6 Months
May 26 - June 26
Happy half birthday, Jack Andrew! Half a year?!
How is that possible?! My baby is well on his way to being a big
boy, and I can hardly believe it.
And because I couldn't resist some reminiscing on his half birthday, here are some comparisons:
Here's a look at what Jack was up to during his sixth
month of life:
Long story short:
-Milestones: Sitting unsupported,
Getting up on all 4's, TRYING to crawl, the beginnings of army crawling, first
music class, first swim class, discovering his screaming voice, finally has a
decent head of hair, first unofficial word: "Momma!"
-Likes: Screaming, sitting,
downward dog pose, pulling mom's hair, aggressive open mouth kisses, music
class, "Scout" toy, Sophie the giraffe, squash, apples, tags,
drooling, blowing raspberries/spitting, his feet
-Dislikes: Changing clothes,
loud noises (except his own scream), sleep
-Foods: Sweet Potatoes, Squash, Zucchini, Peas, Carrots, Banana, Mango, Apple, Pears, Watermelon, Cantaloupe
-Foods: Sweet Potatoes, Squash, Zucchini, Peas, Carrots, Banana, Mango, Apple, Pears, Watermelon, Cantaloupe
-Sizes: Diaper size 3;
Clothing: Some 6 month clothes still fit but mostly 6-9 month sizes
-Height: 28.5” (98%)
-Weight: 18 pounds, 14 ounces (74%)
-Sleep: The best way to
describe Jack's sleep is inconsistent and unpredictable. He will typically have
5-6 nights of bad sleeping (waking up 2-3 times), but then he will follow that
up with a couple good nights of waking 0-1 times. This is just enough to
make me think that his sleep is improving. And then the cycle starts over
again. The first part of this month, he was still on his schedule of 3 naps a
day- needing to sleep after 2 hours of awake time. However, he has now
officially dropped his 3rd nap, so we are trying to figure out the new schedule
again.
Long story (very) long: See below :-)
23 Weeks (May 30 - June 5)
Week 23 was a fun week in Jack's social life. We
started a weekly music class that we attend with 3 other moms/babies from the
hospital mom's group. It is really cute, and Jack LOVES the class.
It's a lot of singing relatively obnoxious songs with silly moves and
hand motions, playing with little instruments, etc. We also went to a play date
with some of the moms and babies from that same moms group. We hadn't
seen many of them in quite a long time, so it was fun to see how much the
babies have grown! This was also a big week for Jack's physical
milestones: He is mostly sitting up on his own, AND he can get up on all
4's and rock back and forth. I had him on my bed one morning while I was
getting ready in the bathroom. I peeked out the door to check on him, and there
he was up on all 4's like he'd been doing it all his life. I was so shocked
that I went right over and rolled him to his back. I'm not ready for him
to be mobile!
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| Frozen Yogurt Date with Mom |
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| Spooning Scout |
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| First Music Class |
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| First time up on all 4's |
A Few More Firsts This Week:
-Foods: bananas (not a fan), apples
-Baby yoga class at the library
24 Weeks (June 6 - June 12)
Jack just continues to get stronger physically.
It seems like he is doing something new almost everyday! It really
is wild to watch him and see how quickly he is growing and developing! He
is sitting on his own, but I still don't leave him unattended, because he
does still tend to fall back or to the side pretty regularly. He gets up
on all 4's any chance he gets, and he also has mastered the baby plank move.
Jack has been rolling back to tummy since about 3 months, but is just now
starting to figure out how to roll tummy to back, but he hasn't figured out how
to get his arm out of the way to do it more easily. I'm just waiting for
him to start barrel rolling one day... Sleep was horrible this week (more
than normal). I've read a few places that sleep tends to get disrupted
when babies are going through developmental milestones, so maybe that explains
it...
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| Brunch |
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| Secret Painting Activity For Father's Day |
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| More Music Class Fun |
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| Baby Plank Challenge |
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| Yummy Mail From Uncle Mark |
A Few More Firsts This Week:
-He loves giving me big open mouth kisses on my cheek
while simultaneously grabbing a handful of my hair and pulling. Ouch!
-Our little baldy is finally starting to grow some
hair
-Making “ma ma” sounds. He only does this when
he's upset, and when I'm near him. So can I count this as his first
word?...
25 Weeks (June 13 - June 19)
This week Jack's grandparents and great uncle visited
for a day. It is so nice that they drive all the way from Austin to see
him so often. Jack also experienced his first tropical storm.
Tropical Storm Bill turned out to be highly overrated, and really never
turned into much at all. I hope that's the extent of the activity we see
this hurricane season...
Jack was working A LOT this week on his vocal skills.
He started yelling and screeching like a crazy baby. Luckily, he
doesn't do it when he's upset or crying. He does it more just for fun and
to get a laugh out of anyone who will listen. I think he sounds a little
bit like what I would imagine a pterodactyl would sound like. The first
time he really let out a high pitched scream, he scared himself- it was pretty
funny.
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| Baby Muffin Top |
26 Weeks (June 20 - June 26)
This week we celebrated David’s first Father’s Day. We
mostly just hung out at home and had a low key and relaxing day. David loved his mug that Jack and I made for
him a few weeks back.
Jack started swim lessons this week. I have always loved swimming, and I spent
many summers lifeguarding and teaching swim lessons, so I’ve been looking
forward to introducing Jack to what I hope will be something he grows up
loving. Jack did really well in the
class. He didn’t cry at all- which was
my biggest worry. He was very serious
and somewhat skeptical the whole time.
The class was great though, and I’m excited to work on turning him into
a little water baby!
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| Baby-sized Frozen Yogurt |
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| Runners Take Your Marks |
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| Father's Day |
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| Mommy/Baby Pilates Class |
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| Get This Stupid Bumbo Off of My Butt! |
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| Beach Body |
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| Ready For Swim Class |
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| Smoothie! |
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Few More Happenings This Week:
-Still trying to crawl, and he has started to do a
little bit of army crawling/scooting
-Jack has become obsessed with tags. He somehow manages to find the tag on any
toy, blanket, or item of clothing and immediately begins chewing on it.
Well, that’s all for month 6!
On to the second half of Jack’s first year!
