So we’ve reached that day which is almost as big as a first birthday: the 6 month day…! Time has gone so quickly; but at the same time it’s like he’s always been with us.
Conrad’s better from his cold now, thankfully – his bad cough carried on for ages, it seemed, but he’s been free of it for a couple of days now, and his nose isn’t runny anymore either. He’s stayed chirpy throughout, so hasn’t been suffering much from it.
One thing that changed, though, sadly, was that from having had 4-5 days when Conrad wasn’t waking up until some time between 4 and 5 am and then, after a feed, went right back to sleep and slept for another couple of hours, he reverted back to waking up every 3-4 hours during the night, not settling again unless he had a feed… Last night, though, he had a feed at 11pm but then didn’t stir until just after 5am, when he was mumbling for a little while but went back to sleep again all by himself and slept for another hour…
So I’m hopeful, but we’ll just have to see how it goes. At the moment, I’m too tired in the middle of night to try any clever strategies – first I leave him for a bit to see if he’ll resettle by himself, then I pick him up to see if I can soothe him back to sleep by just holding and rocking him gentle, but when 10-15 minutes have passed and he just seems to be getting more agitated, I simply give him some formula. After that, he’s much happier: either dozes straight off to sleep or chirps away happily and sleepily in his cot for up to 20-25 minutes before he drifts off again.
As Conrad’s reached 6 months, I’ve started him on the next stage of the weaning process. Yesterday I mixed in a bit of finely chopped pasta with a red pepper, tomato and parsley (the Vitamin C in the peppers help absorb the iron in the parsley) sauce for lunch and gave him pureed mushroom and pea risotto for dinner (both followed by plain fruit). Incidentally, the rest of the family that were at home at the time had the same food (though the less mushy version…). Conrad was hesitant at first, but as long as he keeps opening his mouth I let him have another spoonful, so he had a fair bit of both dishes. About halfway through the risotto he was giggling away, so it can’t have been all unpleasant…! Felt very pleased about cooking both meals from scratch, though it’s time consuming of course, and I will have to try to store food up for him in the freezer to thaw out when needed.
Gabriella
han har ju så mycket hår nu att det inte klokt!!
Det ser nog lite mer ut än vad det är eftersom det blir lite skugga av blixten. Men han har rätt mycket hår. Ser lite ut som en “quiff” längst fram, och mitt på huvudet står det rakt upp som en liten tuva.