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Saturday Arthur woke up at 6:30 on Saturday morning. Miklós staved off his hunger with the rest of the spinach purée, until I got up and used him to relieve my uncomfortably engorged boobs. For his afternoon snack, he got some homemade whole-milk yogurt mixed with crumbled tofu and shrimp. He seemed to like it alright, although is still not a fan of swallowing the shrimp. Happy to have another admirer! It was an exciting day for everyone: Nagymama was arriving! Miklós's mom g

Thursday The little booger woke up around 6 on Thursday. His papa was not pleased. Arthur got some spinach purée to tide him over until his proper breakfast, at which point he nursed with extreme vigor before falling asleep. It figures. We tried out our new baby carrier in the morning; he seemed to treat it more or less the same as he does his sling. In other words, he’s content if I’m moving around while wearing him, but less so if I’m sitting or standing still. Arthur had a

A 6:40 wakeup for the little dude today. Well, I guess it was 10 minutes later than yesterday. I was lucky that his dad took him until I got up an hour later. He gave Arthur a bit of formula to keep him going until his big breakfast on Mama, but at least he still had plenty of appetite by the time he got to my boobs. He was in a pretty good mood all morning; maybe the two naps helped. And it was a beautiful day outside, so I’m sure he also enjoyed his two walks almost as much

Monday A rough 6:30 wakeup for Arthur. Miklós fed him some more of the puréed couscous dish to keep him satisfied until I woke up. And, shockingly, he fell asleep on me pretty quickly after I latched him on for his second breakfast. Arthur was quite a hit in his new stroller set-up, which, since a blanket doesn't work very well with and involves more sun exposure, "requires" him to wear his bear outfit and sunglasses. My favorite comment was one an international college stude

Saturday Arthur woke up early again, around 6:30. Miklós tried to keep him placated with some sweet potato purée, which he wolfed down, crying for more - clearly the little dude was hungry. So it was once again a mix of huge gulps and falling asleep during his first nursing session of the day. I'm really hoping this early wakeup thing is just a phase, and not his new normal. He had numerous naps on me during the day to make up for it, though. During one of them, he was even g

Oof, Arthur woke up at 6:40 today. As Miklós put it, at least it was 20 minutes later than the previous day. But I could have done with a bit more sleep myself, as could his papa; apparently the little dude had woken up and fussed a bit a couple of times during the night before going back to sleep on his own. So all three of us were pretty out of it today, although at least Arthur and I didn't have to go into Eindhoven like Miklós. Is that my mama or a Zombie? Unsurprisingly,

Wednesday Arthur synced with his mama again, and woke up at pretty much the exact same time I did on Wednesday. Lucky for me, Miklós was not only home, but had plenty of free time in the morning to help out, as he was taking the day off. The reason was because of another house viewing, although this time, he was going alone. We didn't want to put Arthur through all the misery if we could avoid it, and figured Miklós could get a good impression of the neighborhood and place it

Monday I got up early on Monday, hoping to have a bit of Arthur-free time before he woke up, since Miklós would be out for the day and I wouldn't have any breaks. Miklós had been in the bathroom making plenty of noise, and then walking down the creaky stairs, and Arthur hadn't woken up. So as soon as Miklós went downstairs (around 7:15), I opened my door and tiptoed to the bathroom. I didn't even flush the toilet after I went, doing everything in my power not to disturb Arthu

Saturday A hungry Arthur woke up a bit after 7:30. He was a bit fussy in the morning, but sweetened up after some napping. We spent quite a while with him just chilling in the crib, dangling a leg out the side contentedly while occasionally smiling at me or reaching for the mobile. Chillin' like a villain For his afternoon snack, Arthur first finished off the parsnip purée, mixed with a bit of olive oil. He was still hungry after that, so we followed it up with some more Weet

Thursday Arthur woke up right around the same time I did - 7:45. Hopefully he slept better than his mom - we were placing our second bid on a house today, and I was pretty darn anxious about it. Unfortunately, we were out-bid, which was pretty upsetting - I had been super excited about this house. I keep trying to tell myself that it's fate, and what's meant to be will be, but it's hard not to be terribly upset about it, or to wish we had bid higher. But, the important thing

