Tucker was officially 6 months old on September 24th! This has probably been the fastest 1/2 year of my life. We visited the doctor for his appointment. The doctor said he seemed perfectly healthy and was impressed at how well he is sitting up already! Here are his stats:
Weight: 19 lbs 7 oz (80%)
Height: 26 3/4 inches (58%)
Head circumference: 17.68 inches (79%)
Other info:
-sleeping: it's official: he isn't sleeping through the night. It's taken a while for me to admit this out loud. I had a lot of excuses and reasons for why he's been waking up and now I'm just stumped. All last week he had a cold and still has a bit of a cough. I think he might be teething but I'm not totally sure. The dr. said she didn't feel any teeth. Every night I go to bed, I'm hopeful that he might not wake up till 5:30 or 6 and usually that doesn't happen. I try really hard not to feed him so he doesn't get used to it, but when he's been up talking and making noises for an hour and then starts crying and we need sleep so we can be awake for work, I feed him so we can all go back to sleep. Who knows? Maybe tonight he won't wake up....
-eating: we've started to introduce solids. So far, he loves everything! He's tried bananas, acorn squash, sweet potatoes, applesauce, avocadoes, and rice cereal. Right now, he eats 2 cubes at night around 6. I'm thinking in the next couple of weeks we'll start feeding him more food in the morning. I've been making all his food (except rice cereal) and I'm really enjoying doing it. It's so easy (much easier than cooking for Jared and I!!). I just buy produce, steam it, puree it, and freeze it in cubes. We have lots of frozen food so it makes it really easy to feed him!
-playing: he loves to play! He can sit up now and really interacts with all his toys. He loves to roll around. He grabs everything and passes things between his hands and in his mouth. He's so fun to play with!
Smiling big for the camera...
...until he noticed the sign.
Thisf photo shoot ended quickly when he started eating the paper:
