Eating!

Antonio's eating! I mean eating real foods, we all know he has been eating all along!! Last Friday, the 21st, the daycare gal said she had given him some fish crackers and he ate them.....whole! I was shocked! So I tried giving him some spaghetti o's since they are very soft and easy to gum. He LOVED them! I had made Albert and I spaghetti with ground beef and onions which he frequently eyed! The next day, Saturday, we gave him his normal breakfast, oatmeal mixed with pureed fruit. For lunch I made grilled cheese for us and gave Antonio some fish crackers and banana and a little bit of grilled cheese to try. He loved it and ended up eating half of mine! So since he was doing so good Albert tried giving him a little of the left over spaghetti from the night before; he LOVED that too! Ground beef, onions and all! We were so impressed! : )

Since then he has eaten eggs, toast, pineapple, chicken (from chicken tacos), banana, apple and loves them all! He has a total 6 teeth and is learning how to bite with them well. However, when he eats he tends to put everything on his plate/tray in his mouth all at once! Luckily he hasn't choked yet and we have learned to only give him a few items at a time until he learns to slow down.

We are so proud of him, I was worried he'd only be eating puree's for forever! :p Luckily, he is still enjoying his purees considering I had just made him a bunch! If anyone has any ideas on what other foods to try I welcome the ideas. I am going to get some yogurt this weekend for him to try too. My baby boy is growing up.....

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Ten months!

T-minus 2 months until Antonio will be a year old! CRAZY! In the past couple months I have found out 2 of my dearest friends are pregnant! One is due the beginning of September and the other the end of November. I am so excited for both of them. I pray that both of them have a healthy rest of their 9 months! As for Antonio, well he is finally adjusting at daycare. I am still able to stay home on Monday's with him so Tuesday's are still kinda hard on him, well, both of us. However, the rest of the week is good. Dropping him off has gotten easier, he no longer fusses or even cries. In fact pretty much as soon as I put him down when we get there he crawls into the kitchen to find Miss Anne (the daycare lady). It's pretty cute. The rest of the kids seem to really like him and play with him which warms my heart. Albert says that the other kids play a "game" with him. Antonio crawls over to the bookcase, pull all the books off then they put them back up, then he goes back over and pulls all the books off again and so on. Apparently it's fun for all of them. :)

Some things Antonio is doing and continuing to enjoy:

-He's still loving his walker and cruising EVERYWHERE!

-He's starting to eat things besides puree's; barely

-he's loving the Gerber puffs and is getting better and getting them into hid mouth!

-He still gags on most things we give him but he is getting better; it seems to be a very slow process for him.

-He's begun the babble, the real baby babble, it is so cute.

-he's got the dadadadada down pat. No, no mamamama yet; soon though!

-He's been sleeping through the night (7pm-5:30 or 6am) for about 3 weeks now!!!

-He's gotten 3 more teeth, possibly 4 so that has bothered him at night but he seems to still sleep through.

-He's gotten his top 2 and 1 on the bottom and VERY soon another up top.

-He's learning to clap, well, he's only done it about 4 or 5 times but it is SOOOO cute!

-He's started giving "open" mouth kisses and I LOVE them! They are a bit wet but so sweet! :)

-As of the past 3 night's he seems to have abruptly weaned himself of his binky.

-he's never been one to need it a lot but mainly to fall asleep. The past 3 nights he has refused it which is weird but we are ok with it! :) Lets hope it keeps up!

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Antonio's likes......

Here is a video Albert put together this weekend. Enjoy!