Rhys knows his name now :) which is surprising considering that we are usually making noises at him or calling him by a cutesy name instead. He's also rolling over now!.....from front to back but not from back to front yet. And really he only does it rarely. I guess he just figures that i'll bring him whatever he needs, so why waste energy rolling? LOL. He's also sitting up on his own for a few seconds at a time. It seems like each time i test him to see how long he can go, he keeps going and going. I'm predicting that in a couple of weeks, that he'll be able to sit like a big boy all by himself.
His looks are changing rapidly too....I'm convinced that those dark baby blues are starting to turn brown but some people can see green in there. Like with anything else, we'll have to wait and see but it sure would be lovely if he could keep his daddy's color! His hair is coming in a bit thicker. it's a fuzzy blonde squeezy fest especially when he gets out of the tub :)
The dreaded separation anxiety has begun :( He gets very upset when ryan or i leave the room and even more distraught when anyone besides us or my mom is holding him. his sad lip is cute as hell but it still breaks my heart when he is scared or upset. all the research im doing seems to say that this anxiety could last until he is 18 months old. lets hope not!
Since he is about a week away from being 6 months old, we started giving him solids a couple of days ago :) he had been displaying signs of readiness for a bit but our pediatrician thinks a baby should be 6 months old and we agree. speaking of food....i am making my own baby food. Its such a great way to control what goes in your baby (organic only of course) and also a great way to save money. So far I'm doing the puree/freeze method and in comparing the price of a typical organic baby food bought at the store and what i'm doing....we're paying half!!!! that makes me feel great :) and while we're on the subject of saving money, i'm using cloth wipes with a solution that i make as well and that has been going wonderfully. Since becoming a mommy, ive certainly started leaning to the "crunchy" side of things. I like to refer to myself as a Conservative Hippie. haha. I'm very well informed on the decisions i make. Keeping things as natural as possible can almost never be wrong. And if i can save money here and there and put it towards something a lot more fun than food/diapers/wipes, i'm a happy momma.
We are experiencing a heat wave in Ohio (and the rest of the country)! Staying out of the sun has been difficult for my sanity and my tan for that matter. But he's almost old enough for sunscreen so we will be spending more time outside and a week in Florida in August! Please be sure to look into the dangers of a lot of sunscreens out there on www.ewg.org. they are a great resource for the safety of a lot of products. Sunscreens, their ingredients/claims are barely regulated and therefore, scary in my book.
This age is so much fun! I'm more in love with my little man each day. Even though he has been a fussy butt the last couple of days (teething is starting), i cant imagine my life without him. I really believe that i was made to be a mom. A calling of sorts. Thanks for reading! -Cox family
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