We can't believe that half a year has passed already. July has been a very busy month with many family visitors in from out of town and Alton hitting so many milestones. So we wanted to catch everyone up on the latest goings-on of our little six-month-old man.
He Rolls
Earlier in July he got very good at rolling in both directions: from his back onto his tummy, and from his tummy onto his back. He likes to roll over and over to get where he wants to go, so if we lay him down on a blanket and turn your head for just a minute he's already across the room.
He Scootches
Besides rolling wherever he wants to go, Alton can alllllllmost crawl on all fours. He gets onto his tummy, reaches as far as he can with his arms (usually we are enticing him to reach with something...of course he prefers remote controls and cameras to his own toys) and then hitches his bottom into the air and his knees underneath him to do a little semi-crawl, scootching movement. We had to install our first "real" baby gate!
He Eats
Now that he is six months old, we started Alton on real food in addition to breast milk. His first food was rice cereal, and so far he really does not like it! He seems a tiny bit more tolerant of this spoonful of mush than he was on the first day he tried it, but not by far. When we get a bite into his mouth, he swallows it with this tiny little gulping sound and then looks at us like we just fed him a bite of mud. We're looking forward to trying other foods to see if he likes those better.
He Swims
Alton's six month birthday was also his first swimming lesson at our local aquatic center. So far he's had two lessons, one with Mommy in the water and one with Daddy, and he has taken to the water like a duckling! He smiles and has fun with all the fun moves and songs that the parents do with the babies in the water, and when Andy or I float him along on his tummy he "frogs" his legs out behind him the whole time. Andy even briefly dunked him last week and he just blinked the water out of his eyes and coughed out any that got into his mouth. Looks to be a future swim team member for sure.
Pictures to come....
He Rolls
Earlier in July he got very good at rolling in both directions: from his back onto his tummy, and from his tummy onto his back. He likes to roll over and over to get where he wants to go, so if we lay him down on a blanket and turn your head for just a minute he's already across the room.
He Scootches
Besides rolling wherever he wants to go, Alton can alllllllmost crawl on all fours. He gets onto his tummy, reaches as far as he can with his arms (usually we are enticing him to reach with something...of course he prefers remote controls and cameras to his own toys) and then hitches his bottom into the air and his knees underneath him to do a little semi-crawl, scootching movement. We had to install our first "real" baby gate!
He Eats
Now that he is six months old, we started Alton on real food in addition to breast milk. His first food was rice cereal, and so far he really does not like it! He seems a tiny bit more tolerant of this spoonful of mush than he was on the first day he tried it, but not by far. When we get a bite into his mouth, he swallows it with this tiny little gulping sound and then looks at us like we just fed him a bite of mud. We're looking forward to trying other foods to see if he likes those better.
He Swims
Alton's six month birthday was also his first swimming lesson at our local aquatic center. So far he's had two lessons, one with Mommy in the water and one with Daddy, and he has taken to the water like a duckling! He smiles and has fun with all the fun moves and songs that the parents do with the babies in the water, and when Andy or I float him along on his tummy he "frogs" his legs out behind him the whole time. Andy even briefly dunked him last week and he just blinked the water out of his eyes and coughed out any that got into his mouth. Looks to be a future swim team member for sure.
Pictures to come....
1 comment:
Wow!!! Amazing how much happens in 6 mos!!! Looking forward to seeing the whole Rhyne familia soon!!! :)
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