Sunday, July 13, 2008

Things Are Getting More Complicated

Went to visit the plunket nurse today and she says we should be starting solids. I have thought he has been showing some of the signs but was not sure if I wanted to start yet as he is only 4 months but apparently he is ready for food. Must take after his Dad.

I was going to start him on rice cereal and I had all of that ready to go but because he has a pooing issue the nurse has suggested starting vegetables and fruit first - of course they take more work to prepare. So Peter is out buying a pumpkin/squash and I will get it boiled up tonight and hopefully tomorrow morning Lucas will have his first breakfast - yummy pumpkin for breakfast!!!
She would also like to see him gain a little more weight so at two feeds a day he will get is regular breast feed but also a bottle of formula after. Apparently babies are supposed to double their birth weight by 3 months and Lucas is 4 months and hasn't doubled his weight yet. I think he just wants to be like his Mom. He is now 60 cm long and 5.66 kilos.


Our coffee group had a get together on saturday and we had photos taken of all the babies and some family photos as well - Lucas does not like family photos.


Peter and Lucas spent some quality time talking to all the other Dads and babies and it was caught on camera!


Lucas signing happy birthday to Nana and Opa!


For the last little while Lucas has been blowing rasberries (spit bubbles) while the last couple of days he has decided that is the only way to communicate and he does it all the time, crying, smiling, giggling or talking all include spit bubbles - I wonder if he will take after his cousin Madisyn and soak his shirts with his drool!

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