Life with the Lunds: 6 Months for Roy

Wow has time flown! Roy actually turns 7 months in about a week, so I better get his 6-month post up! I didn't keep great notes for what Roy has been up to at 6 months, but here are some highlights:

Roy can crawl!!!! Technically, when he turned 6 months, he was only just beginning. It started a few days before his 6-month birthday. I looked over and he reached out with one arm, kept the other tucked by his chest, and pulled himself forward. He continued that way for a few days - just using one arm to pull himself around. Now, at almost 7 months, he uses both arms and one leg. We're just waiting on the last leg to get the full crawling effect. I say crawling...but really it has just been scooting thus far. His whole body is still on the ground, so until he gets those knees up under him, I can't actually call it crawling I suppose. He loves to crawl to all the forbidden things, just like all babies. The front door with the hard tile and sharp metal, the floor vents, the curtains, and the TV/electronics. But it is just so fun to watch him go, I don't even mind him getting into trouble!

Solid foods. We were SO excited for this one. But (as with all things I get over-excited about?) it was a bit of a letdown at the beginning. We tried rice cereal mixed with formula, applesauce, sweet potatoes, carrots, and pears, and he just wasn't really into any of them. He did make some adorable faces (especially for the 'sour' applesauce!) but he would mostly spit everything back out, which of course was a joy to clean up....not. So after two weeks of not really wanting to feed him (I am now convinced that if I had kept up the feeding of baby food, he would eventually have grown to love it), I decided to switch to 'baby-led weaning'. Aka eating adult food. So now Roy just eats whatever we eat, or some veggies/fruit/cereal if we're not having something he can have. He's had cafe rio (the rice was spicy but he liked it that way!), spaghetti, potato chowder, potatoes, many other things I can't remember. Most days I give him cheerios + peaches for breakfast, and green beans (although today we did peas and he much prefers peas) for dinner along with some of our food. It's been great! He doesn't eat a ton, but he likes the various flavors. And he LOVES making faces and smiling while eating. It is so adorable!

There isn't much else to report. But eating solids and crawling are both pretty big and exciting. I really feel like we're in the golden age of Roy right now. He is just a joy all the time. Sometimes he will skip entire naps, sitting in his crib in his room for 1.5 hours just giggling to himself uncontrollably! He loves scooting to the kitchen and banging his fist on the kitchen floor, turning his darling little head around to see if we're watching him. He is almost always happy when awake and I love cuddling him forever. We're working on reading longer stories to him (and trying to keep him from eating the paper pages!) and helping him hold his own bottle while eating. We sure love baby Roy!