6 Months!

My how time flies! We say it all the time and we've heard it from our parents for years, but it has never gone by so fast! The past six months have flown by. It seems like only yesterday that he made us a family of three. The days of him being our little baby are going by so fast. I guess he will always be our baby no matter how old he is!

6 Month Stats:
Height: 28 inches (90th Percentile)
Weight: 18 lbs. 13 oz. (70th Percentile, up from the 50th percentile at his 4 month appointment.)

At 6 Months:

• Reed sits up like a champ. He is very confident in his ability to sit up, as am I. I feel comfortable leaving the room when he is sitting up alone, as long as there are a few pillows around him. He does get a little too excited playing with his toys sometimes and topples over.


• He likes to eat, but he doesn't LOVE it yet. He has eaten a variety of fruits and vegetables and doesn't seem to favor or dislike one from the other. So far he's had rice cereal, butternut squash, zucchini, green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, pears and bananas. He has also tried a Gerber biter biscuit which gets everything disgusting, but he loves being able to feed himself.


• He has 8 teeth as of today. His eighth tooth came in today. As my Dad has said multiple times, "he's going to be eating steak this summer." Our pediatrician agreed. LOL! I am absolutely shocked that he already has so many teeth. Craziness!


• He is starting to consider crawling. He gets up on his hands and knees and sometimes falls forward on his face trying to move, but he has yet to figure out the concept of using his hands to move. I am going to be so excited when he does figure out how to crawl, but I don't even want to imagine how much more exhausting keeping up with him is going to be.


• He is extremely sturdy on his legs. I walked very early as an infant, so he may do the same.


• He officially has his first cold. His nose has been running since the night before last. He is so pitiful at night when trying to go to sleep, because he has such a hard time breathing. Hopefully it will be gone very soon!


• He has started to sleep at night from 8pm to 8 am. If we aren't at home, he gets a little off schedule, but he can get back to his regular schedule very quickly.


• He has started to poke his bottom lip out. I know that we will end up seeing this face when he finally learns what "no" means. It is a little pitiful but oh so cute!


• He grinds his teeth together. Ick! The pediatrician recommended today that we just ignore it and hopefully he will just stop eventually.

Below are a few pics from our mini 6 month photo session. He was not big on sitting back in the rocking chair so good picks were hard to come by. I've included a slideshow as well, so that we can check out his growth since he was one month old (thanks to Kath for suggesting). He has gotten cuter and cuter each month!

6 Months Old!

Sitting Tall

Relaxing a bit with Tadbit!

I love this little sly smile!

He continually tried to get off of the chair. I figured with naptime being on the horizon he wouldn't be so active, but I was so wrong.

And, he kept reaching for the camera.

But, he helped me get this sweet pic.

"Ah....

"Choo!" Just a little cold that will go away soon.

Sneezing makes me happy!

Smiley Reed

Hello runny nose : (

And, check out how much he's grown!