The Barnhill Bunch: Past 3 months

I cannot believe I haven't updated my blog since MARCH! So much has happened since my little man was 2 months! I'm not going to put everything about our entire last 3 months, but I will try to highlight so I can remember what happened.
We've been traveling quite a lot these past few months. We went to Wichita Falls for my sister-in-laws shower (April 14). I'll remember that date because it's the first time Drake rolled from his back to his stomach, and now he never stops! I worried so much about him sleeping on his stomach because ALL I'd heard since the day I found out I was pregnant was that babies HAVE to sleep on their back. WELL, once Drake discovered to roll he would immediately roll to his tummy when I put him down. I finally gave up the battle of forcing him to sleep on his back and he sleeps through the ENTIRE night now! He started sleeping through the night right after he turned 4 months. However, I still wake up through the night to check on him, but he sleeps GREAT.

Another huge change we went through these past months was nursing. Since I never produced enough for him (and trust me, I tried EVERYTHING....taking medicine, pumping whenever he wasn't eating and feeding him every hour and a half to two hours) I decided I would try to give him 3 oz of my milk and 3 oz of formula since he was going through a growth spirt and needed 6 oz and I ever could naver make more than 3...from both sides! I started this about 4 and a half months because I was going crazy, he would kick me the entire time and I couldn't go anywhere because I was either feeding him or pumping. I finally got over myself and decided we would both be better if he just had formula. I still did a morning feeding because it was so hard for me to "give up" but once I finally did it was more of "moving on" than "giving up."

Drake's first formula bottle

Drake is getting so much better at grabbing things and doing things himself. He's becoming very self-sufficient and wants to hold his own bottle while he eats. He can grab his pacifier and put it in his mouth and some of the time it's the right way. He LOVES to grab my hair. I think the thing I say to him the most (besides I love you) is "let go of momma's hair please."

Drake and Donald Duck

He started cutting his first tooth right after 5 months. He has been chewing and slobbering like crazy! Right when he started getting his first bottom tooth the second bottom tooth broke through. So, both front bottom teeth are coming in at the same time. They're about halfway up now. I give him Hyland's teething tablets and teething gel along with baby pain reliever. A lady at Target saw me struggling with what to use because there are a MILLION things out there and told me she took a class on baby products and anything Hyland is the best to use because it's all natural. I was so thankful for her and her knowledge because I was LOST!
I've also started Drake on baby food. We tried rice cereal about 4 and a half months and he was not having it. We stopped for about a week and a half and tried again and he would gag and make funny faces like he just hate the worst thing ever. So, I decided to pull out my baby brezza and make him some food. My mom got me the food maker and I LOVE it! I make sweet potatoes and green beans and freeze them in ice trays and feed him one cube every night. He definitely likes the sweet potatoes better than the green beans, but I think it might be because I put cinnamon in the potatoes. He also eats bananas and greek yogurt. I'm ready for him to start trying other things!

Eating Sweet Potatoes

Finally, we just got back from our first family vacation! Jamie loves the beach and growing up their family went every year, so we wanted to start our own family tradition....and we DID! We went to Orange beach, which is in Alabama. It's between Gulf Shores and Florida. It's BEAUTIFUL. It has white beaches and clear waters. We stayed in a condo right off the beach which was perfect because Drake still takes three naps a day so we could go up as much as we needed. I was a little worried about Drake and sand since he puts everything in his mouth, but he stayed in the shade and on the huge blanket without ever getting a mouthful of sand. He love love loved the water. He would splash his hands on the top of the water and got really excited when a wave would come our way. Needless to say, it was a HUGE success (even the trip there and back) and we can't wait for next year!! Ok, here are some pictures I've taken over the last few months and I will be better about writing about all of our activities!