A lot has happened in the last few weeks of writing on this! Harrison FINALLY got his first tooth!! It broke through about a week ago, it's the bottom right one, and it's about half way out of there now. Thank God! The poor kid has been teething for 5 months now with nada happening until now, it's so cool to actually brush his teeth, and he loves it! I think because the toothpaste is banana flavored :) This kid is crazy for bananas!
Which brings me to his eating habits :) This week, after reading books, and talking to my best friend Cori, who I call constantly about things baby related, said that I could start feeding him "real" food! Holy crap! I was freaking out! He's 9 months, he's actually 9 months now, it's so hard to believe that this week I was cutting up bananas and steaming carrots (which I burned the first batch..........ha ha, only me!) to give to him, and 9 months ago he was just coming out. It's crazy! So, in addition to breast feeding, having baby food once a day, he's now starting to try some carrots, banana, and cooked apples. I'm so afraid that he's going to choke, so the bites haven't been big at all. I must confess, I have been taking the potato masher to them, so the "real" food has been just mashed food :) I'm sure I'll get over this fear of choking, but I'm always afraid for the next milestone in his life. I am always wondering "What will I do when....", like now What will I do when he's pulling himself up? What will I do when he's really crawling around? How will I get anything done that needs to get done? But with each milestone we've adjusted as I'm sure we will do with each one coming up.
Speaking of milestones! On Monday this week I was laying on the floor with him watching him get up on all fours and rocking back and forth, lunging himself forward, and plop :) It was hilarious! So then he did it again, and his back leg was kind of underneath him at an angle, i was like "whatcha doing there bud?"...and he slowlystraightened out his other leg, and sat himself up! It was crazy! I was yelling at Kenney to get in the room and he said "You did that, you sat him up didn't you?"...Heck no I didn't! You should have seen Harrison's face, he was like "Whoa! What the heck did I just do?" He hasn't done it again since, but he's been working on it, I just wasn't expecting that at all and boom, it happened in a matter of seconds!
Now you might be asking first foster? What is that? Well I recently got another dog, yes, I am currently a 4 dog, 3 person family. But this one is just temporary! He's a foster dog named Marley, and I got him through Beagle Buddies Rescue. He's 9 years old, so I figured, no big deal right? He'll probably just sleep all the time! Well, he does sleep all the time like an old guy, but he's also very much like a puppy :) He is not fully potty trained yet, and he's a garbage dog. He's into my trash every chance he gets, no matter how high we put it, he seems to find a way to get it down. So, we've resorted to crate training, which he hates and cries the whole time he's in there, which is hard for me to take a shower, while Harrison is sleeping and Marley is barking the whole time. But it's well worth it. This little guy has had such a hard life so far and the least I can do is give him a good home during his golden years. So, despite what I've just written, he is the sweetest little guy, so if anyone knows of someone looking for an older dog, with a little snoring problem, be sure to send them my way! :) Hope all is well with everyone and I'll post some pictures of Harrison later :)
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