Merlin is 6 months

Time flies! Already 6 months that Merlin changed our life!
This gonna be the last update on the blog; friends and family will get updates on  other venue.
He is growing well and everyday is different.
He had and still has some little pain because he is cutting his first teeth.
The teeth he had when he was born actually disappear in the gum; now he has two sharp little teeth at the bottom of his mouth.
He started to eat few 'solid' (mashed food), he loves avocado; bananas and fresh juice when he asked for it.
He still loves to sleep in Mommy's arm during the day and sleep 3 to 6 hours at night.
He loves being outside, watching nature and being tickle by the wind!

Month 4...

Time flies and baby Merlin is growing fast!
He is a new baby every day! He is discovering his body; hands, feet, head... He is following people with his eyes and he is smiling back; He started to like being hold on his feet and today he tried the sitting position, holding it for few seconds.
He has started teething, not a fun time; looks like he enjoys his teething ring that we put in the freezer.
He is cooing and this is really cute!
He still has a hard time falling asleep and sometimes he sleeps for only 10 to 40 minutes;
Nights are a bit better, he wakes up to nurse a little and fall back to sleep for 3 to 4 hours.
We have started to let him sleep in his little bed during the day, since then we were co sleeping in the big bed!
Also he loves watching what we are eating, he looks very interested.
He makes us practice living in the present moment which is a gift.

Have a wonderful day!

Merlin is 3 month old...

Another month have passed and Merlin is growing well.

By the end of this third month he had double his birth weight!.

We still have a little lack of sleep as Merlin needs to be rock in our arms to fall asleep!
Yes, we do not want to let him cry alone!
He is sleeping more deeply at night with two periods of 3 hours.

We still use The Elimination Communication and combine it with diaper. This is very interesting to see how a baby can control his sphincter and wait until we hold him to release.

I made a little journal on what I ate for about 15 days to find out what food Merlin was sensitive to;
So of course no dairy product (I was enjoying a piece of cheese once in a while!), no gluten, no red onion, no cabbage (including kale)...
So basically what I eat are fruits, salad, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado and sometimes steamed potatoes. It can be challenging some time as we learned to help our emotions with comfort food!
I need to think twice before eating anything that can hurt either my body or baby's body.

He enjoys his daily bath like a little fish in the water!
He has more control of his hands and can put his thumb in his mouth; he also started to maintain his head better.
When we carry him in our arms in straight position, he will lean back with his head.
He love watching the lights!
Looks like his little teeth has started to bother him.
That's it for this month; this is so nice to watch him growing.

We cannot resist his smiles!