6 months - half a year old. Nic, you had your 6 month check up a few days ago. You got 2 shots, you cried. For about 3 seconds. Then I picked you up and you forgot all about it. You weigh 19 lbs, 8 ounces. You have dropped from the 95% in weight and height to the 75-90%. You currently have a horrendous diaper rash that doesn’t seem to bother you at all. The doctor told me that it was a yeast rash instead of regular diaper rash but the stuff he told me to buy only seems in making it worse.
The day we got back from our Savannah trip, March 9th, you rolled over for the first time. Of course, I missed it. I had just put you down on your activity mat and turned around to change the TV to the weather channel. I turned back and you were on your stomach. You roll over all the time but only to get at something just out of reach, you haven’t figured out that it could get you anywhere. And why would you bother? You have 2 parents to carry you everywhere. Although, you are starting to push up on your hands more and the other day you got a knee under you at the same time.
You have been “talking” for awhile, but now you are taking it to new decibal levels. You squeal more, too. But you go in bursts. Some days you’ll wake up having deep conversations with the ceiling fan. And some days you and I won’t have a “conversation” until the evening. But your jumparoo is always a good place for yelling and it is becoming easier to get a laugh out of you.
I still can’t always get you to smile at the camera. You recognize the camera; you open your eyes and mouth wide and get all excited - but only sometimes a smile. Consequently, alot of your pictures look the same - this “whatcha doin’ ?” look.
You are becoming more stable at sitting upright. You haven’t figured out how to push yourself up from lying down yet. But last week your grandma in Cincy half propped you up with pillows and you pushed yourself up from that starting point. You also took a face dive into one of your toys because I wasn’t quick enough. Sorry buddy.
6 months seems to have gone by quickly and we needed to make some purchases. You cleaned up last week! You got a highchair, a new bigger car seat, and your grandparents in Columbus bought you a jogger stroller. I love it, you seem a little less impressed with the new stuff. In fact, although you seem more comfortable, you are complaining more about being in the car. I hope it is a short phase. You also got some toys from your nieces, including a leapfrog that had never been opened! It’s pink, hope you don’t mind, you will be using it anyway.
The nicer weather has us going outside more, you seem to enjoy it. You will sit contently in my lap just looking around, especially if cousins are around. The stroller you seem to tolerate. Usually you just fall asleep in it.
Probably the biggest thing these past few weeks is your intro in the world of solid foods. We’ve been trying for awhile, but now you are eating regularly. I guess regularly because none of the books really say how much you should be eating. This annoys me - ALOT. From my job, I am use to guidelines, rules, regulations, checklists. I am taught exactly how to do almost everything ONE CERTAIN WAY. I have no idea if it is normal for you to be eating half a jar of food or 2 jars of food for your weight and age. Am I suppose to be giving you cereal at every meal, or sometimes just veggies? When I asked the doctor about it (after questioning the safety of soy formula), he said, “Whatever, he is healthy” and looked at me as if I was one of those crazy protective mothers. WHATEVER.
I love you buddy.
