Toes!

Hmmm....What are these?  Something else I can suck on.  And, they're attached.   Convenience!  

Fun Facts about Huxley - Month 6

A few fun tidbits about our little guy - Updated

Food he's tried:  Rice and Barley Cereal and Oatmeal.  Later this week we'll try some carrots. 

Number of Teeth - Two!!!  The second bottom tooth just poked through today.

Tricks: 

• Sitting with assistance
  
• Rolling over 10 zillion times and crying every time
  
• Rolling over while Momma tries to change his diaper
  
• Laughing out loud & squealing
  
• Sucking on the toes/becoming monkey and getting both feet up to his mouth
  
• Pulling momma's hair, earrings, necklace, and anything else attached to me
  
• Chasing the dogs by having momma fly him through the air 
  
• Smacking momma and daddy/smacking himself  
  

New Toys:  Mirror for him to admire his handsome self.  Toy drum from Uncle Matt Brown- this was actually a Christmas present but hasn't been useful until now.  Books & CD from Great Aunt Susie

What comforts him when he's upset:  Looking at his bears in his pack n' play, being held and walked, and car rides. 

What makes him smile/laugh:  Buffy and Spike, strange sounds, being tickled, and momma and daddy singing to him.

Ounces he devours/day:  30

Ounces/feeding:  7-8 ounces

Number of feeding:   5/day

Clothing size he's in: 12 Month - 18 Month

Diaper Size:  Size 3

Nickname:    Chubs, Giganto, Chunk-a-munk, monkey, Jabba the Baby
Favorite toys: Mr. Star, puppy puppet rattles, and the exersaucer.

Favorite book:   All of them.  He likes the pictures and wants to eat them all.   

Favorite Nursery Rhymes:  Hickory Dickory Dock, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Pop goes the Weasel.

Number of Naps:  We're down from 4 to 3 naps and he's taking a longer morning nap.  His morning nap is 2 hours and the other two are 45 minutes.  

 

Bedtime:  7:30pm

Bedtime Ritual:  I read him a book, turn on some lullabies, and give him a bottle. 

Waking Time: 5:30 - 6:00am

Proof

For the non-believers, here is a video of Huxley rolling over...

It's been difficult to capture this milestone.  Whenever I get the camera out, Huxley becomes much more interested in the camera than rolling over.   He officially rolled over at 4 1/2 months.   

When he first started to roll, he got frustrated when he couldn't pull his arm out from underneath him.  By 5 months he was able to flop over, whip that arm out, push up, and have a look around. 

Now he just needs to figure out how to roll from his belly to his back.  

Teething

Huxley is getting his very first tooth.  His lower front tooth is starting to peek through.  I haven't been able to get a good look at it, because his tongue is always in the way.  But, I can feel the tooth cutting it's way through his gums.

I thought I'd check his mouth since he was more fussy than usual today and had difficulties taking his bottle.  He'd push the bottle away after only two ounces.  I knew something wasn't right.  The little chunk never stops after just two ounces.  He'd also bite down on the nipple on subsequent tries to get him to take the bottle. 

He'd settled into bed around 7:30 tonight, and hopefully he'll sleep soundly until morning.  We'll see.

Milestone Update

He found his toes!!  Almost.  Yesterday during a diaper change he grabbed a hold of his feet and tried to pull them towards his mouth, but wasn't successful.  Ever since, he's been eyeing his feet with this somewhat maniacal stare.  It's like his feet are taunting him.  It won't be long now until he figures out how to get them in his mouth.  

Giganto!

Our nickname for Huxley so far has pretty much been chubs.  Since he has rolls over fat everywhere and he's in the 90th percentile for his weight, the nickname seems to fit.  

Yesterday, we found a nickname that Huxley seems to like.  Jason started calling Huxley Giganto and Huxley just laughed and laughed everytime Jason called him that.  

The Beagles & Baby

We are often asked how the dogs are handling the baby, and so far they've exceeded my expectations.  Buffy isn't constantly trying to lick him, and Spike doesn't pee all over the floor whenever he sees Huxley.  

For the most part they treat him as if he doesn't exist.  Occasionally Spike will attempt to sit in my lap even though Huxley is already occupying it.  We end up having a battle, and I of course win.  I push Spike. He pushes back and sometimes follows with a growl.  Eventually, I knock him on the floor, and he moves onto other things.   We had this same battle when I was pregnant.  My ginourmous belly was non-existent to him.  

Huxley only exists to them when he's making noises, like crying, or when he's providing food for them.  When Huxley was first learning to grasp and shake his rattles, he smacked himself right in the head and started crying.  Both Buffy and Spike came rushing over to Huxley.  They knew it was a cry for help and came to his rescue.  The only reason Buffy made it into the above picture was because Huxley didn't feel like keeping any of his cereal down.  She thought she'd help him out with that. 

They've been great puppies for Huxley so far.  Soon, Huxley will be terrorizing them, pulling their ears and tails, and he'll probably make Spike pee on the floor.  I don't think there's anyone who hasn't made Spike pee on the floor.