crawling

Last Sunday, we were on a web call with my parents and brother in L.A., and Max decided to make forward progress. This week he crawled all over and we finally got a short video. Time to start baby proofing!

LOL

We live for this little laugh!

Grandma

 

Was looking around for pictures today. Found this picture of my grandmother and I at my cousin's wedding. She's was doing really well back then. I think this was the time that Auntie Yae had trouble figuring out who I was and Grandma was telling her. Brought a smile to my face. You'll be missed Grandma!

So Tired

I put Max in his little jumper thing today while I went to clean up the kitchen a little. He was playing and having a good ole time as usual. Then, he kinda went silent. I looked over and this is what I saw:

Never seen him fall asleep in that thing before. He would usually get sleepy and start whining. I guess he was having too much fun and didn't want to get up.

Other updates

 

We are getting tons of giggles and chuckles from Max these days, so I guess we take the good with the bad. The last 2.5 weeks have been brutal! Just a few days ago I finally caught up on sleep. I was beginning to be afraid that there was something wrong, cuz the usual "good night's sleep" (for a parent of a 6 month old) just wasn't doing it, and I found myself just exhausted. Max started off not sleeping well right before we left for California. Then while we were in Califoria and even after we got back, he was up crying every 1-3 hours with a few 4-5 hr stretches a few nights in there. Sometimes he just needed his paci, and other nights it was rocking, nursing and getting him to go back to sleep. Could have been teething (no teeth yet, but I've heard that they can just be moving around under there & causing pain), growth spurt, change of timezones, change of routine, stresss from me or changing sleep patterns going along with all the new stuff he's learned (sitting up, push ups, creeping, etc.) One night back here, we tried to give him a bottle after I fed him at 7 then 8:30, then around 9:30/10 - and he took a whole 4.5 oz bottle (which is the size of his normal feedings!) I started on fenugreek and finally got one really good night of sleep (Max had an 11 hr stretch after his 1st day back at day care) - so guess my supply is finally ramping up. But I'll catch him wincing every once in a while when i'm feeling his gums....so I agree with my friend, it's probably a little of everything. So we're back into the normal routine...and things are getting better.

Max is also creeping along, so I think crawling is coming soon.

More please?

 

Food!

 

 

 

On Max's 6 month birthday, Max was at home with Grandma. Wei Yan and I came home for lunch and gave Max his 1st meal - some organic rice cereal. We made is super soup-ey, but no need to be afraid....he gulped it all down. A few days later we tried some squash, but had to stop after 2 days since it gave max a little diahhrea. Back to the cereal, but he was definitely ready for it. Even after giving him a big bottle, he still seems to eat as much as we'll give him (but we're gradually increasing the amount).

New car seat

Max fell asleep today on the way to the loft, then on the way to
maki's, and then on the way to obon. After a 1hr 45 min nap @ maki's
house, too! I tried to take a pic of him sleeping, but he woke up just
as I was taking this pic. So much for the peaceful zonked out baby pic
I was trying to take! He must be my kid - so grumpy when he wakes up!

I was thinking the new car seat wasn't that comfy since his head is
always falling forward, but guess all the naps have proved that theory
wrong!

Look Ma! Only 1 hand

So we made it out to LA okay - no issues at all. He slept for the entirety of the 1st flight and then 3 hrs on the 2nd flight. He was getting a bit bored of me and the neighboring passengers were uninterested in smiling, so he did okay, although I was nervous he would be completely bored of me after an hour & a half.

Have spent some time with family. Grandmother's funeral was Wednesday and saw a bunch of relatives I haven't seen in a long time, but our family is pretty cool in that they do get together. We had a bunch of family who drove down from Sacramento ~ so it was good to see them - since I've lived in NC for 13 yrs, it's probably been a good 20 since I've seen some of them.

Will have to wait to post more pics til I get home - nothing at my mom's place recognizes the new Sd card we bought. Oh, Max is rocking back & forth on all fours and doing lots of "planks" as well as moving around quite a bit. He also fell off of my bed one night - so he's been in the pack n' play since then. Luckily,he got wedged half way down and then fell the last few inches from a dead stop - so he only cried cuz he woke up, not cuz he had fallen far.