TJ @ 6 Months

I feel like I could write and write and write about my baby.  I know I drag on, but I want to have these things recorded somewhere.  Some things make it in to my journal or his baby journal, but it's nice to have a compilation.  Sorry it's long!

At his six month appointment (which took place when he was 5 1/2 months) TJ had some great stats!
Height: 27.5 inches
Weight: 20 pounds

Both of these were in the 90's percentiles, but his head is in like the 30th percentile, which is funny to me, since in his ultrasounds his head always measured so big.

Time to lower the crib

Big changes are happening!  We've hit some big milestones, like sitting up and getting up on all fours.  Just last week he started rocking back-and-forth from his hands to his knees, which is miraculous.  I wasn't sure he would show interest in crawling, since he hates being on his tummy (still).

I keep finding him in his crib like this.  Sometimes it's an arm poking out instead of legs.

TJ loves walking.  His favorite activity his having someone hold his hands and walk him around.  He especially loves walking in the grass and on other unusual textures.  If he is sitting on my lap on the couch, he will wiggle and scoot to try and get his bum off the couch to show me he wants to walk.  Adorable and annoying, since I have to hold on extra tight!

We've introduced solids.  I was nervous, since he had that weird GI issue, but he seems to be handling it well.  We also introduced juice on the doctors recommendation.

Counting cars

He gets excited about rice cereal and loves having tastes of our food.  He doesn't care for grape juice, but he will drink it out of a cup or sippy cup, more for the novelty than anything else, I think.  We also tried prune juice, but that stuff tastes like death in a cup.  We have an entire bottle in our fridge that I'm going to make Tyler drink because he says it's "not that bad."  I think he just doesn't want to admit he was wrong when he told me it would be tastier than grape juice.

Speaking of cups, TJ can give himself drinks.  Most of it usually spills out, so we limit it to small amounts in the bath tub.  He frequently half-drowns himself, even when we try to make sure the cup is mostly empty.

Even though he can't crawl yet, he is already getting in to trouble.  And by trouble I mean the garbage. Gross.

Last week, he figured out if he talked into the bath cup it made his voice sound funny.  He was jabbering away!  It was adorable.

He is turning into a snuggler like his mama.  He wraps himself up in his blanket before falling asleep for a nap.

He went down to two naps a day, and suddenly jumped back up to three.  I think he's hitting a growth spurt again.  We've only had one major teething session lately, but still no teeth!

TJ does have a toothbrush, though.  Every morning, while I'm brushing my teeth, I brush his gums then let him chew on the brush.  He thinks it's great.  He is really getting in to imitating mommy and daddy these days!

He has started wrinkling his nose when he smiles really big, like I do.  He also got dimples from me.

He really is happy almost all of the time.  He also loves the camera and my phone, so he usually smiles when I pull either of them out.