Yvesander's first tooth

It's official: Yvesander's first tooth finally broke through. How did I find out? I put my finger into his mouth and started rubbing his lower gums. Lo and behold, I felt something hard and nubby. Rubbed it a few more times just to confirm, and it's really his tooth.

We've been seeing signs of it for a few weeks now. Grey areas on his lower gums, plus all the extra drooling and chewing that he's been doing. We were just waiting for it to happen, and it finally did. I suspect his second tooth will come in pretty soon since the grey areas are next to each other. Probably have to be more careful during nursing now since he might decide to test out his new tooth on me..Just the thought of it is making me go ouch. I read some horror stories online, so I'd better be careful.

He's getting really big now. Big, mobile and vocal. Very very vocal when it comes to feeding. Big as in a very heavy boy as compared to other babies his own age. Mobile as in moving all over his play area. He's moving backwards now, haven't learnt to move forward yet. He can do a 180 on his belly, and can move off his play mat. Hubby even took a picture of him under the futon. Yup, he managed to scoot himself under the futon. How he did it, we can only imagine but he'll be a bundle of trouble once he's officially mobile. I guess I better enjoy the peaceful time now.

Going on to 7 months

So Yvesander will be going on to 7 months next week. And boy, time does pass very fast. It sounds rather cliche but it's quite true. One day he was just this little thing, and now he's his own person. He's able to turn over at will , and starting to crawl. Well, it's more like moving on his belly, but he can easily scoot backwards. He's starting to use his arms and legs to move his bum up. And he can be on his knees as well. Pretty soon, he'll be all over the place. The only thing is that he can't sit up unsupported yet, but that will come with time.

I've also started him on solids, though not on a regular basis. His first food was bananas and he took it pretty well. I gave him brown rice porridge, but he didn't take to it as well as the bananas. So far, he's tried fish (cooked it in the brown rice porridge), apples and white-fleshed peaches. I gave him the peach last night, and I guess it was a bit tart since he kept on making his funny face. Though that didn't stop him from lunging for the spoon. He doesn't take a lot, just a few baby teaspoons and then he's done. Still fully nursing him, so he's getting sufficient nutrients.

I have to say, he's really quite adorable. His smile and laugh just makes you melt, and almost forget about his crying and screaming moments. He's quite demanding, which is no surprise if he's anything like me..hahaha.. though it would be nice if he does have a bit of his dad's laid-back personality. Maybe that will come later. Other than that, he's a good baby. Smiles and laughs easily when he sees me :D Except for when he fusses for milk or nap.

I'll be starting him on his next set of swimming classes next week. Hopefully he'll still be a good baby in the water. He's changing his nap time, which is bad since it clashes with the swim class. So it's either I keep him up (which is bad), or I let him nap and wake him up early for the class. Have to see what happens next week.