I'll start off with his 6 month pics, and then unload about a million vids/pics on you below :)
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| Chins/Cheeks |
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| Probably my fave :) |
I cannot even believe that he is already 6 months old! And I'm pretty sure I say that every month... I knew it would fly by, and it definitely has! He's just been growing unbelievably fast! It's so much fun to watch him learn new things every day. There's so much he's learned since the last time I posted, I don't even know where to start! I do have some videos though to show off his tricks that he's been working on these past 2 months.
We bought a Jumperoo for little man a couple of months ago, and he loves it! Ryker hasn't quite figured out how to jump up and down quite yet, but for the last month or so he'll just stand in here and rock. He's got excellent footwork.
So I know babies typically learn to roll from their tummies to their backs right around 4 months. However, Ryker has been a little challenged when it comes to this skill... He's been getting better at it, but he still can't do it consistently. This is him doing it at around 5 months.
He was able to master rolling from his back to his tummy though, and I feel like he learned it in one day! It's kind of a problem, because he'll always do it and then he'll get stuck on his tummy. He's also been doing it a lot at night, which reeeaallly makes me nervous because I'm afraid he won't be able to get back to his back if he needs to. But he does seem to sleep better on his stomach, so that's good. I was able to get a vid of him going both ways here... But the returning to his back part is pretty rare.
So I know I already posted this on Facebook/Instagram... but I posted a shorter version, and the long one is just too cute not to share. This little boy's giggles are my absolute favorite! He doesn't really laugh at our silly noises as much these days, but he is super ticklish. So it's fun to tickle him like crazy and make him giggle and squeal.
I'll stop with the video overload, because I'm going to start on my picture overload :).
Another milestone Ryker has hit is being able to sit on his own. I still don't trust him to sit him down, and not be right there to catch him if he teeters over... but he can sit for quite a long time without losing his balance. He also learned how to do this within like a week of me practicing it with him. His sitting skills make me feel better about his lack of rolling skills.
At Ryker's 4 month appointment, his doc gave us the go ahead to start giving him solids. I probably would have waited until he was 6 months to start, but since he's had bad reflux since he was tiny, I wanted to get a head start since solids can help with that. It took us over a month and a half for him to finally start taking to it, but he's a champ eater now! It was an interesting transition, though, because he started to refuse eating from a bottle (or eat very little), which I've heard is part of the transition and can be due to teething. But it was rough because he wouldn't eat very much of anything for a long time, solid or liquid! I'm just relieved that he's eating well again, even if it is a goopy mess each time.
It hasn't been long enough of consistent solid feedings for me to know if the pattern will continue, but it appears as if he can go longer than his usual 2.5 hrs between feeds, and has taken a total of two 2-hour naps over the last week... which he has NEVER done on his own. Two long naps doesn't quite seem like a pattern yet, but I'm hopeful.
Now, this could also have to do with the fact that Ryker caught a little tummy bug last week, and has been trying to sleep it off. But I'm choosing to believe that it's the solids, and it'll continue :). Starting last Friday, we noticed our poor little guy had a really painful-looking diaper rash, and he was acting like he was in a lot of pain. We then realized that he had diarrhea, pooping every hour or more. I thought it was the apples I added to his food to help him want to eat it more. I thought that the apples had caused it, so over the weekend he had no apples, yet was still a pooping madman. He was pooping around 10x each day. Being the paranoid mom that I am, I called his doc and we took him in (even though his 6 month apt was the following week). The doc said it could be from teething cause his bottom teeth are coming in, but more than likely it's a little tummy bug. So we got him a probiotic, and we'll see if that helps. I also learned from that appointment that reflux peaks around 6 months, which explains his massive pukes he's been blessing us with lately. So between letting him go butt-naked to help his diaper rash, and him puking everywhere... we've been cleaning up a TON of bodily waste as of late.
So the thing that just makes me the happiest and melts my heart every single day, is how much this little boy loves his daddy. He can just be sitting and looking at him, and he'll kick his legs and squeal out of happiness. The best is when Todd comes home from school, and no matter what kind of mood Ryker was in before, he'll be grinning from ear to ear to see his daddy.
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| This is my favorite one. He's cranking he head back so far so he won't lose sight of Todd. |
I'm trying to think of updates on our lives, but there really isn't too much. Todd had a little less than a week break from school, so we took advantage, and took a day trip to Washington DC. It was really cool, and we didn't have nearly enough time to see everything we wanted to. But we were able to see the Holocaust Museum, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, The White House, and the National Archives. Not too shabby for a day trip! Ryker was a trooper the whole day too. We're pretty lucky to have such a happy little boy.
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| His faces kill me |
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| Ryker was sleeping, but he still made the picture! |
As you may have seen on facebook, Ryker was a super cute little shark for Halloween! He even had two opportunities to wear it! We got to attend our ward Halloween party/trunk or treat, and then Todd's PA class had a party/parade. It was fun to show off his super cute costume. He even won an award from Todd's PA class for cutest costume!
Ryker wouldn't wear his hat for pictures, so we did this instead. ALMOST as cute...
Another exciting update is that Todd and I found an Ultimate team here! Todd was in the library and just so happened to hear someone say the word frisbee. He approached them, and found out that there is a school club team. They're pretty much all brand brand new to the sport and all freshman... we've even been playing much longer than the guy who started it up. But it's an opportunity for us to play, so we're super happy about that. It's also fun to be able to teach them all the basics. They're all so coachable and eager to learn, which we love :).
Oh, and one more story before I go...
We basically win the worst parents award for the following three pics...
So that's basically it for now! Happy Halloween everybody!
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