Six Months

We turned 6 months and things sure have changed in the last month. Our little guy is so wiggly. He loves to move. It was a lot harder this month to get a standard photo than in previous months

We are still sleeping through the night. He is still napping well, however his evening cat nap may be on the way out. Some nights he needs it and other nights he doesn't. He did have two days last week that he decided 5:30 am was the new wake up time. Luckily he worked it out and we are back to the 7:45 am wake up time. 

If you look closely in the picture above, you can see a string of drool. The drool is still happening in large quantities and no teeth yet! Wills' diet changed pretty significantly this month. After a very difficult road with breastfeeding and only actually being able to keep up with his needs for about two days, I started exclusively pumping. He was getting half breast milk and half formula until about two weeks ago. I cut back on the number of times I was pumping (I had been doing it 8 times a day) and as I did this, my supply dropped even lower. It was finally so low, that it just wasn't worth the effort any more, so last week Wills had his last bottle of breast milk and is now a formula baby. We also started solids two weeks ago. We try a new food every three days. So far he has had avocado, green beans, pears, and butternut squash. The first bite of any new food catches him by surprise, but he always finishes it!

Six Month Stats:

Weight: 17 lbs, 11 oz (50th percentile)

Length: 27 1/4 inches (80th percentile)
Head: I don't usually post this, but it was in the 90th percentile this month! Hopefully that means there are a lot of smarts in that big head!

Clothing Size: 3 months and 3-6 months are gone, 6 months fit great, 6-9 months are a little loose but wearable

Nicknames: Buddy, Buster, pumpkin

Must haves: Still fans of our hands and feet and Sophie the giraffe, new this month is his carrot 

Milestones:
December 25 First Christmas and rolled over for the first time (tummy to back)
December 31 Rolled the other way (back to tummy)
January 14 First solid
January 20 Sitting up on our own