6 Months Old

I can't believe my little man is going to be 6 months old this month! He has been growing so fast & it has been fun to watch him hit his milestones. Sitting up, crawling (all be it backwards), getting that ever important first tooth & starting solid food. The solid food was exciting at first & he LOVES it. The problem came when we had to change that first baby food diaper. The smell was like nothing we had ever smelled before. And coming from a former zookeeper & a garbage man, that is saying A LOT! I'm sad to report that it does not get better. Yesterday I gave Ben sweet potatoes & bananas (2 of his favorites) and put him in his bouncy activity center. He bounced happily, stopped, faced me, grunted hard, smiled & went back to bouncing. That's when the stink hit me. I picked him up & went to lay him on a blanket to change him. Why is there poo on the back of his neck? My son shit with so much enthusiasm it shot up his back. I had to clean thick, pasty horrible smelling poo off the back of his neck & out of his hair. He laughed the whole time. Perfect.