Probably the biggest accomplishment for him yet is that he is now mobile. He is crawling and pulling himself up of stuff. He is always so proud of himself when he has pulled up on the couch or a box. He just looks around smiling. It has also been much easier now that he can sit up and likes to play on his own for a bit. It provides me with a little break to do something on my own. Even if that means I just get to make me some lunch. Sometime it is only 10 minutes but I take what I can get. But at the same time his new "trick" also brings along all sorts of new bumps and such, since he has not yet learned how to control how to not fall and hurt himself. And how do babies always manage to find the one hard thing in the area to hit their head on?
Charlie also said dada to Shad the other day. (I think that made Shad pretty happy) He does lots of "talking" now. But when he is really excited he squeals! He just gets so excited when he sees his friends. Or if someone is walking behind us. He gets a real kick out of that. It is the simple things in life. :)
We have also switched to cloth diapers. I really like it. Shad and I decided that we wanted to give them a try so we could save money and it is also better for the environment. It can cost a little more to get started on cloth but once you have a stash built up it really saves you money. Plus they have such cute little fluffy butts!
It is so fun watching Charlie learn new things. He will quite often just sit there looking at something and touching things to feel the texture or look at the designs and colors of something. He is a very curious child.
Food has been probably the most difficult thing we have started with him. It is always a big struggle getting him to put those first couple bites in his mouth. Usually after the first bite he likes it but it is always so hard to get him to want to try. I guess he is not as curious about food as he is about everything else. I hope he isn't a picky eater like me.
And even though I have this great son who it perfectly healthy and wonderful, I still find myself wondering if I am a good mom and constantly comparing myself to other moms and thinking "I should be doing that with Charlie" "Maybe I shouldn't have done this or that..." "how do I not know how to feed my child?" "Why does no one else seem to have trouble with this?" "Maybe so and so is a better parent than me..." I am sure all moms think this and doubt their skills as a mom at some point but being a parent is hard! You always hope you are making the right decisions for your kids. But I am doing the best I can and constantly have to remind myself that I am the best mom for Charlie. If someone else was supposed to be God wouldn't have given him to me. No mom could love him more than I do.
Speaking of parents...Charlie sure LOVES his dad. He does a lot of his firsts for Shad. Shad has always been home for all of his firsts. Charlie's first laugh was for Shad and his first word was dada. He is always excited when Shad comes home from work. Charlie couldn't have been blessed with a better dad.
Oh and he learned to wave. Which is awfully cute but naturally won't do it if you want him to.
Hopefully it won't take me another 5 months to get a post in but we will see!
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| oh yeah...he is a Dr now too. |
