Six Months Ago...

John Huston came into the world and has changed our lives forever. Can you believe it has been 6 MONTHS! JH has grown so much in this past month. He is starting to play social games such as peek-a-boo and loves to grab objects and make banging noises. He is a busy bee and is trying to get into everything. He loves to grab at every object near him, and if he is successful, it goes right to his mouth. He is sitting on his own now and has starting pulling up. He loves his Baby Einstein Jumperoo and throws his toys on the ground and look for them when they are out of sight and will fuss if he can't find them.

We started putting him in the bottom of the pack-n-play and he is content for a little while playing with one or two toys. John Huston is very vocal and loves to make those (hard) consonant sounds and we have been trying to get him to say "mama" and "dada" but no luck yet. He also has starting making high shrill noises almost a whiny noise at times. This is what I found him doing when I put him in his crib to hang clothes in his closet.

Yep, he is pulling up!

Yesterday was his 6 month check-up and shots. He was not very patient in the waiting room as we waited an hour until we were called back. I wasn't very pleased with the nurse as she wouldn't let me undress him or change his diaper before his weight check. He weighed 18 lbs, 6 oz with clothes and a big wet diaper, so I am thinking he is 18 lbs, 3 oz. Then she got some flipsy measuring tape and tried to get his height with an inclined bed. His length is 26 inches at an incline, lol. I will definietly be asking for another nurse next time; I would have this appt but it was already getting late as it was. He did better with the shots this time than his 4 month ones. He didn't do well with the rotovirus oral vaccine and tried spitting it all out. Then I helped swaddle him and hold his arms down as he got 3 shots. He cried a little bit and recovered by the time I checked out. Then he instantly fell asleep when we got in the car. He wasn't as cranky last night as other times but he still got to soak and play in his tub. I won't be doing it again alone!

He has been sleeping a lot better through the night. Before he would wake up once or twice during the night needing his diaper changed and then would go right back to sleep and then wake up between 5-6am. Now he is asleep by 9:3opm and wakes up around 6:45 am these past few mornings. He is acting like he wants to go to bed earlier as we already start the "3 B" rituals with bath time around 8:30pm. Then it's bottle time around 9 and bedtime right after that.

He loves his cereal and oatmeal and we have started with the vegetables, which he doesn't like. He loves to attempts to feed himself when I give him a spoon. Lloyd is building his highchair so hopefully we will have that soon.

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