Another successful noise-machineless night; Arthur slept until 7:45 this morning! His breakfast was a bit less successful; he was fussing during it again, and didn't drink quite as much as I would have liked. Still, it was enough to produce a nice poop, so that was something, and he did nurse quite a bit better during his second breakfast. He also didn't have a huge appetite for solids after breakfast. I gave him some watered-down peanut butter, which he accepted with less en

Monday We actually ended up waking Arthur up at 8:15. He had slept very well through the night with no noise machine at all, so we think we might stop using it. What a big milestone for our big six-month-old! The morning was filled with tummy time and solids: first more of that disgusting cauliflower purée (he made a couple of horrified faces at first, but then seemed to want more and more) followed by some pumpkin purée to freshen up his breath (still not crazy about this, b

Saturday Arthur's got Valentine's Day down - "I give you flowers, you give me a BJ" Arthur woke up at 7:30 on Valentine's Day, so it was a rush to feed the hungry beast without any tooth brushing or anything. Which was a bit unfortunate, because Miklós had laid out a beautiful homemade Valentine's Day Miffy Connections challenge for me to solve, which I was only able to admire as I frantically made a cup of tea before running upstairs to nurse. Arthur was a bit restless even

Our 26-week old baby woke up a little after 8 today, and was restless for most of the morning. Once again, he was even fussing while nursing. But his teeth look exactly the same, so I'm starting to rethink my theory that he's teething. We'll see. Arthur completely panicked when I ran the stick blender while he was in the high chair. He's always disliked the regular blender, but the stick one is quite a bit quieter, so I thought it might be ok. But he got really worked up and

Arthur woke up before either of his parents today - around 7:30 or so. He's been a bit restless today, but I guess we all are. There's another home I'm excited about viewing, but they are fully booked until Tuesday, with no deadline on bidding, so it's a bit unsettling. I'm trying not to get too invested in it. Still, I wonder if Arthur's started teething. Six months is a pretty typical time for it to start, so he would be right on schedule for that, and when I looked at his

Today was a stressful day. We spent basically the whole day on tenterhooks and, in my case, feeling nauseous with anxiety, waiting to hear back from the real estate agent. The owner of the house we had bid on was torn between us and one other couple, he said, but would choose today. We pretty much waited the whole day until the realtor contacted us just before 6:00pm. And unfortunately the owners of the place chose the other couple; they had bid slightly lower than us, but wa

Monday I'm alone with Arthur on Mondays, so was very grateful that I had plenty of time to get ready and settle myself with a hot cup of tea before he awoke. The past few mornings, he's been getting up early, so the fact that he chose a Monday to sleep in was wonderful! I actually going in to wake him up just before 8:30 - it's been a hot minute since I did that. He was actually already awake when I went into the room, and just starting to get agitated, so it was perfect timi

Saturday Arthur woke up around 7:45. He's been in a really good mood all day, especially given the trauma we put him through the day before, though he didn't sleep during his 10:00 nursing session like he usually does. Nap-time was a big fat fail (again with the spasmy sleep crying) - I really think we'll need to see a sleep therapist about it. So naturally, he instantly fell asleep on me during the post-"nap" nursing session. Good morning mood I can't say Arthur's solid int

Arthur woke up a little before 8, and though he was hungry, he was also still sleepy, so even the first nursing session ended up being half a nap. We had a lot of home viewings scheduled in Tilburg today, so wanted to be on the road by 10, so I crammed in a second feeding at 9:20, during which he did another half-asleep feed. Sleeping and eating as much as possible before we left was a good start to a long day we were very apprehensive about. Before the fussing began... But u

Ok, scratch that last guess. Arthur woke up before I even made it to the bathroom this morning, at around 7:40. At least he's been in a pretty reasonable mood today. Miklós feels that nap-time is improving as well, although announced today that Arthur has a new talent: screaming while sleeping. Apparently today he had his eyes closed while fussing, and Miklós thinks he got a bunch of micro-naps in at that time. Naturally, he had a more proper nap on me during the post-nap fee