Family Pictures

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Here is a one of the photos from our family photo shoot that we had on the weekend, more to come soon.

9 Months Old

So I am a bit behind on this since he turned Nine Months last Thursday. I still can't believe how quickly the time goes when you have a little one.

Except for the last couple of weeks things have continued to be great, unfortunately our family has been hit with a couple of colds, but we all seem to be on the mend. Luckily the worst that Joshua got was a runny nose.

Sleeping has become and ever increasing problem, that I am working hard on rectifying. He has gone from sleeping through the night to now wanting to sleep next to us all night, yes I broke down and started bringing him in to bed with us, so now I am trying to get him to stay in his crib for the entire night and hopefully get him back to sleeping through the night. I have dubbed this "Baby Boot Camp" and we are currently on Day 4. He has spent the last two nights in his crib but is waking quite frequently. When he was sleeping in our bed he took to nursing frequently, at least every two hours, so I am also trying to get him back to only nursing two times per night instead. I think it is going to be a long process but it is definitely necessary.

Despite Chris and I being sure he was going to take off crawling as soon as he learned to rock, he still has yet to do it. He now rocks and pushes up high on his toes in a reverse v shape, but still no crawling. I am sure once we get the Christmas Tree up this weekend he will have the motivation he needed to start.

Mmmm Blueberries

Since Joshua continues to show a lack of interest in anything that I feed him on a spoon I am continuing to find new things for him to it in non-pureed form. This morning I gave him some whole blueberries, they were nice and soft so he munched them down quite easily.

Among his favourite things to eat on his own now are:

• bananas


• egg yolks


• cheese


• shredded chicken


• cottage cheese (so messy though)


• carrot (cooked of course)


• Cheerios


• Puffs


• Baby Mum mum rice rusks

I am still battling to get him to eat his cereals so if anyone has any suggestions please share!

Adventures in Self Feeding

Over the last month I have been introducing Joshua to the idea of feeding himself, like most babies it took him a bit of time to figure things out but now it seems to be his preferred way of eating.

I took this video of Joshua the first time I gave him a piece of banana.

I have been a bad blogger!

Sorry things have been a bit busy lately but I promise to post some new pics and some updates in the next few days!

Cluck, Cluck

Happy Halloween!

Adventures in Learning to Crawl

No Joshua isn't crawling yet, but he seems to be getting closer every day. He started by being able to hold himself up if I put him on his hands and knees then in the last few days he has been able to get himself into the crawling position and then pushes himself up on his toes, actually, he pushes himself up on his big toe! He still only manages to go backwards but its start. The other day he moved all the way from the middle of the living room and ended up getting stuck in between our two sofas, which is when I had to pull him out so he could start all over again. Watch him go (backwards)!

8 Months

Apparently I still haven't figured out how to stop time, or at least slow it down a little. Joshua is already 8 months old. When I came to the realization that he was eight months old I though, I must have skipped a month, nope he actually is 8 months.

Eight months into this parenting thing and I can honestly say he is a great baby, besides the last few days since he has been teething. I love interacting with him and watching him learn new things.

The introduction of new foods continues to go well, however he has already proved that he doesn't like certain things. The main thing that he refuses to eat is his cereal mixed with water, I normally mix it with breast milk but if I don't have any pumped than I have tried mixing it with water and he gags and coughs and refuses to take more, I have even tried mixing it with fruit and still no luck. Recently I have started giving him chunks of food and letting him feed himself. So far he has tried steamed squash, steamed sweet potatoes, and banana on his own. He really doesn't get any of it in his mouth but he seems to really enjoying trying.

He is starting to play with his toys more and more, his newest thing is throwing his toys, at this point they don't go very far but I am sure with time that will change.

He is still not crawling yet and seems to get very irritated if he wants something that is just slightly out of his reach. In a way I am looking forward to his the independance that comes with crawling yet concerned that he will constantly be on the go once he does start crawling.

Pictures to come soon!

Beware He May Bite

After returning home on Ottawa Chris made sure to check if Joshua had broken his first tooth, nothing was there. Later that night after I was wiping his face I noticed that he had something on his gums so I went to wipe it away and to my suprise it was a tooth. I couldn't believe that it had popped up so quickly. I think he is getting ready to sprout another one because he has been quite difficult the last few days and is waking even more frequently than he was before.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

I nice quiet day on the whole today, Joshua treated me by having a one hour nap this morning and a two hour nap this afternoon. It was nice and I enjoyed the free time. Later in the day Christine, Joshua and I headed out to Place d'Orleans to shop for Christina's Christmas and Birthday present, I figured I might as well get something she likes since I am here.
Joshua was so happy after his long nap that he wanted to make his Daddy proud by checking out the weekly flyer specials!

Happy Thanksgiving

We were very busy this Thanksgiving doing lots of visiting. We started off the day with lunch at my step-father's, Richard, parents house. It's a big family and Joshua got to see lots of people.

After lunch we headed went over to my Auntie Anne and Uncle Dean's house for dinner and Joshua got to do even more visiting. I was very proud of Joshua, he was so good at being passed around to everyone and he didn't seem to be too bothered.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

We went out to visit my stepfather, Richard, out in the country today. Richard got to meet Joshua for the first time, and Joshua made another pint-sized friend (himself). He was so fascinated by his reflection in the mirror and he kept trying to touch the person smiling back at him.

We went out to visit my stepfather, Richard, out in the country today. Richard got to meet Joshua for the first time, and Joshua made another pint-sized friend (himself). He was so fascinated by his reflection in the mirror and he kept trying to touch the person smiling back at him.