Six Months

Since my last update, Agustin has been collecting new skills and qualities at a mind-boggling pace. I would have chronicled them sooner, but I am exhausted. The lovely sleep rhythms he had settled into have become a thing of the past; the last two weeks he’s been waking up every one or two hours. Since he's about four months gestationally, there could be a lot of reasons for this. But I don't need reasons, I need sleep.



He’s become quite mobile. In Sydney, I realized that I needed to get serious about creating pillow barriers when I came in to find that when he’d woken up from his nap, he’d flipped himself onto his back and used his legs to scooch down until his feet were hanging of the bed. Eeeck!

Then, the other day, I put him on his stomach with some toys about a foot away from me while I was at my laptop. Five minutes later, he was on my arm. He’s not crawling, but rather using crawling-like motions to inch forward. I seriously almost had a heart attack when he pounced on my arm—my life is about to change from stationary baby’s mama to mobile baby’s mama. It's just a matter of time before he's able to lift his body up and get some speed.


He's getting close to being able to sit, too. His neck is really solid, and his abs are strong enough that he can pull himself forward from a reclined position. It's the side-to-side balancing that he doesn't have down yet. He's starting propping himself up with his arms though.

AND. His lower gumline is looking mighty pale, and he’s started drooling…dun, dun, DUNNN!

He’s started really studying things now. He’ll watch his hands as he wiggles his fingers and turns his palm toward and away from himself. He grabs for things he’s interested in, including mom’s nose, dad’s lips, our coffee cups and bowls, train tickets, clothes...


The nice thing is that I can now amuse him (for a while) by giving him something to play with. Crinkly paper is a favorite.


But the giggles are the best. He’s been giggling for a while, but now he responds to funny faces—and even better—he’ll start randomly giggling at things that apparently strike him as funny. Like when I drink from my water bottle (?). Or when I sign things to him. Crazy mommy with her silly parenting ideas!


He continues to enjoy the hubbub of having other children around and smiles when people talk to him. I don’t know how soon you can really see personality traits in babies, but all signs point to him being social.

I’m one of those people who is guilty of over using the word “awesome.” But it is truly awesome to watch a new life waking up to the world. I am so blessed to be his mama.