six months old

Dear Milo,

This past month, we let you have your first tastes of real food. You started with carrots but so far, have tried broccoli, zucchini, kamote, squash, pan de sal, banana, avocado, papaya, and baby corn. It’s really fun to watch you learn about the different textures and tastes. During your first meal, you wore a shirt and a bib. By the next meal, you were down to just a bib. By the third meal, we’ve learned our lesson and now, you eat naked – except for your cloth diaper of course. Your favorites (those that you’ve eaten the most of) were the pan de sal with squash palaman, baby corn, and zucchini.

Lately, it seems you’ve also discovered that you can control different parts of your body. You squirm when you’re being carried to try to reach for an object you’re lusting after. You hold out your arms if you want to get picked up. You are now also crawling a bit on the floor. I  get so surprised when I leave you in one position and when I come back you’re in a totally different position.

We have upgraded your bath situation. You no longer use the newborn sling your bath tub came with and you now take baths in the bathroom! Woo hoo! We need to get you sleeping on the lower part of your crib though. You’re getting too mobile and too heavy for that top part. We have to figure out how to put you down there without waking you up and without breaking our backs.

Unfortunately for all of us, you still don’t sleep through the night. One time, you surprised me with a 7-hour stretch. Key words = ‘one time’. Usually, you still wake up every 3-4 hours. Sleeping is so nice, you should really try to enjoy it.

Your favorite songs I think are Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Ba Ba Black Sheep, and the ABC song – or maybe I think they’re your favorite because these are the only ones I can sing to you? Note to self, we should learn more songs.

We’re now starting the Summer season so I hope we will get to go swimming soon!

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