Spring and Happy Baby

Well, it has been quite some time since I posted.  The months are flying by for me and my incredibly active 7 month old.  Corbin is not crawling yet, but he gets on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth.  He pushes himself backwards with his arms, but hasn't figured out how to propel himself with his legs yet.  When sitting, he can turn himself around.  He has gotten a lot more comfortable on his tummy.  When we hold him in our laps, he climbs all over us.  He is so curious about every little thing and, of course, everything goes straight into his mouth.  His favorite new thing is to stand (supported) by the coffee table and pound on it with his palms.  He breaks out into a huge smile and giggles.  He also likes being tossed up by his dadda and hanging upside down over our shoulders.  As always, he loves to be read and sung to.  A couple we are friends with brought over their guitar and bongos to play for us the other night.  Corbin was absolutely captivated by the music.  Corbin has started eating softened finger foods, but is allergic to every fruit we've given him.  His poor skin breaks out into a rash all over his tummy and chest.  Because of this, we are introducing new foods slowly.  No teeth yet, but he sure is acting like they're ready to make an appearance.  He babbles quite a bit now, mostly "ahhh" and "da da da da" or variations of that.  He says "mba mba" when he's upset with his dadda and wants me.  He is long and lean, but he's starting to get a little chub on him.  We started taking him to a pediatric chiropractor for adjustments.  Apparently, he was very out of line and this was affecting his nursing.  Since we started going, he has been much less fussy and a better nurser.  We've been taking him to the park since the weather has been nice.  He loves the swings and playing with the bars on the jungle gym.  He got his first baby sunburn on his arms when mama didn't think to put sunscreen on him.  He didn't seem bothered by it and it was gone in a day, but now I keep some sunscreen in the diaper bag.  We are starting baby safety swim lessons next week at the YMCA.  He already loves the water and taking baths, so this should be fun.  My favorite thing is being told by everyone around us how exceptionally cute Corbin is.  I would have to agree!

In our lives: Chris started a new job at Truman Behavioral Health (doing the same thing but more $).  I am serving as a doula (kcbirthmama.webs.com) in addition to working as a nurse on the weekends at Truman.  We were looking at houses to buy, but decided that now wasn't the right time.  So we will be spending another year in Oak Grove.  I applied to midwifery school to get my CNM through a distance education program and am waiting to hear back from them.   This spring has been uplifting and I feel like a lot of good changes will happen this year.