Bean,  Daycare,  Parenting,  Playing

So Cute You’ll Slap Your Momma

December 9, 2009 /

Lately, I’ve gotten some really great pictures of Bean’s smile.   Its been easy to get good pictures of him lately because that little smile has been on full blast ever since Thanksgiving.

Notice the sweet potatoes…or maybe its carrots?…all over his face.   Nice, Bean.

So far, every phase Bean has been through I have just loved.   Even the phases that aren’t so fun – like four months old.   Those rough patches are still filled with such sweet little memories and experiences and when you think back, those are really the only things that you remember.   I’ve loved every minute of being Beanie’s mom.

But six month?   Well, it might be my favorite so far.

Bean’s little personality is really shining now.   From making decisions like when he wants his binky and when he doesn’t to having a little sense of humor to cuddling like crazy, six months is that Gerber baby that you see in pictures.

Only he can give you mushy kisses.

I even love Bean’s temper.   Which is a good thing cause he’s starting to show it more often!   But its usually only when he wants something and he’s actually really good about communicating what it is he’s upset over.   I think that’s what I like about this age.   He isn’t able to talk, of course, (although we swear he says, “Hi!”) but he is able to at least help us understand sometimes what is going on with him.   His little hints coupled with our better understanding of him now and of this whole parenting thing makes this phase less scary than any of the others.

Bean has finally learned how to sit up by himself and it has changed his little world.   Now, he hardly ever wants to be laid down.   He wants to sit up and see out.   And at daycare it has opened up a whole new area of play for him.   When he couldn’t sit up on his own, he was sort of tied to things like the swing or the bouncer or the exersaucer or the jumper.   But he couldn’t get down really with the other babies to play.   Now though, I come to pick him up in the afternoons and he’s sitting on the play mat with the other babies, sharing toys, babbling to them, listening to them.   Seeing him having so much fun with other babies makes me feel so good about our decision to put him in daycare.   If I can’t be home with him, at least he’s having fun where he is.

So, that’s really all I wanted to say today.   Six months?   Goooood.   I can’t wait to see what the next phase brings us – but I’m in no hurry to get there!

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14 Comments

  • Margaret B

    December 10, 2009 at 12:08 am Reply

    Yup, that’s how I feel about month five over here! I’m LOVING cuddling and playing with him. (With real responses and everything!) And oh my goodness, the sitting! We put Ezra in a high chair for the first time ever tonight at a restaurant and it changed our meal. =) As well as made me realize just how little he still is. I love my baby!

    • Katie

      December 10, 2009 at 10:30 am Reply

      Wanna know a secret? I got him that toolbox for Christmas, too. It was wrapped and under my tree and everything. But the other night, Bean was just bored and moaning and not wanting any of his normal toys so to shut him up I OPENED HIS CHRISTMAS PRESENT!!! How awful is that?!?!?

  • Amanda

    December 10, 2009 at 2:55 pm Reply

    First, I can’t believe you have wrapped presents under your tree already!!! You’re amazing.

    I just want to say that it’s only going to get better. My Jack is almost 11 months old now, and every month gets better and better. He doesn’t cry as much anymore, because he is starting to understand things around him. He even started to babble-whine now, which I shouldn’t like, but it’s so darn cute! And it’s so much better than straight out crying.

    Enjoy these months! Bean is ADORABLE! (I sometimes find myself calling my boy Bean when I finish reading your posts. OOPS!) 🙂

  • Jayme

    December 10, 2009 at 9:09 pm Reply

    It only gets better as he gets older!! My son just turned 15 months old, he is talking, walking and learning all kinds of new tricks every day. Aren’t boys just the best 🙂

  • Beanie's Nana

    December 11, 2009 at 11:55 am Reply

    I totally agree with Jayme. Every phase you and your sister have ever gone through was my FAVORITE and I wished that you would stay in it forever. But honestly, the 27-year-old phase has turned out to be the best of all! Wait until Beanie finds the most special person in the world to love and they love him back just as much. And then the two of them make your a Nana. I wish you would stay 27 FOREVER, Kitten!

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