Or should I say, has it only been 6 months? Babies have a way of messing with your sense of time because almost as soon as you bring one home, it feels like they've always been part of your life. Anyway, whether it's been a fast 6 months or a slow 6 months, it's a mark Dexter hit this weekend, and it's a significant milestone in his first year. I believe there are few things in the world more adorable than a 6-month-old baby. This stage gives you an irresistible blend of pure babyness mixed with lots of personality. Dexter is very curious about the world around him these days. He's constantly grabbing at stuff, and when he gets ahold of something, he holds it up to his face for careful scrutiny. He's becoming quite enamored of his big brother. He'll watch Henry when he's up to his usual shenanigans with a look of fascination on his face that says, "Who is that guy? He's a total ROCK STAR!!!" It's very sweet.Because he's 6 months old, I started Dexter on "solid" food the other day. So far, he hasn't been terribly interested. Then again, I don't know who would want to eat that flavorless mush they call baby cereal. I'm not finding I have a lot of patience with the recommended schedules for introducing baby food; the rule is that you start with the rice cereal mush, then introduce a new food every few days to make sure allergies aren't an issue, etc., etc. It all sounds like it's going to take a long time. If D. doesn't show interest in the rice mush like, tomorrow, I think I'll offer him peach mush and apple mush and other stuff that's actually tasty until he gets used to eating, then go back to rice mush. We'll see. I guess I'm just not very excited about the whole solid foods thing. I was when Henry was a baby, but since he ended up liking exactly one flavor of baby food (Beech Nut Peach Cinnamon Oatmeal) out of all the stuff I tried to feed him (including made-from-scratch baby delicacies), my spirit got a tad deflated. Also, I now realize that life as a parent is at its easiest when your child is breastfeeding exclusively, so the lazy part of me is sad to see that phase ending. No more feeding on the fly--now I have to plan meals, prepare the food, feed the food, and clean up. Oh well. I just hope he likes the peaches.
2 comments:
I just love the pictures. In the first one he looks like he knows how cool he looks in the reindeer hat and the other one he looks like he wants to say "Mommy, do you know how awful this mush tastes??
Six months has gone by much too fast.
Love the pics, also. He looks so much like a little boy in the first one and more like the 6 mo old he is! We had instant constipation with rice mush for both kids, so it was mixed grain mush with fruit mush swirled in. I'm with you on the nursing...hard to let that easy road go! No hurry on the food, unless he wants it, he doesn't really need it yet.
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