Half A Year Old

You’re a half a year old!!

How in the world did that happen so fast?!

 I can't believe you are now closer to being an entire year old than you are a newborn... ::clue sad face::

I mean look how much you've changed in just 6 short months...

I feel like I can hardly remember just how small you were already, it really wasn't that long ago but sometimes feels like ages. Looking back, you changed so much between 1-3 months looks wise.  

I would say, this month has been a pretty big month for you developmentally though.

You still REFUSE to rollover!! It's cool though I'm in no hurry for you to grow up or become active and start rolling or crawling all over the house. I'm totally fine with you taking your sweet time in that area.You do love rolling from side to side, you hang out on your side all the time looking around.

You are very observant!

You love just hanging out... you are a people watcher. Just sitting in your car seat or bouncy chair or laying on the floor listening and watching people.

You watch everything around you.

Watch people interact with each other or listen to them talk to you.

You're a great conversationalist!

You let me tell you all sorts of stories and then when I've finished you chime in with your own comments and then we have ourselves a discussion :) I just love talking to you!

You love looking at your feet. You stare at them all the time. You'll stick your legs out and point your toes or pull them up in the air to look at them.

You love grabbing faces, especially daddy's beard it makes you giggle! When you nurse you move your hand across my face, it's the sweetest!

You're smiling, giggling and laugh more and more all the time. Mommy and Daddy are always pretty funny to you. You're obsessed with sticking your tongue out.

You love to cuddle!! <3>

Even though you refuse to roll over you are able to stay sitting up for a short time all on your own. You love standing up when mommy or daddy pull you up to a stand your face lights up and that tongue comes out.

You have TWO teeth!! I swear your first way popped through over night and the very next week we could see another white spot, however the second one took well over a week to fully pop up. It was not fun for you.

 

We started solids this month!

You weren't too sure of them at first but after a couple weeks you sure are starting to get the hang of it. You just started opening up your mouth in anticipation for the spoon and you chew!

You also love sitting in your big boy chair, otherwise known as your highchair. We introduced solids just over the weekend for a couple weeks and just recently started giving you them the majority of most nights. For right now you get them just once a day for dinner or late in the afternoon.

Your first food was butternut squash, fresh from Grandpa Jim's garden! Other foods you've had are carrots (also fresh from the garden), avocado, and banana. We skipped rice cereal and went straight to veggies, so far I have made all your food for you, I'll blog about that later! 

You got your 4th cold! At your 5 months you were just getting over a cold and here we are again, right in the middle of another one. You also got your first ear infection, in fact it's a double ear infection! We didn't even know you had one until we were at your 6 month doctor appointment and the doctor asked if you had been tugging at your ears, which you hadn't been. I of course felt like a horrible mommy for not knowing but you hadn't been much different aside from not sleeping well and that has been all over the place this past month. But now your on the mend.

Hopefully we can keep you healthy this next month...

Mommy loves you to the moon and back little man!!
XOXOX

Age: 6 months old

Weight: 17lbs 15 oz...almost an 18 pounder!!

Length: 27.25 inches long

Size: Wearing 6M- 9M, some 6-12M, and still squeezing into a very few 3-6M things but not many. Size 3 disposable diapers, medium setting on all cloth diapers.

Hair: Light brown/sandy blonde, his little boy hair has started growing in thicker

Eyes: Blue!!

Teeth: Two teeth

Sleeping: Takes 2-3 naps a day, which last anywhere from 45 minutes -3 hours. Usually goes down fairly easy for the majority of his naps. Bedtime has been moved up to 6:30-7pm, this month night time sleep has been all over the place, definitely hit the 6 month regression in full force.

Eating: Still breastfeeding, usually eating every 3-4 hours sometimes longer depending on how naps go. He eats 5 times throughout the day with one feeding still at night. He takes two 7oz bottles of breast milk at daycare. Started introducing him to solids this month and he's starting to get the hang of this eating thing.
Movement: Found his feet and loves staring at them, moving them, pointing them, etc. Rolling from side to side all the time. Reaching for and grabbing toys, still putting everything start to his mouth. Turns head in the direction of voices, the dogs, or any other noise he hears. Is always looking for his puppies. Able to sit up for a short time on his own. Able to stand holding onto something or someone.

Milestones: ½ year old! Taking swim lessons. Getting teeth! Starting solids.
Favorite Toys/Activities: Taggie blankets. Links. Giraffe. When daddy blows in his face! Playing peek-a-boo. Finding the TV and watching it. Getting undresses aka Nakey Time. Being tickled. Playing airplane. Being upside down.

Dislikes: Waiting to eat. Getting dressed, putting anything over your head.

Words & Sounds: Saying “Mmmmm”. Starting to say consonants and vowels together. Lots of babbling.

Favorite Moment: Celebrating his 1st Christmas and his 1st New Year’s.