No Big Deal

Hi, Everyone!

Buddy has come so far in the past month.  Can you believe he is 6 1/2 months old?  It's hard to believe that he used to be the baby that barely interacted with his surroundings.

Buddy is actually sick at the moment, which is scary for his parents (and of course miserable for him), but his eyes are doing really well.  He won't wear his sunglasses, but he loves being outside.  He got to stick his feet in the grass for the first time.  I think he liked it.  He still loves hard rock, but we are sneaking in a bit of classical without him complaining about it.  His grandparents got him a "glow seahorse," which is like the glowworms that everyone had when I was growing up.  His interventionist suggested it, and he loves it.  It plays classical music, and the stomach lights up.  It is really one of his favorites. 

He can sit up, but he doesn't want to.  Not wanting to sit up is a lot less scary to me than not being able to.  He scoots and rolls all over the place.

For his six month birthday, he got to eat some bananas.  He loves bananas.  He does not like green beans and carrots.  :(  I would rather have bananas than green beans and carrots, too, but at some point, he will have to learn to eat them anyway.   He has also figured out how to hold his bottle, which took awhile, but he finally got it!


He likes to lick everything.  On Mother's day, Daddy put him down in front of the couch, standing up, holding on to the couch.  Buddy decided that he had to lick my knee (I'm sure it was very important for his nutritional needs) and it was too far away for him to reach.  He actually took two steps holding on to the couch to get to me.  We were so proud of him. 

He does get up on his hands and knees, but he doesn't know how to coordinate all of his limbs for movement yet. 

The best part is that he does seem to be seeing things that are farther away than before.  He recognizes things in his environment and likes to play.

We know that there are still challenges ahead, but for the moment, all of the good things that are happening make the problems seem like NO BIG DEAL.

Have a great day!