Nicholas is 6 Months Old!

No joke – time flies. We are incredibly blessed with an overall happy, smiley baby. He did wake up on his 6 month “birthday” with his first cold and has been a little cranky, but still mostly smiley, laughing, and enjoying the day.

He had his 6 month appointment on 9/13/12, here are his stats:
Weight:19 lbs 8 oz
Height: 27 1/2 inches
Head....45 cm, now in the 97% percentile.

He got 4 shots so it's been a tough day for him! When Nick called to give me an update and I answered the phone, he was singing "The Wheels on the Bus" because Nicholas loves that song and it helps put him to sleep or calm him down.

Likes: His exersaucer – he can be good in this for about a half hour at a time, and it’s great because we can run around the house doing all the things we don’t get to do anymore, clean up a bit, put away dishes, play with the dog, pee, etc. :)

Bath time – we have a bath tub that goes from birth to age 2, and up until earlier this week he would be in the “supported” part. We still start him out in the supported part, but then turn him around to sit in the tub and he LOSES his mind. He loves to splash in the “deeper” water that he can now see, and we’ve given him a few bath toys that he basically chews on. He’s not too happy when you take him out of the bath though.

Going to the store – now that he can sit up in the carriage, he likes just looking at everything and everyone. I’m still not big on taking him out by myself, I like to have Nick with me in case he has a fit, Nick can take him to the car so I can finish up shopping. But honestly this has not happened yet – it happened a few times when he was younger, but now he’s alert/happy/interested much longer.

Toys that make noise - Sophie the Giraffe teether, "crinkly" books, Baby Einstein piano, etc.

Dislikes – Being taken out of the bath tub is the one I can think of right now! Also, we haven’t tried to schedule naps yet, he generally gets tired within a few hours of waking, naps for awhile, is up a few hours, and naps again. I’ll take what I can get at this point. He seems to “fight” going to sleep, as if he knows he’s tired but just can’t get there. I’m just happy that he naps at all!

Sleeping: Still pretty good - the naps are random but he's down by 7 and we can usually get him to sleep until 5 (sometimes it's 4:30, which is rough!)

New and noteable:

I’ll be starting him on veggies and fruits this coming Saturday, September 15th. So far I have made green beans, sweet potatoes, and yellow squash. I bought Earth’s Best peas and bananas because I had difficult finding peas that weren’t frozen with salt, and because the banana is made “fresh”, buying jarred was easier. I had a great time making baby food, here are some pics:

Him sitting in the shopping cart was also a big one – it’s great not trying to lug around the extremely heavy car seat (it’s 20+pounds and he’s 20+ pounds!). As I mentioned before, he loves oogling everyone so it’s great for him too! He also sits in high chairs when we go out to eat. Here are some pics of that.

He likes to try and hold his bottle. He will often just put it in his mouth and not get that he has to tip it upwards, but once or twice he has held his bottle for a few minutes – and I of course cried (he’s growing up so fast!) I have given him a sippy cup to hold and play with, and I plan on introducing that soon as well.

Dexter LOVES the baby so much, if I leave the room Dexter will run over and just lick his face, and the baby giggles – he loves his big brother too!

Some pics from the last month: