Mio is 26 weeks as of last weekend! Here are some recent photos and video of what she’s been up to.
Mio has been blowing raspberries a lot lately. It seems like she often does it when she’s either bored or frustrated, as is the case in the video below.
Happy half birthday, Mio! You are six months old today. We can’t believe it’s already been half a year since you came into this world and changed our lives forever. Time is really flying fast these days, and it may be partially due to the fact that you are growing so fast!
(I’ll be taking photos of Mio sitting in my white desk chair and wearing her monthly onesie every month until she’s one year old.)
Previous Photos:
One Month Old • Two Months Old • Three Months Old • Four Months Old • Five Months Old
Stats: You weigh 18 lbs 8 oz now! You’ve outgrown your infant car seat and have graduated to the toddler convertible car seat and big girl stroller. Both Mama and Daddy have been experiencing some pain in the wrists and arms because you’re getting so heavy to hold these days! You still have some baby pattern baldness from your hair falling out over the past few months and I swear you have less hair than when you were born, but it seems like it may be slowly making a comeback these days.
Things You’re Doing Now: You are so much more active and aware of your surroundings these days, and you have definitely gotten more vocal in the past month. You continue to sleep through the night and usually sleep from around 10pm to 7:30-8:00am. Your tummy has been your sleeping position of choice for a while now and it still makes your worrywart Mama really nervous, but no matter how many times I try to “fix” your position, you always end up rolling onto your tummy, so I have given up on it and now let you be. You do flips and move around a lot in your sleep, and it always surprises me how you make your way from one side of the crib into another (or into one of the corners) by morning. In the morning, you always wake up in a good mood, and we awake to the soft babbling of your adorable voice coming from your nursery. When we come over to your crib, you flash us a huge smile when you make eye contact with us — it’s probably my favorite part of the day, and your smile gives me so much energy for the rest of the day. (Better than breakfast!)Â You are really into grabbing your toes with your little hands and pulling them up while you are on your back, and you are obsessed with blowing raspberries! It’s pretty darn cute, although it takes some getting used to to be constantly sprayed by the projectile spit that accompanies them. You have started to scoot around on your tummy, and everyone says you’ll be crawling any day now! Your ability to interact with us and your surroundings seems to now change almost daily, and you have developed all kinds of grunts and squeals with which to express yourself. My personal favorite out of your recent developments is how much you laugh out loud these days — it’s so rewarding, and assures me that we must be doing something right. 🙂
Mio has been eating rice cereal for a week now, and although it seemed for a couple days that she regressed in her eating skills, we tried making the cereal less runny and she has slowly been getting the hang of eating it. Since it’s been seven days, we introduced something new today — carrots! We were finally able to try the Beaba Babycook that our thoughtful friends Debbie, Mimi, Michelle, and Stephanie had pitched in together to give to us as a gift back in December.
Here are some photos of the Babycook in action!
The Babycook was super easy to use, was very efficient, and kept mess and cleanup to a minimum. We’ve only used it once and we already love it. Babyfood-making couldn’t be easier with this amazing appliance, and we’re excited about all the other healthy, organic foods we’ll be able to feed Mio with its help! Thank you so much again to our awesome friends for getting it for us!
Mio made a bit of a mess on her face and bib in the process, but she ate it all up! What a good girl! We’re going to make sure you eat lots of veggies! 😀
Last weekend was Oakland’s Eat Real Festival, where 60 street food vendors, along with craft food market vendors, artisan producers, and culinary instructors rolled into Jack London Square to serve up delicious eats (all $5 or under!) and hold workshops and demonstrations. The festival ran from Friday through Sunday, but we spent our Saturday afternoon at the festival. It was our first time there, and we were a bit overwhelmed by how crazy the crowds were, how long some lines stretched, and how much time was spent waiting in them. (It probably didn’t help that we went at what was most likely the busiest time of the whole three days.) The whole experience probably would have been a little less stressful without having to maneuver the stroller through the gravel and throngs of foodies that descended upon the festival, but we still had a good time and got to indulge our palates!
Among some of the delectable food we tried: Hapa SF, CurryUpNow, Cholita Linda, Fat Face, and Scream Sorbet.
Mio turned 25 weeks today, and we decided to give her an introduction to solids this weekend. It’s encouraged to feed babies solids at a time of day when they’re in the best mood, so we chose the late morning. For Mio’s first taste of solids, we mixed some of Earth’s Best organic whole grain rice cereal with breast milk. (Rice cereal can be constipating and doesn’t have as much nutritional value as vegetables, but we thought it was a good way to gently transition Mio into solids before we introduce her to the good stuff!)
She dribbled a lot of the rice cereal out of her mouth because it was her first time getting spoon-fed, but she readily accepted it and had a good amount of it! We captured it on video, below:
I’d say it was a success! So begins Mio’s journey into the world of foods… something tells me she’s going to love eating, just like her parents! 😉
On an unrelated note, here are some additional videos of Mio from the past month that I hadn’t gotten around to posting until now…
Mio and I goofing around together when she was 22 weeks. I love spending my mornings with her like this: I trade her my kisses for her sweet smiles and giggles. ♥ It never gets old.
Here she is at 24 weeks, smiling and bouncing in her jumper as we ask her to “Jump! Jump!”