sweet simplicity: BIG update..

So, it's been 6 1/2 months (a short 6 1/2 months!!!!!) and already Matthew has grown so much. He can now flip over completely, but only in one direction. Once he's on his tummy he can't get back onto his back. He's so good that he practices even in his sleep, which is great except for the one tiny fact that I have to wake up every hour or so to flip him over. But he's getting better about it. In fact, this past Saturday for the very first time Huey & I saw M. sleeping on his belly. We were so very proud of him. It's funny the things we get proud of now...."OH!! You pooped!!!!" "You burped! Good job Matthew!" hah...bodily functions have never been so significant and celebrated till now. What else....he eats solids now. We introduced cereals (rice, barley and oatmeal so far) starting the beginning of his 6 months. He also eats peas, carrots, sweet potato and banana. I tried giving him pears, but he didn't seem so fond of it...but I think it was b/c the pear I chose wasn't as sweet as it could've been. I'll have to try it again. He's a good eater...takes it after his parents. :) Matthew talks a lot now (says "dada" and "bahbahbah"). Sometimes when he's upset he'll babble as he cries. It sounds like he's trying to tell me using his "words" why he's upset. Most of the time I could decode what he's saying..not that there's much he would say. It's usually "I'm tired mom...how many times do I have to ask you to put me to bed w/my pacifier??" or "I'm hungry!!! GIVE ME FOOOOOOOODD!!!!!" M.'s also grabbing things, loves to bang on things (his fingerprints are all over the shelf next to the changing table and the closet mirrors) and he absolutely loves jumping in his jumperoo. He's growing so fast! There was a time when I'd put him in the "jew" (zoo...but my mom pronounces it "jew" and we've called it that ever since) and he'd just stare at all the little animals dangling from the top. Now he grabs at it and sometimes even pulls things off! ahh....i love watching him grow. LOVE IT! My only complaint is that he's now addicted to his pacifier. If it's not in his mouth while he sleeps, he'll sleep for a bit until he realizes that it's fallen out and will moan and groan (w/his eyes closed) until I stick it back in. Therefore, there hasn't been a single night where I've been able to sleep for a full 7 hours with him in the room. Will I ever be able to sleep? Hmmm...what else what else.... Oh, he got his first heat rash on Easter. I think the poor boy got exzema (sp?) since then b/c he has a rash on both sides of his face like sideburns, and bumpy dry patches on his legs and arms. Somedays it's worse than others, but it's always kinda there. It's funny, when we went to the doctor for it (b/c i HAD to get it checked out..even if the doctor tells me it's nothing, I just need to hear it from him) I explained all about his rash and what not, and Huey later told me that our version of the story is so different. He thought all was normal. Hah...Am I too anal of a mom? Maybe I'm too ....what's the word...sensitive?...high maintenance?...ugh, I can't think of the word (another side effect of having a baby. My vocabulary has decreased which has directly effected my ability to communicate...SIGH.) Anyway, ...OH! the word I'm looking for is uptight. (YES! Mommy brain--You have no hold over me!) Am I too uptight of a mom? IDK.....i see it as better safe than sorry! Eh, whatever. In any case, I'm digressing. The point is, Matthew has grown heaps in the past few months, and I need to update more often so that i don't end up writing one big hodgepodge of an entry.