Noee’s Nook

Luke just turned 7 months a few days ago.  So far he’s been pretty advanced in his motor skills for his age.  I subscribe to babycenter.com and read the What to Expect the First Year book and I usually have to look ahead for milestones because he’s already accomplished most of them already.

Needless to say he is sooooo active and mobile.  He has a walker and but he prefers to walk without it, assisted.  His upper front teeth came out the 2nd week of his 6th month.  At 5 months he’s been drinking from a sippy cup.  At 6 months we bought him a straw cup but he prefers to drink straight from the cup. He still prefers the TV, dvd, cable remote over his toys.  That’s the first thing he goes for whenever he’s in his walker – that’s if he doesnt notice the power sockets first.

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Luke is 6 months now and it’s been a while since he could sit on his own, but today was the first time I saw him go from lying on the floor to a sitting position.  Before this, he usually went from lying down to pulling himself straight up to standing position.

He’s also started walking assisted about a week ago.  I think he’s gonna pretty walk soon.

Today is the first time I noticed Luke really truly crawling and he’s FAST!  He covers a lot of ground in one stroke.  Before, he only inched forward and he used his face to tripod. Now he’s discovered the power of arm and leg combo.  As much as I’m excited about his motor skill developments, I’ve also had to grab his feet everytime he’d dive off the edge of the bed.  That’s about every minute and he’s not gonna stop until he falls down and bumps his head.

(He’s actually fell down the bed once already.  It was Christmas and I was really tired and having major REM.  I woke up to find him missing from the bed.  I found him on the floor, lying on our pillow, smiling in his sleep.  Apparently he didn’t wake up from the fall either.  Fortunately, he kicked the pillow off the bed first before falling off and fortunately our pillow was the memory foam type.  You know how they sell those memory foam beds by dropping a bowling ball on it and the ball wouldn’t bounce but instead lay gently on the bed?  I suppose… well, I want to think that’s what happened to Luke.  Nevertheless, I was so guilty and paranoid that day, I was observing him for concussions.  One thing’s for sure, Luke has a great guardian angel.)

You have to tilt your head to watch because I keep forgetting that I can’t record video on portrait.

Before giving birth, I invested a lot of money on  BPA free Avent Bottles.  In Manila, they cost about P1800 for a pair of bottles.  They’re pretty expensive but no less than the best for my baby, right?  But those BPA free Avent bottles turned out to be the worst bottles ever.  They leaked like crazy it drove me nuts!  Good thing I bought my stash on Amazon.com so I got it cheaper but I bought a lot of it to last Luke more than enough until he starts drinking from the cup.  I didn’t even get to use the 4 oz bottles long enough since Luke was such a milk monster, he had to use the 9 oz bottles right away.    But I still would’ve good use for them had they not been leaking.  Oh, you won’t imagine the frustration of having a leaky bottle that you have to open and close over and over by trial and error until it stops leaking.  Add a crying hungry baby on top of that, and it’s a sure recipe for insanity.  I actually consider it a feat for my EQ that I haven’t thrown any of the bottles on the floor and stomped on them until they become powder.  But I have imagined that scene often.

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So before I forget to greet everyone on the online universe like I did for Christmas,  let me greet everyone a Happy Happy New Year!  May this new year bring everyone more blessings and bliss!

And as the saying goes – better late than never – so I hope everyone had a Blessed Merry Christmas!  Peace and Love to all!

In celebration of Christmas, Luke had his first solids meal with us for lunch.  We bought the organic Heinz golden vegetable baby food for this milestone.  The bottle did say 4-6 months so I guess that’s good for him and I couldn’t find any Cerelac here in Singapore.  If after this meal we find that he’s ready for solids, then we can make his own baby food in the future so that we’re sure there are no preservatives and that the ingredients are fresh.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that Luke has a fixation on Emergency buttons.  He likes reaching for those buttons whenever we’re in the train.

Luke just turned 5 months.  By now, he’s able to turn over and over and over on any direction.  He can also pull himself to standing position.  He’s now teething with 2 small teeth in his lower jaw about to come out.