Cason-Six months!

I am five days late posting this…we could never remember to take C’s picture!

-We just graduated to size 3 Pampers Swaddlers. We would have moved up sooner, but I was determined to use up all of our size 2’s!

-At his 6 month check up, he weighed 18 lb 1 oz.

-Obviously the little chunky monkey loves to eat! My Dad makes the majority of his baby food. So far he’s had green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, broccoli, squash, garden vegetables, chicken, carrots, prunes, apples, peaches, pears, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, and I think that’s it. He is NOT A FAN of fruits at all. Anytime I try to give him any fruit he gags and acts like it’s so sour. So most of the time, I try to put a little bit of fruit and a little bit of veggie on the same spoonful. His favorite right now is probably the squash/broccoli/chicken combo my Dad makes. He’s a veggie boy!

-Still no teeth. I can’t believe he doesn’t have any yet with as much as he’s been teething for what seems like months. He loves biting on a paci or his bib and we have to put Orajel on his gums a lot because he’s in pain.

-He loves baby food, but sometimes all he wants is a bottle. Right now, he’s drinking about 6-7oz about every 3 hours. He eats oatmeal for breakfast, a jar of food at lunch and two jars at dinner.

-Sleep is going okay. He slept through the night a few nights in a row last month and then started waking up once or twice a night after that. Thankfully, my sweet husband is a rockstar and gets up with him most of the time. After his 6 month check up, the doctor said he is more than capable of going all night without a bottle. So last night we decided to start sleep training. He is really easy to get to sleep right now. He has a bottle around 7-7:30pm and falls asleep as soon as he’s done and then we just lay him down. Well last night he woke up around 2am and we let him cry for 5 minutes, then went to check on him (patting his back and talking to him, but not picking him up). Wait 5 minutes, repeat, wait 5 minutes, repeat. This went on for about 30 minutes and he finally fell back asleep and slept until it was time to get up for the day.

-He rolls like a champ now and it starting to sit up! He can sit up by himself for a few seconds and he LOVES it!

-He is wearing 6-9 month clothes right now. Most of his 6 month outfits are realllly snug.

-He has really started to enjoy watching cartoons with Noah. His favorite show by FAR is Jungle Junction. If he’s pitching a fit, we just turn it on and he immediately gets quiet! It’s saved our sanity a few times already!

-We’ve started letting him sit in the big stroller to go on walks around the neighborhood and he really enjoys that. He’s also starting to really like his jumper.

-It’s not going to be long until he figures out how to crawl! He can get to whatever he wants by rolling and scooting right now.

-He still hates to change clothes!

-This month we completely stopped the probiotics and gripe water. He hasn’t skipped a beat and my wallet is grateful.

I cannot believe he is already 6 months old. I want time to slow down, but I’m also excited each time he reaches another milestone. We just love him so much!!