What a baby! He is really adorable. He has entered the cutest phase and is doing so well these days. He is sleeping well at night and taking nice long naps during the day and in between he is always happy go lucky!
He had a phase where he would not sleep well which was at Christmas time and at my mother place just a week ago, but I am realising now that he may simply not adjust well to moving around and change in his routine. Chloe was much more flexible. I think he likes us to stick to a schedule of some kind and likes his bed best.
Right now he is going to bed between 9 and 9:30 pm and sleeps till around 7-7:30am. He will wake up happy now and talk in bed for about 15-30 mnis depending on how he feels. He as his bottle around 8am, then will play in his saucer a little, then he either go in his bouncy chair or jolly jumper while Chloe eats her breakfast. Then we all go back to the living room to play if we are staying home or get dressed and get ready to go out. He then will nap around 10:30 11:00am, for about 1-2 hours. The longer he sleeps then, the shorter his afternoon nap will be usually. He then has a bottle around 12:00-12:30. Then takes another nap around 1:30-2:30pm for another 1hour or 2. Then he has a bottle aroudn 4pm, then takes another much shorter nap around 6:30pm ( sometimes he has his bottle first then naps around 7pm) he then will have his bottle at 7pm, then he plays a little, then it’s bath time around 7:45pm and a last bottle around 8:45pm and in bed by latest 9:30pm. He naps a total a of about 3 1/2- 4 1/2 hours a day and sleeps about 10 hours at night. THis is very recent though that his naps are so long. I used to have to go to his room after 45 mins to give him his pacifier so he could continue his nap. Now he sleeps 2-3 hours straight through some days. It’s a really nice change.
Today his long nap allowed me to go outside with Chloe to play in the snow and showel the drive way. I brought the montior outside with me and he slept for over 2 hours! It was great!
He is drinking 5 bottles of about 7 oz. We started to feed his rice cereal this week and he is not taking it well. we tried three times already and he really doesn’t like the taste we think. We skipped yesterday but will try again to day. His 6 month appointment is in two days so we’ll see what the Doc says. He is still on Elecare.
His ezcema is under control, but we need to continue to cream him every morning and night. we are mainly using Elidel, and Cetiphil cream. We sometimes use Aquaphor and corisone cream when it gets bad.
He is very strong and can hold himself up well. He even trys to take steps. he loves jumping around in his Jolly Jumper and loves his saucer. He especially likes the saucer when we put toys around him to touch and put in his mouth. He loves to touch things and goes CRAZY trying to get stuff. He loves putting things to his mouth….hands and all. He still uses a pacifier, but not as much now since he can use other things to pacify himself. We do not give him a pacifier at night, only during naps.
He also started to turn himself over on his tummy when he sleeps…which is a problem because he will wake up crying. I had to go in this morning to turn him around so he coudl continue sleeping. So he hasn’t quite figured out how to turn himself back.
He is also sitting up much better. he still requires pillows all around , but he is much better at holding himself.
He is cooing alot these days and has started to make sounds like Ga ga ga and ba ba ba. He still drools like crazy and we have to change his bib ever hour or so. He has the most amazing smile and LOVES faces. He goes into an instant smile when ever we look at him. He also turns when we call his name now.
He loves to cuddle when I read to his big sister. He will look at the pictures and try to touch the book…which ofcourse sets off Chloe, but she over all does well with him and enjoys him alot. He misses him when he isn’t around and asks where he is if he isn’t with us. SHe knows he is a part of our family now and enjoys having him in our lives. Like her, we cannot imagine now what life would be without this little bundle of joy.
Tonight we are going to Karate, we tried 2 months ago but haven’t gone back since due to all of us getting sick over and over again it seemed. now the holidays are done and we are all better…so it’s better late than never!
Happy 6 month birthday Alexandre, we love you!
Mamam et papa qui t’aime gros gros gros!
xx