Justin's first solid food

When we got home from church today, we gave Justin his first solid food, Cerelac. He seems to love it very much. Though we made too much he can't finish it. In the end, I help him ate the Cerelac. This is the start of another milestone for Justin. We do hope that he will have a good appetite always.

Justin's 6th checkup

Justin is now 5 months and a half old. And we had his 6th checkup. His weight today is exactly 8 kilos (17.6 lbs). He also measures 68cm in height. Justin had his second shot of IPV vaccine. He did not cry today when he had his vaccine.

Dra. Teldy Chua allowed Justin to start taking solid food. We are advice to give him cereals and lugaw first. For the first week, we are to feed Justin once only. Then after a week we can feed him 2x a day.

We went to landmark today to buy a cerelac for Justin.

Justin can hold his water thumbler

Justin was able to hold his water thumbler all by himself. We are so happy to see that he knows how to do it alone already. As early as 5 months and a half old, im sure not all baby can do this. We have captured this special moment of justin in video.

Justin eats teething cookie

I bought teething cookies for Justin today. Because it seems that his teeth are about to come out. Dra. Teldy Chua gave us a go signal to give him teething cookie. Justin seems to enjoy it very much. I have a video of Justin eating the cookies.

Finish taking my medicine

Im finish taking my medicine. Now Im not sure if im completely ok. I would need to go back to see Dr. Ernesto Domingo on April. And I have to have a test for my sgpt. I hope everything will be ok. Personally I believe that I did well for not eating sweet, eating at fast food and canned goods. Though 1 thing I miss was exercise. But I do walk home during Monday and Thursday. I do hope that's enough. Lets just wait for my next checkup.

Justin drinks from a straw

We bought a straw made by pigeon where we can put it inside the bottle. Justin tried it and he was able to drink from the straw.

Sleeping habit of Justin

Justin is starting to have a new sleeping routine. Before, we need to let him lay down on the bed, sing to him and let him drink milk before he can sleep. But now it's a different story. He has a new sleeping pattern. Michelle will carry him then we will play the children's hymn cd and close the lights. With this, Justin won't cry anymore and he knows that it's time for him to sleep. It's been 4 days already since we tried this. And it is very effective. We are able to let him sleep with out any problem.

Justin also starts to move a lot when sleeping. He even kneel while sleeping. His position is very funny.

First soup

firstJustin is almost 6 months old. Today Michelle let him try to drink soup. Justin liked the soup so much. He asked for more soup when she stopped giving soup to him. We do hope that he will have appetite to eat when it's time for him to eat solid food.

Up here!

Justin has a new milestone. He now knows how to respond to "up here". When I say "up here" he will raise his hand. He really learns things very fast. And we are so happy with his progress.

Starting to learn close open

Justin is starting to learn close open. At 5 months and 5 days old, Justin seems to start closing and opening his hands as we say close open. He haven't got it fully yet but we believe he already understands how to do it. I was able to capture a video of that moment.

Justin sleeping with us

We started letting Justin sleep with us again last March 3, 2009. We gave him milk while he lay down on our bed. Michelle also sings nursery rhymes to him. It's been 4 days straight already that we are able to let Justin sleep with us. We do hope that he will get used to with this routine for a long time.

Justin roll

Justin is getting used to rolling over. He can roll fast and lay on his tummy for a long time. Earlier tonight while Justin is on our bed. We saw him roll over from one end of the bed to the other end. He rolled about 3 to 4 times to reach the other end. We are so happy to see this because it is another milestone for Justin. He is really developing very fast.

Justin's afraid of unkown people

We went home to Michelle's house today to visit her parents. Justin go with us. But to our surprise, Justin seems to start getting afraid of people don't know or he not normally see. He keeps on crying and he doesn't want other people to carry him. But after few hours, they were able to carry Justin without any problem.

This situation alarmed us. For we don't want Justin to be afraid of his grand parents. What we'll try to do is, will have Justin go to their house at least once a week for him to get used to it.