Henry Boy

Written on 3/29:

Henry gets a bad rap because he is having trouble sleeping … let’s be honest – little kids are meant to torment us and if any of us parents believe that true honest to goodness sleep is possible until the kids are 10 or 11 years old then I think we are fooling ourselves. Liana sleeps through the night but it doesn’t mean she isn’t up super early and ready to go full throttle.
Henry is a good baby and he is doing a great job sitting up on his own, reaching for toys and laughing at anything and everything his sister does. She can sit on top of him and ride him like cowgirl and he doesn’t care – he just laughs. His hair is so cute and fuzzy and he has such a great smile. Liana makes him smile for sure but mama is his first love and he always wants to know where she is and what she is doing. If she puts him down or goes too far from sight he will let out a high pitched girly squeal to express his dissatisfaction.
He has 9 teeth (got his first ones at 4 months and hasn’t stopped) and we are certain this is adding to the discomfort at night and preventing him from sleeping.
Henry Boy will stop and look right at you and calm down if he is upset if you sign him the ABC’s – it is like magic but I’m sure the spell will only last for so long. Even though he seems to abhor baby food and rice cereal he was close to 23 lbs at 7 months – in the 90+ %ile for both weight and length. He doesn’t like to eat from spoons – he would prefer you feed him food from your fingers which makes things challenging. Favorites at this stage of his life are mushed avocadoes (again, not from gerber or beechnut – we have to mash them ourselvers) and he seems to enjoy mushed peas, too. Like any baby he loves puffs and baby cheese puffs. Lately he has been on a yogurt kick but his favorite is mama’s milk … did I mention the 9 teeth??