Groundhog Day

Today is Kirk's 7 month birthday! It's just astounding how time is flying. I'm going to have to switch to the next chapter (8-12 months) in his owner's manual. Doc had wanted us to be at 3 meals a day, plus whatever snacks are needed, by 7 months. And it's happened! Well, not everyday. But more often than not Kirk will have cereal or yogurt & applesauce before he goes to Auntie's house. Doc also said that we could start him on meats at 7 months. Mr. b only managed to wait until 6 3/4 months. He's so excited that his son isn't a vegetarian any longer! Kirk so far has had Beef Dinner (tastes like watered down Campbell's vegetable beef soup) and Chicken with Noodles Dinner (tastes like watered down chicken noodle soup) and seems to like them both. There are so many interesting flavor combinations with the stage 2 foods. It's hard to remember not to introduce too many new things at once. We still need to monitor for any potential reactions and so will need to be able to isolate what the new element was. Though there aren't any food allergies on either sides of our families so I'm not worried. Still gonna follow the rules though! Kirk's new favorite dessert is pears with wild blueberries. It's like candy!

It's amazing to think back to what he was like 5 or 6 months ago. Take diapers for instance. We changed his pants every 3 hours, pretty much like clock work. Because we were shoving a bottle or a boob in his mouth every 3 hours anyways. Now I'll go to check his pants when I'm putting him in his jammies and his diaper will be completely dry! Sure, it may have only been an hour or 2. But it's still good to know that Kirk's not just literally peeing at every moment of his life! Of course Mr. b and I jinxed ourselves when we commented that he hasn't peed on us during a diaper change in quite a while. There's actually a product for that. Check this shit out!