Oh my sweet boy, you are SEVEN months old (yesterday) so naturally I’m just now posting you SIX months update!
We knew we wanted you but we had no idea how much we needed you. WE are just soaking you up and are SO glad you are here and that we get to be your mommy, daddy and Sissy!
Your daddy has used the word “cherish” more in the last 6 months than I think I have ever heard it used in my entire life. He was MUCH more anxious and cautious with every little thing with Lola (and still is) but he says with you he just realizes how quick the baby stage flies bye and I always see him squeezing you a little tighter and rocking you a little longer….
Here is some of what you are into now:
You are officially sitting up on your own now! I swear putting on some weight helped! That skinny little bottom didn’t stand a chance!
You close your eyes when you smile, like really smile and when you get excited you get so wiggly you seem to almost surprise yourself and kind of jump around sporadically!
You also wipe nd rub your eyes when your waking up and stay in the same position as your sleeping in sometimes when I pick you up to hold you after nap which gives mommy all the heart emoji’s!
If you don’t stay in the same position you have the cutest stretch after a nap! I know that sounds ridiculous but it’s SO true! You poke your belly out and point your toes while making the biggest smile!
You have THE BEST fat kid chuckle… it seriously makes me Lol.. not just like “lol” like “LLOL” !
However, your daddy and Sissy get the best laughs out of you and you gave daddy the BIGGEST smile today when he got home!
You have started to notice anytime your left alone or we are out of sight and you DO NOT like it.
You LOVE one on one conversations and have THE cutest voice… the “term” you babble most often is “bbbbbbah bbbbah bbbbbbah” I need to post a video of it to remember bc it appears attempting to spell it out does not give it justice!
I always say as soon as you make/find a new noise that’s all we’re going to hear for the next 30 minutes because you get so proud of yourself you just do it over and over and over again!
You also have a shrieking scream that we love to call your pterodactyl call- its the cutest thing!
One of my FAVORITE things I have noticed in the last month or so is you and sissy in the back of the car gigging and squealing! I’m seeing you two interact in your on little way (I admit I think it’s partially because I’m forced to not interfere as I’m the one driving) and it just really shows me what a gift you have been to our little family and for Sissy to have a brother!
At night time you have for the most part stopped nursing at night. You have zero patience and just want your bottle by that point! You can take up to 8 ounces at bedtime now!
Even during the day you are SO distracted, especially when Sissy is around you just want to do what she is doing! I think that’s partly why you haven’t gained enough weight lately- you just have very little interest in eating unless it’s a bottle or baby food! So since our last appointment (when we dropped to the 5th percentile we have been giving you a bottle after EVERY nursing feed and as of today you are moving back up… Hallelujah!
Your only in the 10th percentile and we would like to get back up to 25th but you gained 18 ounces in 3 weeks and prior to that you had only gained 12 ounces in 2 months!
Here you are at your “first” 6 month check up: 14.6 lbs
Here you are at your “second” six month weight check: 15.8 lbs
Oh and speaking of which, you hold your own bottle which you just think is THE coolest thing! You sure have been getting a lot of practice with it lately!
You LOVE being outside and even if you miss your naps you don’t seem to mind- it calms you just like it used to do for sissy!
You are recognizing one sign for now- “Eat eat”! Oh yes, you stop and then start getting so excited! The excitement last a few short seconds until you are OVER ready and want something in your mouth!
Your naps are touch and go… I’m still working on trying to keep them over 45 minutes. You love getting in your bed but with dropping sissy off and picking her up (both fall RIGHT at your TWO nap times) so they are usually about 45 minute snoozes!
A lot changed between 6 months and 4 months so since I’m not as FREQUENT with these updates as I was with Lola here’s a glimpse at our favorite things (and not so favorite things) with you at 4 months!
I will say four months is hard to “paraphrase”… Some days I thought you were completely over the reflux and other days it was worse than it had ever been!
I literally remember sitting in the car just dreading feeding you because I knew it would start the cycle of crying and spitting up… it was so awful, so frustrating, so messy and oh so sad!
On a positive, you got to start eating real food and experimenting with a sippy cup! You loved real food and literally knew what to do after your first or second try!
You also got to practice sitting up more which you LOVED in sissy’s old exerciser… bless your heart through… it was pink and purple!
You started to really be able to be entertained by different things with noises, different textures and colors!
We also found the cure tot hat whole screaming in the car thing you decided to do one day around 3 months old…. we moved your seat next to sissy and BAM!
No more tears!
Your smile is too big for your face- and we can’t stand it!
You also started looking away when you smile!
You have dropped your swaddle for bedtime (around 4 months I think) but mommy still wraps your bottom half up for nap time! I was making it a HUGE deal in my head and prepared myself (and daddy) for this whole fiasco of how it was going to go down…. you didn’t care… you just fell asleep!
Your so tired by the end of the day you really don’t need much rocking or anything really, bless your heart your just ready to snuggle or be put straight to bed!
You have found your hands and oh do you love your little hands! You love putting them in your little mouth too! We always joked that you were praying for us because you love holding them together and it just matches your personality (at this stage at least)!
When you were fussy at 4 months you LOVED being in the bjorn with mommy or daddy as long as you were facing outward!! You had a harder time sleeping out places but I got a couple extra naps out of you with lovie, pacie and the bjorn while out and about!
Here you are at your 4 month check up! Such a big boy or so we like to think! You were 25% for weight and height and head! You ended up going right back 3 days later for a nasty couch sissy got from school and passed down to you!
We just adore you sweet Lox! We could eat you up and slow down each day just to get some extra cuddles with you! You LOVE watching sissy play and she is responsible for about 90% of your entertainment…. She agreed with me today that she is your best friend!
I have to say my favorite moment thus far has been hearing the giggles coming from my back seat when I’m “forced” to leave you two alone and it just happens…. It’s like your both learning and figuring each other out and having the best little conversation without saying anything at all.
Happy six months Lox, technically seven but who’s counting! We are all just soaking you up!
Love always,
Mama and Daddy
