Summers in KC: Creeping up on a half year old!! Woot!

Almost 6 months old!! I. CANT. BELIEVE. IT!!!! The closer we are getting to 6 months, the more research I am doing to begin BLW (baby led weaning). I am getting so excited I can hardly stand it. This method of introducing solid foods really focuses on the baby feeding themselves solid finger size foods. A lot of the foods are steamed or baked so they are very soft but still able to be picked up. Obviously the kid doesnt have a single pearly white, so the soft texture will be to his advantage. I was hoping to actually start BLW this week but Karsen had another breathing episode this last weekend that prevented us from getting started. Almost one month to the day and he got sick again...coughing, runny nose, and struggling to breathe. Luckily this time we were a little more experienced so we took him to the pediatrician and they sucked his nose, and gave him a breathing treatment of Albuterol. His numbers improved drastically after the breathing treatment but as his chest would become more stuffy, he would struggle some more, so we were sent home with a nebulizer and a prescription for Albuterol. In the beginning, we gave breathing treatments every 4 hours and then as we noticed he was getting better, we could spread out the treatments. Now we are giving him a treatment once in the morning and once before bed. Soon, we will be able to stop all together...until he gets sick again. At least if he gets sick again, we have all of the tools to prevent it from getting REAL bad like it has here in the most recent past.

This weekend we are heading to Little River to visit Grammy and Papa. It should be a good time! I know Karsen always enjoys seeing them!

Here are some pictures we have taken of the little guy! I do still love those cheeks!