Mateo - Seven months

So I'm a little behind on Mateo's updates but its because he's a full-fledged crawler and frankly, a bit hard to keep up with. About a week after he started crawling like a pro, he started pulling himself up on anything and everything. He can move around the living room quite efficiently using the furniture. It usually goes something like this:

Pulls himself up on the coffee table, side stepping to the couch, moving one hand/foot to the couch and then moving the other hand/foot to the couch. Next he sidesteps down the couch usually trying to reach for the remote or my computer until he reaches the end table. Moves one hand/foot to said table then the other. Usually tries to grab at whatever may be on that table, usually my cell phone. Then moves with one hand/foot to the recliner finally plops on his butt and crawls to the next thing that needs investigating.

Mateo has become Joe's shadow too. As always, when Joe walks in the room or leaves the room Mateo notices. Now, when Joe leaves, Mateo follows which then turns into a game of me grabbing Mateo and bringing him back to the living room only for him to take off once I move away from him.

Besides his new found freedom of mobility he's also started eating meat...you know the turkey sweet potato baby foods. He does really well with them and we discovered over Memorial Day weekend that he doesn't like peas. He sat in the highchair while Papa fed him and would lean his head back and shake his head no. It was flippin' adorable.

What else...we had to lower his crib yet again because it just made me nervous how easily he could pull up himself and we're patiently awaiting for more teeth.

Other than that, seven months has brought Mateo new found freedom which he absolutely LOVES!

Mateo - Six months

I feel like I say this every time but I cannot believe that he is already 6 months old. So much has happened this month with him and it is just fascinating to watch.


First, he cut his first tooth on his six month birthday. About two weeks later, tooth number two appeared (both on the bottom). Then the sitting all by himself for long amounts of time happened. Next came the rocking on all fours which lead to a scoot/dive approach and he's now crawling/scooting/diving, but only if it's to get mom's cell phone, the laptop cord, remote control or to take things off the coffee table/entertainment center. We can no longer leave him alone because he's a fast mover and we have not yet baby-proofed.

Mateo also started eating solids. He loves his oatmeal and fruit (any kind, it doesn't matter) and the same goes with veggies. The only food he hasn't liked are Green Beans and Rice which I'm guessing may be the texture, because he'll eat plain green beans without a problem.

It's also time to lower his crib. If we sit him in his crib, he'll reach out and pull himself up...we have evidence:

However, so far he hasn't been able to go from all fours to sitting in his crib even though he can do it on a hard surface. I know it's only a matter of time so I'd rather lower now than later.

Finally, he doesn't stop talking. The child babbles non-stop and if he's not babbling, he's shrieking in joy. I can't believe how much he's changed and learned this past month - he's definitely becoming less baby and more little boy.