Picky picky............

So my son is picky......hes not much of a juice person or water, hell drink water after a few attempts but not much. Hes not a fruit fan, only if its in his oatmeal but he refuses to eat it alone. Ive mentioned before his favorite veggies so they havent changed. He is 7mon and growing , but I want him to try to eat what we eat so it makes it easier for him to transition to regular foods. I am searching for baby food recipes all I can find are different combinations in veggies and fruits. People keep telling me to give him fruits or veggies he cant have, its not their fault I dont announce to the world what hes not able to have unless they ask. I am planning to re-introduce the foods he doesnt care for........slowly. I made him some lentil soup last night it had carrots and potatoes and let me tell you, it was an experience for him to even eat half of the bowl. He can be really stubborn and will refuse to eat even though hes hungry, so I dont give in, I wont give him what he wants, it sounds mean I know but I cant have him think that mommy will give in. He is super smart and knows that if he cries and is persistant enough we will give in, but I need to show him that what I am serving him he needs to eat. I am also making sure he still doesnt fall asleep with a bottle in his mouth. It has been almost a week or so that he hasnt woke up for a bottle. He sleeps well now at night as long as hes comfortable. I love coming home from work to hear his screeches of joy and his hands up in the air.........he does the same to Akira when he sees her.......he shows who he wants and when he wants them......he will look away if he doesnt want you...........hes becoming a person full of character so quickly, soon he will be 8mon and then in a blink of an eye 1yrs old........oh my baby boy............time surely flies....

thanks for cking up.

Scary baby..........grrrr

Angel is now 7mon, hes become the most happiest silliest loving little boy ever. When he was smaller he was calm and quiet....very serious, I thought he was going to be the serious child....but as he got older that changed, now all he wants to do is jump and play and laugh, he loves to see himself in the mirror or phone he will kiss his reflection =) he now has a new thing other than yelling with us................he likes to "scare" you, he goes "grrrr" and waits for you to react.........its just so cute how he changes his tone from a scream to a growl..........he knows what hes doing.

When I walk in the house from work he screeches............hes excited .....he moves around and then his arms are up for me to get him and he just smiles...........he will continue to do this until I get him, I cant ignore him hes just to cute.Once I hold him he holds on tight...........if you try to get him he will just give you a serious look and will push your arms away......aww love....lol

Hes also started wanting to play at night...........just this morning (3am) he woke up complety.........I changed his diaper....once I was done he wanted to play he even growled at me.................umm no Mommy's not scared Mommy's tired.......he tried to get daddy to play......nothing.........he fussed he tossed and turned..........daddy patted his booty and he passed out. I was told by my cousin who's son is about 2 to just ignore him so we try to...yes its hard (especially when he tries to be to cute!) but it worked.

His appetite changes daily, he eats GREAT in the morning....lunch well................not much, dinner he does good also. But I've noticed hes hungry AGAIN later on once dinner is done, I'm thinking its because hes growing , we don't ignore it we feed him a little more....but not over do it hes good about stopping when hes full. I'm also working on not letting him fall asleep with a bottle.......he sometimes just wants it to fall asleep but hes not hungry so it goes bad, I let him fuss and cry, see daddy didn't get him into the binky when I went back to work.....I had him use it once he was done eating just to sooth him.....now he refuses it....but it seems like its what he wants or needs and looks to have that from his bottle. There are days where he will only have 3 bottles..........the whole day ...then there's days where he has more....mainly because he needs it to sleep that's why Im trying to show him that if hes ate and hes not hungry hes not getting it..... we do give him water which hes now allowed hes not to fond of it yet...........I don't give him juice, even if I did he doesn't like it.........he doesn't even like to eat fruit he prefers veggies......which is good =)

I'm just overly excited to see how much more he does as he gets older...........my girls were total opposites so this is a new adventure for me =)

thanks for cking up on him

6mon

Ok so Angel went yesterday for his 6mon ckup....hes now 19lb and 27in long
hes a big boy! He now has 2 bottom teeth and hes been fussy lately and VERY
needy! Im thinking about putting him back into our bed..............I know
I know but honestly he ends up there anyways and he doesnt sleep as long I
did start giving him the  hylands teething tablets at night but he wakes up
hours later and then its down hill from there..... he looks for me and if
Im holding him hes out but if I put him down hes up....Onis been a trooper
and is up with him, along with Gena. She has been sick lately, shes had
fevers and headaches, I took her along with Angel to the dr but she was
fine.  I know hes tired.... Oni still has to work from home and hasnt been
able to since the kids are needy.....I will need to see how it goes, I know
he doesnt want to bring him back into the bed but maybe if Angel sleeps
good hell change his mind! haha

Anywho, Angel is extremly mobile no turning around for a second for
us.........hes gone.......near the dogs mainly.. He has a personality! he
loves to laugh hes so silly, he knows that if he yells he can get the grls
to yell back and then its just a "who screams louder"
game.............@__@. He learned to clap! oh man and he talks! I will need
to upload a video of him he has such an expression! He loves his sisters
ALOT......he sees them he smiles and goes to grab their faces so he can
kiss them (bite) but were trying to show the kids that its not ok for him
to bite so we just tell them to make sure to kiss him quick and move his
hands gently. Ive been thinking about not using the word NO with him, its
hard! but I dont want him to think its ok to just say it to us , you knw
the  "NO" for everything stage.........well see how we do! so far Im
catching myself haha.....

txs for cking on him!