So what do I say in my first blog entrance. Kristopher you are now 6 months old, yes your mother is behind in times. You can roll over, sit up on your own (you just learned how to do this) and you can definitely bring a smile to your mommy and daddy's faces.
I have to say Kristopher is a very happy baby and he is very easy to read. You know when he is hungry, he lets you know when he is tired and he has gotten the hang of letting us know he does not want to be held anymore. He had his 6 month check up last Thursday and he is now 27.5" and 15 lbs. 9 ounces. He is in the 82% for height and 20% for weight. It's okay though the doctor said long and lean is okay. He then received 3 shots and he cried. He is so funny when he 
puckers up and cries. I feel so bad for him because there is nothing he can do about it. So I then comforted him the best way I know how to, with my Mommy equipment. Hehe. That is going to be one of the hardest things to stop doing. I am hoping to continue until he is 1 year old, but who knows anything can happen between now and then. He has been eating cereal since he was 4 months old since he wanted to nurse or have a bottle every 2 hours, we decided he was ready. He is now at the beginning stages of introducing food. He has had squash and today is his first day for carrots. I hope he likes carrots as much as he liked squash. He finished a container of squash in 3 days. I'm so proud of him. I'll attach some pictures to show some of his feedings.
puckers up and cries. I feel so bad for him because there is nothing he can do about it. So I then comforted him the best way I know how to, with my Mommy equipment. Hehe. That is going to be one of the hardest things to stop doing. I am hoping to continue until he is 1 year old, but who knows anything can happen between now and then. He has been eating cereal since he was 4 months old since he wanted to nurse or have a bottle every 2 hours, we decided he was ready. He is now at the beginning stages of introducing food. He has had squash and today is his first day for carrots. I hope he likes carrots as much as he liked squash. He finished a container of squash in 3 days. I'm so proud of him. I'll attach some pictures to show some of his feedings.
So let me backtrack some, back to when Kristopher was born, April 17, 2007. We actually got to determine Kristopher's birthday because I had to have a scheduled c-section. I went for my final ultrasound before the birth and that's when they told me I had to have a c-section. I guess normally they do not perform an ultra sound as close to the due date as they had me go for mine but the doctors needed to make sure that Kristopher was not 
breeched anymore and that I could attempt to deliver normally. Well he was turned but then I had complete placenta previa. The technical definition from Wikipedia is "Placenta praevia (placenta previa AE) is an obstetric complication that can occur in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. It can some times occur in the latter part of the first trimester. It is a leading cause of antepartum haemorrhage (vaginal bleeding) and is characterised by the implantation of the placenta over or near the top of the cervix. It affects approximately 0.5% of all labours." Basically if I was to deliver the baby I could bleed out and/or lose the baby due to loss of it's food and air supply. There was a huge risk that was eliminated by surgery. Please correct me though if I'm wrong. So in hearing that I needed to have a c-section was dissapointing because I felt that I was cheating somewhat. I did not have to wait and guess or wonder when we would be able to meet Kristopher, we knew it was going to be April 17 at 9:00 am. I did not have to go through labor and the screaming and pushing. I had a baby in a total of 2 hours. I did feel cheated but then when I look back, I realize how lucky I was not to have to go through labor and to have have to guess as to when my water broke or if what I was feeling was a contraction. So in conclusion, I am going to have my next child delivered by c-section too. Hopefully it won't be for the same reason.
breeched anymore and that I could attempt to deliver normally. Well he was turned but then I had complete placenta previa. The technical definition from Wikipedia is "Placenta praevia (placenta previa AE) is an obstetric complication that can occur in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. It can some times occur in the latter part of the first trimester. It is a leading cause of antepartum haemorrhage (vaginal bleeding) and is characterised by the implantation of the placenta over or near the top of the cervix. It affects approximately 0.5% of all labours." Basically if I was to deliver the baby I could bleed out and/or lose the baby due to loss of it's food and air supply. There was a huge risk that was eliminated by surgery. Please correct me though if I'm wrong. So in hearing that I needed to have a c-section was dissapointing because I felt that I was cheating somewhat. I did not have to wait and guess or wonder when we would be able to meet Kristopher, we knew it was going to be April 17 at 9:00 am. I did not have to go through labor and the screaming and pushing. I had a baby in a total of 2 hours. I did feel cheated but then when I look back, I realize how lucky I was not to have to go through labor and to have have to guess as to when my water broke or if what I was feeling was a contraction. So in conclusion, I am going to have my next child delivered by c-section too. Hopefully it won't be for the same reason. So Kristopher finally came to meet his mommy and daddy 
and it was the greatest feeling in the world. To think that I made a baby is hard to fathom. To this day it is still hard to comprehend the miracle of life. It is so precious and so amazing. No one can ever come close to describing the feeling of becoming a parent. Your whole life changes, your priorities change, your focus changes and you change as a person. You become a better person inside and out. To feel so strong about something is not a learned emotion, it is buried 
somewhere deep inside our hearts until the situation occurs and then the feeling comes out. I was so relieved when the surgery was finally over and that Kristopher was ok and then of course that I was going to be ok.
and it was the greatest feeling in the world. To think that I made a baby is hard to fathom. To this day it is still hard to comprehend the miracle of life. It is so precious and so amazing. No one can ever come close to describing the feeling of becoming a parent. Your whole life changes, your priorities change, your focus changes and you change as a person. You become a better person inside and out. To feel so strong about something is not a learned emotion, it is buried 
somewhere deep inside our hearts until the situation occurs and then the feeling comes out. I was so relieved when the surgery was finally over and that Kristopher was ok and then of course that I was going to be ok. So, this is just my first entry and I will continue to go back and write about the first 6 months of Kristopher's life as well as keep everyone updated.
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