Half birthday!!!! 6 Months

Wow 6 months already!! where has the time gone every time i turn around i feel like Caleb has grown another month. This boy has stolen my heart. When he smiles it seems like the world stops for just a second. this kid is rather smart. He has played in his walker since he was about 4 months old. in just 60 short days he has learned how to really move that thing around and boy he is so interested in getting into everything he can reach. I'm learning he can reach a lot more than i realized. I didn't have to baby proof the house with Madison except to cover the outlets and that really was all precautionary more than necessity. however with Caleb it really will be a different experience he has already found both trash cans in the kitchen and as he is learning to move the walker where he wants it to go he gets right to them and takes them to the floor trying to get into them.



He had his 6 month wellness check up and he's getting big fast:

16 lbs 6 oz (50 %)
27 inches (60 %)
head 16 3/4 inches

he got new cloths this month too! he can now wear clothes size 6-9 months although he has been in the pajamas for that size for about a month.

here's his new skills this month:

• he started chewing and biting on everything
• Lifts head when pulled to a sitting position
• Rolls from back to stomach and always sleeps on his stomach now but still cant roll from stomach to back
• Bears majority of weight when being held in a standing position
• Grasps and controls small objects
• Holds bottle fairly well but gets tired quickly and lets go
• Grabs feet and pulls to mouth
• Adjusts body to see an object
• Turns head from side to side and then looks up or down
• Prefers more complex visual stimuli ( he loves TV)
• he chatters and talks all the time mostly when we are talking to him
• Recognizes parents and looks for Dada when i ask him where's Dada?
• starting to interact with Madison and when he can get her attention he loves to "chat" at her
• he learned to sit with support from the boppy pillow

 

here's a pretty typical daily schedual:

7:30 wake up/bottle (7oz)

9:30 babyfood fruit/rice cereal

9:45 down for nap (sleeps about 1 1/2 hours) sometimes wakes up around 11:00

11:30 wake up/ bottle (7 oz)

12:00 Babyfood vegetable

1:30 nap (depending on morning nap sleeps 1 to 2 hours)

3:30 wake up/bottle (7oz)

6:00 babyfood vegetable and rice cereal

7:00 bath

7:30 bottle/bedtime

*sometimes he wants to sleep and he gets really grouchy around 6:30*