Belated 6 months update

Miles had his 6 month appointment on June 3rd... here's the stats...

Height: 29" (97%)
Weight: 20 lb 15 oz (90-95%)
Head Circ: 17 1/4" (50%)

So, that meant we had to officially move Miles to his big-boy car seat (height limit on the infant seat is 29"). No more infant seat for him! We're getting used to having to take him out of and put him back into the seat at every stop. Right now it seems a bit tedious, but I am sure it will get better with time.

We have also introduced Miles to carrots, oatmeal, prunes, applesauce, and sweet potatoes. He really loves the prunes, carrots and sweet potatoes. I think Miles would eat so much of them that he would turn orange, if we let him.

Gerritt is off for the summer and has been getting to spend a lot of time with Miles. It's well timed because Miles is in his happy-as-a-lark stage. He is very smiley, laugh-y and loves whatever you have him do. Play on the floor? Okay. Practice standing? Okay. Tummy time? Okay.

Miles is learning new skills every day. He now rolls all directions, sits well on his own, babbles ma-ma-ma-ma and an occassional am-ma (which Gramma thinks is "Gramma"), and tries to grab everything in sight.

Enjoy these pictures from around 6-months of age...

For you, Jae. Cutest onesie in the world!

Sitting on my own.

Smiley baby!

Watch out for that tickly hand...

Giggling!!

Starting on Solid Foods

Miles recently turned 6 months old (on May 29th)! Wow, half a year! He is 21 1/2 lbs according to the bathroom scale which means he will be graduating to a bigger car seat really soon. I am currently lamenting the soon-to-be loss of freedom. The infant car seat made it so easy to carry him in and out of stores, restaurants, etc. without having to wake him up, put on a jacket, shade his eyes from the sun... The big-boy car seat will not be so easy. Sigh...

6 months of age means that we are also starting Miles on "solid" foods. We took some videos, of course!

First, we tried rice cereal. Miles wasn't sure at first, but now LOVES his rice cereal. He's eating it like a pro. His first few bites were a bit tentative...



A week later, we tried peas for the first time. We are taking the philosophy of veggies before fruits. We'll see how it works. Miles definitely didn't take to eating his peas as quickly as eating his rice cereal. Uncle Jason, Aunt Jill, Gramma Sue and Papa Dean were all there to witness the first bites of peas...



And the final video of this post shows just how ingenious little ones can be. Miles was sitting on Papa Dean's lap after dinner one night and started vocalizing as normal... "ahhhhhhhh". But then Papa would bounce his leg and the noise would change... "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah". Miles thought this was great fun and kept doing it, over and over and over...

Miles Videos!

Miles is grow-grow-growing! He had an infected ingrown toenail a few weeks back (right around 5 months old) and at the Dr. office he weighed 19 lb 13 oz, which is about 1 1/2 lbs heavier than at 4 months! Oh, and his ingrown toenail is all better now. He now sits up all by himself (we're just there to catch him when he inevitably throws himself backwards), giggles when he thinks something is funny, rolls from front to back consistently and talks up a storm. In fact, he ended up hoarse for a few days because of all the happy-screamy- noises he makes. Here are some videos of his current shenanigans...

Miles rolling over...



Giggly Miles...



The start of Miles' pianist career...

Many faces of Miles

I was taking pictures today (April 17th) and got a few different expressions I'd like to share. Enjoy!

Week 19 (April 11)

Look... I am blogging in the current week! Whoo hoo... I am caught up!

This week is more of the same... Miles is still working on rolling over... enamored with his feet... talking up a storm. He loves to sit up on his own (still with us close to catch him when he topples) and to go from reclined to sitting all on his own. In fact, he insists on doing it himself. If I sit him up from reclined, he reclines back again just so he can sit up on his own.

Breaking news.... Miles "officially" and purposely rolled over today (the 17th) from his tummy to his back! Gramma Sue, G and I all got is witness the moment. He did it once and was too fussy to try it again. We'll see if he remembers how to roll over once he is in a better mood.

Week 18 (April 4th)

This weekend we visited Grandma and Grandpa Van Otterloo in Iowa. While we were there, Miles started what I like to call his "vocal" phase. He has been squeaking and cooing for a while now, but now he is starting to "talk" in sentences and squeal, sometimes just to hear himself. It's cute, until he decides to squeal at the top of his lungs in the middle of the night (okay... its cute then too, but it just interrupts our sleep a little too much!).

Grandma VO's special touch...

Crashed on Grandma again!

Smiley Miles!


Here's Miles talk talk talking...

Week 17 (March 28th)

Miles was officially 4 months old on March 29th! He had his 4 months Dr. appointment on April 1st where he was deemed "perfect" once again. His stats were as follows:

Height: 27 1/2 in. (97th percentile)
Weight: 18 lb 4 oz (95th percentile)
Head circ: 17 in (75th percentile)

He is still trying to learn to roll over (from back to front and front to back) and it is starting to keep him up at night. He was sleeping through the night (only getting up once) but now has reverted to waking and eating every 3 hours. Guess that is life.

Sorry, no pictures this week!