6 month stats - the late edition

Shortly after your 6 month birthday we went to the doctor.  She was shocked to see 3 teeth in your mouth and told us she thought 3 more would arrive before we see her again.  Yikes - you're a teething monster.  She checked you out and said you were looking good - this is music to our ears.  You did not like the nurses this time and the shots kept you crying for a while afterwards.  Not to mention, when you'd see those two ladies again, it's spark another round of crying.  I hope that was just this time...you were such a trooper before!

You also got measured and weighed while we were there.  You're trucking right along in your growth, up to 27 inches (you grew over 2 inches since the last time we were in) and you now weigh 15 lbs 7 ounces (a little less than 2 lbs since the last time we were in). 

You're growing every day and we are so thankful!  You also keep doing lots of new things. 

Here's my top three favorites (ok four favorites, I could not decide between the bottom two):
1. You give kisses and hugs!  Love this!
2. You lift your butt in the air when you're laying down and laugh about it.  It makes us laugh too.
3. You are kicking and playing in the bath tub now.  While this means sometimes I get wet, I cannot help but smile at the fun you are having!
4. You have a new carseat.  It's rear facing but sits more upright and I think it allows you to see more out the windows.  It's so fun to glance back in the mirror to see you looking around at things as they go by and making noises in response.  It makes me even more excited for when you can tell me what you're seeing or what you want to explore!


You also went to the helmet lady again this week.  Your head is down to a 3 mm difference  in diagonals (you started with a 7 mm difference) in the short 6 weeks you've been wearing the helmet.  She let us know that she'd continue to monitor your head until we did not see any more changes and then also that they recommend babies be sitting up/scooting around/basically not laying on their head before the helmet is done.  You're getting close to doing all that, but we'll wait a little bit to make sure the progress continues and we do not back track!

Keep growing, exploring, enjoying life little man!  You sure make your momma remember to stop and do the same things on a regular basis!

6 months old!

 

You're six months old today.  Boy the time has flown by!  Here are some of your recent highlights:

1. Your 3rd tooth cut today.  Let me set the scene for how I found out.  Your Dad picked you up from daycare around 2 pm, he sent me an email around 2:40 pm that said "I got home and daddy got me a cold one, life is good. :)"  He attached two pictures of you with some of the teething rings I had put in the fridge.  He then noted "He has a tooth coming in his top left."  Wow buddy, you have 3 teeth now at 6 months.  No wonder you've been whining lately.

2. You give kisses (well Oliver kisses).  I'm known to give you repeated kisses on your cheek several times a day.  You're now grabbing my face or neck and planting your face on my cheek.  After a couple days of this, I figured out that you're giving me kisses back.  It melts my heart.  Thanks for all the love buddy.

3.  You're eating two meals of solid foods a day.  Right now, you enjoy a fruit with oatmeal in the morning and at night you enjoy rice cereal with a vegetable.  I think you prefer the veggies and I think it's because they are not as sweet.  You certainly did not get your mom's sweet tooth.

4.  Everything your Dad or I have in our hands, you want.  You reach for it and once you grab on, there's normally a tug of war that ensues.  If you win this tug of war, whatever you've got in your hands will head straight for your mouth. 

5.  You have aspirations to fly.  It's because of these aspirations we are thinking you are done with the bouncy chair and we must find something else for you to sit in regularly.  You see, when you're in the bouncy chair you kick your legs so much that your butt will hit the floor and your body has started to lift off the chair.  Let's save this flying for another day buddy, we'd rather not have you launching yourself into our furniture.

6.  Each day that we get to spend with you, we grow more in love.  These last six months have really changed our lives and it's now hard to remember a time before you arrived.  I still remember that day like it was yesterday, the feelings I had as I went through the motions of preparing for you to arrive, and then hearing you cry for the first time.  Thinking about it still brings tears to my eyes as I had dreamed of that day for a very long time.  Since you've arrived, you continually teach me to love even more unconditionally and to stop to enjoy the little things in life. 

 

Love you little man.  Happy 6 month birthday!