In these last couple of weeks, I'm finding that Christopher doesn't have a HUGE appetite. Sometimes he gobbles down breakfast, which is rice cereal mixed with a fruit, but it's usually hard to get him to eat all of his lunch (a Stage 2 jar of veggies mixed with rice cereal) or dinner (a Stage 2 jar of a meat and veggie). I keep hearing about these babies close to Christopher's age eating 3 jars per meal! I know that's a bit excessive, but Christopher should at least be able to finish 1 jar per meal.
My personal weight gain goal for him at our next visit (October 31 - Halloween) is between 12 and 24 ounces...or not more than 1-1/2 lbs. That's a healthy gain, so we don't need to push it. That would put Christopher between 17 lbs 8 oz and 18 lbs 4 oz. If the pediatrician has issues with that, which I hope she doesn't, then that's too bad. This child is NOT malnourished and I'm NOT giving up breastfeeding. Yes, he's small, but if he was malnourished, he'd show other signs. Other than his weight, he's a healthy and active baby BOY and is doing everything he should be developmentally.
Speaking of developments...nothing really new going on, but he's perfecting his skills at pulling himself up and crawling. He's doing better at crawling with both knees instead of one. Every now and then he does his one-legged crawl. It's still hilarious to watch! He's still not cruising the furniture as his feet are still too clumsy. I'm not in a hurry for it, though! That would mean walking won't be too far behind! We really don't have much for him to cruise in our house anyway. He could on the couches, but he has a hard time pulling up on them since he can't get a good grip.
Christopher experienced Chuck E. Cheese for the first time last week. We went with our next door neighbor, Wanda, and her great-nephew, Jordan. I could tell that Christopher had a blast! It wasn't very crowded, so I was able to put him down and let him crawl around. He rode a couple of car rides...got his picture taken...and had a sketch made of me and him. Here are a couple of the pictures:
Shad says that this picture of Christopher looks just like him when he was a baby.
Yeah...not the best of either of us, but I thought Christopher sticking his tongue out was funny!
Shad and Richard bought Christopher a UT jersey a couple of weeks ago. I took it to a local shop to have his last name printed on the back of it. It's too cute! Here are a couple of pictures:
Front
Back
Our plans for this week include going to a pumpkin patch in Smyrna with Alanna and Journie. I really wanted to go with the MTM group online to Gentry Farms in Franklin, but we've scheduled it for October 14, which is the Vols only Saturday off. Therefore, we have everything else planned for that day. I can't wait to get pictures of Christopher! I think they'll be so cute!
Well, Christopher has now been napping for 2 -1/2 hours and I haven't eaten lunch yet. Better go do that before he wakes up!
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