Slacker of a blogger

Okay so if I write about all the excuses why I didn't write, I'll just waste time. So let me catch you up!

Micah is sitting up unassisted!! yes that's right - he has been doing this for about two weeks. I still stay near and don't go too far since he somtimes will fall back and hit his head. He hasn't yet figured out how to go from sitting ot laying down yet, so when he gets too far to the floor he just continues to fall - the momentum carries him to either face plant or fall back on his head. It's so sad but still cute :) Everything he does is cute!

We are working with an early intervention specialist through the HELP ME GROW program in Delaware. Our specialist (she) comes once a month to play with Micah and evaluate his progress in gross motor and fine motor skills. She also helps to identify any areas where he may need more services (PT, OT, etc). So far we have just been monitoring his progress. He has developed from 3 months gross motor upon coming home to 6 month and some 7month gross motor skills - in 1.5 months time!! His fine motor skills were 4 months upon coming home and now they are also 6-7 months. She has helped us to work with him to promote crawling - apparantly this is very important for him to get as we don't want him to walk too soon and skip crawling - who knew!?

He babbles more and more and louder and louder! Still only vowel sounds, but I'm trying to encourage the "mama" out of him - although I hear "dada" is easier - ha! He is close to the "nana" but not the "mama" - he usually stops dead in his tracks and just stares at us when we talk consonants to him - it's funny! Soon though!

He is eating more and so much better. I'd say we hit a breakthrough around mid-month. We were struggling as he just didn't seem interested - and actually didn't quite know what to do with the food and spoon when fed. Now he actually gets excited around food and eating 2-4 oz of veggies or fruit with 1-2 oz of grains at a time. I make him his food at home. He started with sweet potatoes, bananas, and apples. Then we tried pears and squash. All went well. He has recently had peas and carrots and the latest new food - yogurt! mmm. Next up is avacodo, peaches, and green beans. For formula, he typically eats 36-42 oz/day (depending on how much solid food he had) - but we're trying to reduce it to 32 oz with more solids. We're getting there!

He sleeps well for the most part. He wakes up every 4 hours now at night and naps 2-3 times a day - usually 2 - 1-2 hour naps. So we're not complaining here :)

The boy has to be 16 pounds by now - he is sooo heavy! I am guessing 16 pounds but I don't know for sure. He is now in 6-9 month sleepers and onesies but 3-6 pants - his little legs are short - so cute! Maybe he'll be a swimmer like Michael Phelps with a long torso :)

OH and we recently had a first haircut! His hair was just out of control!
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