Happy 6 Months Collin!
This by far as being my favorite month yet.
You are becoming a little person!
You have starting babbling, sitting up on your own, and starting to try to crawl.
You are starting to play with objects, you are starting splash during bath time, and I think we are getting ready to enter the phase that we throw things.
In fact, on your 6 month birthday I came home and you reached up for me for the first time.
This pulled on my heart strings.
You love your jumper-roo!
Who even invented this was a genius!
We put away your baby swing, your activity mat, and your bouncer.
You are out of the snap n go and in your big stroller- this was done because I can not lift you in the snap n go anymore and it was also time.
We put up a swing outside on the porch which you are loving!
You are also starting to reach for Clemson and will pull on his hair which Clemson tolerated quite well.
You are so much fun!!!
You are so big!!!
I am putting most of your 6 month stuff away, and putting you into 9 month clothes.
Your 6 month appointment will be next week because the nurse practitioner you see is on vacation this week and I like seeing the same provider. You are in size 3 diapers.
You are pretty much sleeping thru the night. Going down at 7 pm and waking up between 6-8 pm. We occassionally have a bad night but by bad I mean you wake up once. Naps are kind of all over the place- but you take two a day when you are home with me. One in the morning and one in the afternoon- they last anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours but the average is 1 hour.
Eating- You are eating mostly breast milk with about 35 ounces a day, and having 1 meal of oatmeal. We tried a couple days of baby food, but felt you were still learning to eat so went back to oatmeal for three weeks. This week we have started back trying solids and it is going much better. We are doing yams which you are showing that you like. Next up carrots and bannans. I actually think we are going to start doing oatmeal at your 9 am feeding and then pureed foods at your 5 pm eating in a week or two. I am most excited about this because it means that I can decrease the amount I am pumping. I love you- but I HATE pumping.
You are still doing great at daycare- and you are so happy there. You love your two teachers and they love you!
This month, working and being a mom has hit. Not from the stand point of “oohhh I miss my baby, and no one can take as good as care as his mom.” I do not believe this- in fact I have learned alot from your daycare providers and love that you are getting socialized. It is hard because I feel like I am doing two full time job with not enough time to both the way I would like. That being said I have am learning to let go, especially with work. When I leave work, I do not check in again until I am back at work. The days of checking my laptop from home and answering email/labs are over! Also on my days off, I spend time with you which means stuff around the house may not get done or to the level that I would have done previously. It also means I am doing more chores after you go to bed- like the grocery store, laundry, etc.
This month we went on our first family vacation to St. Augustine Florida.
Your dad and I went in with low expectations because well you are a baby and we have heard horror stories of taking babies on vacation- i.e not sleeping, crying all the whole plane ride, not napping, not adjusting, etc. WE HAD A BLAST and you were the best baby ever! You had your bottle on the plane and then feel asleep for most of the flight in my arms.
When you did wake up all you wanted to do was play with the plastic cup...
Once we got there we headed to the condo and spent the next 5 days on our schedule. We went to the beach, the pool, out to eat, winery, watched the Clemson game, and actually got some much needed rest, etc. It was perfect and you slept AMAZING!!! Now traveling with all the stuff- we had to take your car seat, stroller, and pack in play was not fun but it could have been worse and we got around on having to pay to check luggage- which rocked! The condo was perfect because you had your own room which we set up the pack n play in, it also had a washer/dryer and full kitchen. We ended going to the grocery store when we got there and purchased enough for a weeks worth of Breakfast and lunches, most nights we ate out or ate left overs.
We did go up to Jax on day to visit with both set of Great Grandparents- and you were just awesome all around considering it was a very long day.
We also celebrated your grandfather’s 60th Birthday and your Uncle G and Laura #2 came home so that was a special treat.
We ended out the month with a groupon that I had been saving...
OMG so cute...
Up next month....
Your 6 month appointment with all your shots
Get together with friends on multiple weekends
Hopefully Cox Farms
Lots of Clemson football watching!
