Sebastian’s 6 Month Love Note

My beautiful Sebastian,

This month’s love note comes from a very grateful Momma. Each day you grow stronger, happier and with as much personality as I would expect any child of mine to have. You are the pinnacle of a “happy baby”. You are easily wooed by women gawkers, often times giving a sheepish grin as you shy into my chest- you are already the ladies’ man!

You most certainly have tickle spots, and you know that I know where they are. Just by giving you a look and aiming my pointers at those hilarious spots on your collar bone and neck sends you into an all out giggle fest. I just love to hear you laugh!

You are huge, young man. Huge! You weigh in at 20 lbs (90th%) and are 28 inches tall (80th%). You are wearing whatever size clothes and diapers I can squeeze you into, and I don’t both stuffing those fat feet into shoes, so I wouldn’t know those size on those things. Although they sure taste yummy! In another two pounds, I will be moving you into your big boy car seat.

You are officially scooting all over the place! You can get up on all fours, swaying back and forth, before falling back down. You will be crawling soon, I think. In the meantime, you’ve got the army crawl down pat. There is no way I can leave you anywhere that you can fall from, because you will. You love to scoot your way towards your Sister’s toy, just to stick them in your mouth. Last week I had to reorganize all her toys, making sure small toys that can be a choking hazard end up downstairs.

This month you officially became the proud owner of two pearly white teeth! Because of them, you’ve been doing some funny things with your tongue. Alina thinks its the funniest thing. But those two tiny teeth have been causing you lots of pain and, sadly, many sleepless nights for Daddy D and me. I hope it’s just a phase, but I am beginning to think you may be a “bad sleeper”. Even naps are hard to come by, making life quite hectic with two babies that hardly sleep. Luckily, you are so darn cute and so very happy, that Momma doesn’t mind having you up.

Everyday you find your voice a bit more. You are begining to show signs of an assertive nature by way of wild screaming outbursts directed squarely at us. With an intense gaze and clenched fists thrusted sternly by your side, you scream- ARGH! Ha! It’s hard for me not to laugh. I know you are trying to communicate, but holy smokes, you are too funny! I can already decipher between your different cries and screams, coupled with your body language, but the time has come to teach you some language skills. I’ve already began to teach you a few signs while feeding you, and hopefully you will pick those up soon. I truly believe that having the ability to use sign language for just a handful of signs really helped Alina develop a sense of autonomy from a young age, especially as it came to her feedings. I hope that sign language benefits you in the same way.

You love your Daddy, Sebastian. As soon as Daddy gets home, you two lock eyes and the biggest smiles emerge on both of your faces. Eveyday, Daddy takes you upstairs with him while he changes his clothes and unwinds from the work day, and I can hear you laughing and cooing all the while. You are always happy to see me, including wanting your momma on most occasions, but when Daddy first gets home from work, you are his boy. It is indeed a very special bond that the two of you share. I feel so grateful to watch it grow.

My amazing Son, this was also a big month because you underwent surgery for a birth defect you were born with {I hate that term, by the way}. It was beyond terrifying, but you pulled through like a champ and are healing quickly. I think now that I know all is well, I may write about our ordeal together {with respect to the privacy of your medical history, of course} because the journey is important to document. You also have so many friends anxious to hear about your recovery.

Sweet Sebastian. Love of my life. Keep crawling towards your goals! Keep screaming for your ambitions! Keep growing and learning and loving, like you already do so well. The amount of pride I have in you is immeasurable. I have high expectations, my baby boy! And with the beauty of your soul that is shining so deeply in your dark eyes, I know that you will meet them.

Te quiero por siempre, mi hijo. Y despues de siempre.

Su Mama