6 MONTHS OLD

Oh my heart.

My baby is 6 MONTHS OLD as of tomorrow at 2:43pm. I am not ready for this! I felt like as long as he was under 6 months, he was still practically a newborn, now he will be closer to one than zero!

He is honestly the best baby. He is so patient with his mom. We go out and about pretty often and he just goes with it. He only gets upset when he's hungry [thank goodness for that]. He weighs about 15.5 lbs! Last week we went in cause he's had diarrhea [I think?] and a pretty nasty cough. It was just a cold but we got to see how much he weighs. For some reason we don't own a scale.

Anyways, he is such a happy, smart little guy. He knows when we are joking with him, he knows when we are excited, and he knows when it is time to go to sleep. Every time he is laid down and swaddled, he is not the happiest. We're probably just too late putting him to bed. I've been trying to get him to fall asleep in the bassinet but its not happening. I even let him cry in there for 10 minutes today. Yeah, I gave in. (: The rocking to sleep continues.

He STILL wakes up every 3-4 hour to eat and poop. Lately, he's had this weird digestion thing going on where he strains so much while pooping so he has to be awake to go. He seems to need like 4/5 big pushes for anything to happen. Then it all looks super liquidy to me so I'm guessing it's diarrhea. It makes him fussy at night which has not been the most fun for Damon and I. We're hoping it passes soon.

During the day he eats when he wakes up, unless its been a super short nap. He naps for either 45 minutes or like 2 hours if I feed him when he wakes up after the first 45 minutes. Sometimes he won't go back down after I feed him. He naps usually after he's been awake for 2 hours. His bed time is usually 6:30pm. Tonight we are going to a Mariners game so it will be interesting! I'm sure we won't stay too long. It starts at 7pm.

Evenings are HARD on me. I want to do whats best for him but I also want to enjoy things that happen in the evening. We have a lot of family dinners that usually start at 5pm and go until later, I can usually just lay him down on a bed and he'll sleep. Or he'll sleep great in someone's arms. However, when it comes to baseball games, I'm not sure how well he will do. Who knows how he will do when he gets a little older and doesn't fall asleep in our arms. Then we may have to start turning in earlier.

He is so ticklish, I LOVE IT. He loves to play, so much. He loves to look at the pages when I read him books and for some reason he gets super calm when I sing to him. Sometimes I'll be weird and sing and dance in front of him and he thinks its HILARIOUS. I'm sure he's just making fun of me.

At 6 months he can:
-hold his head up great
-roll over from his tummy to back [still working on back to tummy]
-turn pages in hard books
-play very well with toys, he loves to play with his binkie and the noisy wipes
-laugh every time we play peek-a-boo
-play well in his little jumperoo my mom got him
-stand with his back against the couch without anyone's help

04.17.17