Kyle at 6 Months

Kyle turned 6 months old earlier this week and today I took him in for his 6 month check-up. His height and head size were average, but his weight was a little low....at 15 lbs, he's only in the 13th percentile. He's been eating solid food for a few months now, but I guess I need to up his serving size or offer it to him more frequently. He loves rice cereal, bananas, and sweet potatoes, so it'll be no problem getting him to eat more of those.

He's almost sleeping through the night, getting up anywhere between 4:00 and 6:00 in the morning for a feeding. The doctor says he's perfectly old enough to go the entire night without eating, so instead of feeding him in the twilight hours, which is what he expects, I can just give him a pat and tell him, "nice try mister, but it's back to sleep you go". If only it were that easy.

Right now he tries to grab everything he can reach and put it right in his mouth. He especially loves the spider out of his bug jug (so many legs to grab and chew on) and anything that rattles when he shakes it.

He loves pulling off his socks and....you guessed it...stuffing them in his mouth. It's nearly pointless to even put socks on him, except for the fact that's it's the middle of winter.

He's also been making this face a lot. He scrunches up his nose, clenches his gums and breathes forcefully in and out of his mouth. I'm not sure if he's just experimenting with sounds or if he's trying to copy some of the silly sounds his brother makes. It's funny either way.

He's generally a happy baby and is very ticklish, unless he's tired and then it's another story.

Recently he discovered that he has a tongue and that it's fun to stick it out of his mouth, so he's been doing that trick....oh, about a million times a day.

He's getting stronger and can hold himself up longer with each try. It won't be long before he's sitting up on his own and crawling all over the place, but for now he's more of a roller.

So we have a few things to work on, but overall he's doing just fine.