Sitting In A High Chair
Words: Martha Cheney and Hap Palmer / Music: Traditional

Chorus:
Sittin' in a high chair, big chair, my chair
Sittin' in a high chair, bang my spoon!
Sittin' in a high chair, big chair, my chair
Sittin' in a high chair, feed me soon.

Bring on the carrots, bring on the peas
Mama come serve this baby please
Bring on the pancakes stacked in a pile
Papa's gonna make this baby smile

Repeat Chorus

Bring on a napkin, bring on a sponge
Clean me up 'cause I'm all done

Dylan's doctor wanted him to wait until he was six months old to start solids. He had had a little rice cereal before that, but not any of the fun foods. We started with rice cereal, and rice cereal crackers. He didn't really like the rice cereal, he liked the rice cracker. He didn't always get it into his mouth very well at first. We started with steamed pea's, and they were an instant favorite. He has to wait a few days before trying new vegetables. So far he's had pea's, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, and squash. He really hates squash. That was the only vegetable that I didn't steam and puree, so I'll try that one again in a few weeks. I'm waiting to give him fruit and sugary things until he's a year. I want to make sure that he really likes his vegetables first. He has had graham crackers at Grandma's house, but since it's a cracker I guess it's okay. Dylan started with a big boy high chair, and it's way too big for him. So we got him a bumbo chair until he's big enough for the other. The bumbo chair is pretty cool. He loves to sit in it, and it's so portable he can really be part of the group. He likes to sit at the table at dinner time, and the counter when I'm doing dishes. He loves to be the center of attention.

The other new thing that's happened lately is that Dylan has learned how to sleep. I don't know if it's that his nervous system has finally caught up, we've been working on a sleep schedule, eating solids, or his teething necklace. Whatever it is, or the combination of everything, it's working so well. He has been falling asleep by eight every night, and waking up around seven or eight in the morning. He still wakes up twice a night to eat, but is doing so well. He's taking two to three naps a day as well. It's a miracle, I didn't think the day would ever come when Dylan would sleep at night.

Our friends recommended a teething necklace after seeing how bad Dylan's teething was. We had tried every product on the market, without seeing really any relief. Our dog ate a tube of baby oragel, and it looked like it worked for him. With all the licking, his nose and everything he could reach with his tongue was numb. Nothing was working for Dylan though. Here is more information about the teething necklace. I've been so impressed with it. I don't think that Dylan will be taking it off any time soon.

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Dylan is five months old!

He is getting to be such a big kid. He can hold his head up really well, and is scooting around quite a bit. He likes to be held so that he can see everything. He likes to grab a handful of hair to have better balance while he's being held. I got a new haircut to help with that, but it's still long enough that he loves to pull it. He is starting to really notice the dogs, and smiles when they come over. Randsom is so starved for attention that he lays by his feet and lets him kick him for awhile. His favorite toys are his saucer activity center, and his little dog that lights up and say's "woof woof, merry Christmas." He likes his swing, but is mostly in it while he's taking one of his famous fifteen minute naps. We are both exhausted a lot of the time. He can roll from stomach to back, and back to stomach. He likes to sleep on his left side at night. He is such a character, and is always making me laugh. He has a huge smile, and is a pretty happy little guy. He giggles all the time now, especially when his dad tickles him. He loves going to hockey games, I hope that he likes playing it when he gets older. He's going to need to get a lot bigger. He's 11 pounds, and is smaller then all his cousins and friends. Hopefully he'll catch up soon. He loves spending time with his daddy, and knows that it's playtime when he comes home. It's the best part of the day when daddy comes home, everyone is excited. The dogs start sitting by the door around four to wait for him. Dylan loves spending time outside, or going out and doing pretty much anything. Grocery shopping is a pretty exciting time for him. He doesn't like to be stuck in the house. He's had a cough and stuffy nose for a month, and has had to be inside more, and he doesn't like that. The picture below of him with his eyes wide with a big open mouth grin is how he looks a lot of the time. It's his excited face, and he's excited by a lot of things. He's really good at slobber open mouth kisses. He is a challenging baby, but such a blessing in our lives too. We can't really say much about his personality, since he's so much like his parent's. We sure love this crazy little guy.