RICE

Well the time has come to start you on rice, Ryan. You're 4 1/2 months old and still not sleeping through the night. In fact you're waking up two, sometimes three, times a night to eat. So, Daddy and I are trying to fill your belly in hopes to get you sleeping longer. Also, you need to get used to eating with a spoon before the real stuff comes along.


You really weren't sure what to think. First of all, you still kinda slump over when you're sitting in your Bumbo seat. Those back and stomach muscles aren't quite strong enough yet to hold you up. Then when I started putting the spoon in your mouth you had an expression on your face like "What is this?!!" And THEN when I was able to get some rice in your mouth it just came right back out again. You just kinda looked at me kinda confused about the whole thing, and boy were you MESSY!! I believe the first night you swallowed maybe one spoonful. The second night (with the white bib) you maybe got two or three spoonfuls down. Tonight (no pics) you got maybe five or six spoonfuls down before you got tired of me sticking the spoon in your mouth. I love it when you decide to blow rasberries when you have rice in your mouth...haha. It's been quite an adventure so far. I'm sure there's lots more fun to come.

Your Second First Tooth

It's a tooth!!! Ryan you have your second first tooth. Remember your first one you were born with but we had to pull it so it wouldn't come out and you swallow it? It's already broken through your gums and everything. Oh, you're growing so fast! Slow down!!!

Click on the pic and you can see the tooth better. Don't forget to look at those beautiful blue eyes.

Four Month Check-Up

Ryan today you had your four month check-up. We had to wait an extra week until you got over your Hand Foot Mouth virus. You weigh 15 pounds 5 ounces (50th percentile). You are 25 1/2 inches long (75th percentile). And your head is 43 1/2 cm (80th percentile). You're getting so big. I knew you were long, and you have to have a big head to hold that smart brain of yours!

You got two shots. The first one you didn't even flinch!! The second one got ya, and you cried a lot until Daddy picked you up and then you were fine. You are such a brave boy!!! You weren't even fussy afterwards. I'm so proud of you.

Dr. Harmon said it would probably be okay to start you on rice cereal if we wanted to, but I think Daddy and I have to think about it a little more.

We finally got a video of you rolling over. It's a little dark, but you can still see.

Cute Pictures

Squeaky clean!
Hangin' out with Daddy
Jusy bein' cute

Are we Teething?

Boy have you been cranky today!! I do believe you are getting a tooth. Not only because you've been cranky and won't let me put you down, but I think I see a bump! You have a bump from the tooth that was pulled right after you were born and now there is another bump right beside it. Could it be????

YOU HAVE FEET!

Ryan you have found your feet!! I think it's oh so cute when babies hold onto their feet and play with them. We were out for a walk a couple days ago and you started grabbing yours. You love to hold on to them and blow rasberries. I love to watch you play with them.

All Better

You're all better now Ryan. Now Mommy is sick!!! The doctor said we probably couldn't get hand/foot/mouth, but I've got it! Now I can see why you were so unhappy those few days. I just hope we don't pass this back and forth to each other.

You've had such a great day today, though. I'm so proud of you. When I came into your room to wake you up this morning you were just looking around and when you saw me a big smile came on your face. It was such a joy to see that first thing in the morning. You're back to your regular eating schedule. You're taking semi-regular naps again (we're still working on that). I just layed you down for the night and you were laying there happy for about twenty minutes and just now figured out that "Oh yeah, this is when they want me to sleep for a while." Now you're crying, but I'm sure you'll fall asleep in a few minutes. You usually do.

I love you Ryan, and daddy does too!!