Holden at the park

Rest in Peace, papa Churchill

John's dad passed away on July 1 after an unexpected battle with cancer. We miss him very much, and will love him always. Holden will miss seeing his "papa", who loved him so much. We wish we had had more time with him.

Prunes!

We tried prunes today. More gagging, but he seemed to like it anyway. At least, he didn't complain and opened his mouth. But he still gagged!!

Gagging:


In other news, I'm well on my way to converting many of my playgroup friends from disposable diapers to cloth diaperers. Some were already there, and since hanging out with those of us that do it, most of the others are starting the switch. Yippee!! Cloth is awesome! It's great for the environment AND saves you oodles of money!!

Food Update & Bathtime Fun

We are continuing to try feeding Holden his sweet potatoes. Today we had a bit of a breakthrough and he ate a whole icecube size serving. He didn't love it, but he ate it!! It's the most he's had so far. Usually he only took half a teaspoon before freaking out. We think it may be a texture thing. We bought an avocado to try next and as soon as it's ripe that's what he'll be eating!

Holden finally showed some interest in the bath! Usually when we take a bath, John hops in with Holden and holds him while I wash him. He usually has no reaction to this. Not happy, not upset. Just... bla. Yesterday we put him in the tub on his own and he seemed to have fun! Here are some pics and a video.

Fun with Food. And tears too!

Holden tried something other than breastmilk last night! Sweet potatoes! At first he seemed intrigued by the whole thing, but by the end of it, it was tears. I think he needs some time to get used to it. Most of it ended up on his face and clothes, and not much went down his throat, and there were a couple of gags in there *ha*.

This morning we tried again, and it wasn't much better.

Hopefully he'll get the hang of it and start enjoying it soon.




Here's a video before he started getting upset:

6 months already!

Holden turned 6 months May 19. Time sure does fly!! 6 months ended up being quite a milestone... Holden has started sleeping well during the day (2 naps a day over an hour long each! And a third "cat nap"), he is showing signs of starting to crawl (pulling in his knees and balancing for a couple of seconds on his hands and knees), and he got his first cold! Thankfully it was a teeny tiny cold.

Holden likes:

• sucking on his fingers (ALL the time!!!!!)
  
• being carried is his sling, which I love as well!!
• naked time!
• being tickled
• being bounced
• rolling around on his playmat with his toys
• jumping in his jolly jumper
  
• his carseat
• sucking on tags
• big hugs
• raspberry zerberts
• when we sing
  

Holden doesn't like:

• getting his clothes on after naked time
• getting his nose aspirated when he's stuffed up
• being tired
• being hungry
  
• ... that's about it! He is generally very very happy!

Tulip Festival

Monday Holden and I went for a fabulous walk around the Tulip Festival with our playgroup. Here are some pics from it.