Jibber Jabber

Bobby found his voice -- and boy does he love to use it! Here's a little bit of his babble...

Merry Christmas... Happy New Year... Been slackin!

It's been quite a while since I've written with any Bobby updates. Mom and dad have both been pretty busy with work - and when we haven't been working, we've been helping Bobby to get over his latest ailment.... Since his last posting, Bobby has had quite a lot going on. Right after his 6 month check up, there was a pinkeye scare at daycare and Bobby had a bit of it for a couple of days. Then near the end of the week he spiked a fever and developed a very bad cold. It turned out he had RSV, which was no picnic. He lost a couple of pounds and was a pretty sick boy over the holidays. But what a trooper he was -- as long as we kept him entertained he forgot how yucky he felt! Then after the 1st of the year, he developed a stomach virus and was throwing up all night on Bobby and Dad's first night alone together. After a few days of pedialyte, he started to get back to normal and then regressed later the next week. It was, again, on a night that I was away for work - Bobby threw up again in the middle of the night. Reggie and his mom took Bobby to the doctor and found out that his stomach bug has caused him to have an intolerance to his milk-based formula. So, we switched things up and got him back into the swing of things. He was on soy based formula all weekend long. It stayed in him much better - but man, oh man, does he STINK!!! The nurse said because of the rice in it, he will have some gas and it will take a while to get used to. Hopefully this will be the last thing he has to deal with for a while. He has lost 2 oz since his 6 month check up, so he needs to stay healthy to keep packing on the pounds!
While Bobby has been sick for the past 6 weeks, he's also grown up quite a bit. He is now crawling all over the place. Gone are the days of the whole family laying in bed together on Saturday morning. Bobby likes to get up and go! He has also learned how to sit up without support. Sometimes he gets really excited, flaps his arms and tips over, but does pretty well sitting up otherwise. At daycare last week, he started taking after his bigger friends and pulled himself up on the shelves. Luckily, they noticed it soon enough and caught him both times when he fell over. He is a little stinker. We're hoping that he won't learn to walk very soon.... it's all over once that happens!!

Besides that, nothing else too major has been going on in Bobby's life. Here are several pictures from the last 6 weeks!