'm not really sure mom, I still prefer MILK!!!!

Father's Day: Mark, Brother Shadow, and Little Bear

Father and Son

Brother Shadow giving Little Bear a kiss

Things are going pretty well here.  Feeding Little Bear solid foods is still a work in progress.  I'm not getting to zealous about it.  I'm just trying to slowly work the different varieties in to his diet.  Since things had been going so well, I decided to offer food at every meal this past Wednesday.  He took 2 oz of food every time.  Well, Wednesday night Little Bear didn't sleep too well at all.  Thursday at CC's house he was miserable and very fussy which is so unlike him.  I felt horrible I was at work and couldn't be there to comfort him, but CC did a fabulous job.   CC and I both thought he was teething because his top teeth look like they're about to breakthrough.  So, a little Tylenol, ibuprofen, and teething gel were given at different times.  However, they didn't help all that much.  When I got home, Little Bear was super happy to see me.  I got him ready for bed and then fed him.  He wasn't super tired because he had gotten a better late afternoon nap.  So, after eating, he wanted to play instead of going straight to bed.  I smelled something fierce though and went to change him.  He had pooped, and kept pooping.  Sorry to be graphic, but it was the largest, most formed stuff I've seen from such a little person.  He seemed much happier after that.  He ended up sleeping well that night.  When he got up in the morning, he had the biggest blowout ever.  So, I concluded that is difficult sleeping and rough day was due to gas, constipation, stomach upset.  Poor guy.  I certainly over-did it with feeding him solids.  Lesson learned.  So, I've scaled way back and offer him solids 1-2 times per day.

Oh, by the way, I felt another tooth yesterday morning.  It's on the top.  Not the middle one, but the tooth next to the middle left one.  He's now mastered rolling from back to tummy.  He's scooting around, but still isn't really moving forward yet.  That's OK, because once that happens, he'll be all over the place.