Can you believe it?!?!?! This little guy turns 7 months old tomorrow. He is now closer to his first birthday than his birth...and I'm a little freaked out! Where did the time go? It's seems like we just barely brought him home. He is turning into such a BIG boy. He is no longer my teeny little baby...and he's meeting milestones like crazy! This past month Collin has not only learned to scoot across the room, but how to pull himself up on furniture and to get into a sitting position from his belly. He is VERY close to crawling on all fours...probably any day now. Yeah, the fun times have begun! He sits in a big boy highchair at restaurants now and eats finger foods. He absolutely LOVES pasta and had his first yogurt this morning (loved it)! I think his absolute favorite food is mashed potatoes and carrots. He jabbers a lot, but just started this new "growl" which is absolutely hilarious. Maddie thinks he is playing dinosaurs with her :-) It reminds me of the HUMMMM my little brother (Andrew) used to do when he was a baby. As far as his "reflux" goes, I think he either outgrew it or never had it at all. We have yet to see a GI doctor (thanks to our medical group's incompetence with referrals), however, I started listening more to my motherly instincts and took him off of all of the reflux meds. I felt like the medicine was not helping and I'm not one to mediciate my children if it's unnecessary. I had a long talk with one of my dad's colleagues who happens to be a pediatric hospitalist at CHOC. She was completely supportive of my decision and recommended taking a more holistic approach. Collin now makes weekly visits to the chiropractor and even visited a holistic healer. I am happy to say that he now sleeps BETTER! On average, he is only waking once a night...however, he is teething, so we have an occasional off-night, but NOTHING like we experienced during months 4, 5 and 6. We were even able to take a camping trip last week and Collin slept wonderfully the entire time. We see his doctor tomorrow and I am interested to see what he has to say about me taking Collin off all the meds. Regardless, our baby is happier and healthier than EVER and we plan to keep him that way!
I'm guessing that my 8 month post will focus on Collin's first injury as I have had to stop typing to remove him from a box in my office 5 times now...he's trying to pull a glass bowl from the top of it...GOD HELP ME!
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