Baby T from A to Z: 6 Months

Can't believe Robby is already over 6 months old!

Our big boy has been doing wonderfully! He just had his 6 month check-up... and is 20lbs, 6oz and 27.5in long! Big boy. The doctor said everything looks great- he's hitting his milestones, eating well (obviously), and she had no concerns. He's also officially off all reflux meds and doing great. He's been sleeping really well at night- he usually goes to bed around 6:30pm, wakes up around 5am for a bottle, then goes back to sleep until 7-7:30am (the past few nights he's been waking more- which the dr said is normal at this age as they start to develop more 'adult-like' sleeping patterns and have to learn to just go back to sleep when they wake up throughout the night). He's doing well napping, just doesn't take long naps! He generally takes three 45 minutes naps throughout the day. He rolled from back to tummy in the middle of the night around 5 1/2 months, and has been a tummy sleeper ever since! He flips right over if you lay him on his back. Just before Robby turned 6 months... he started sitting up on his own! He loves to sit up and play with his toys (but he still also LOVES to lay on his kick 'n play piano mat). He doesn't do too much true babbling yet, but loves to squeal, gurgle, and do all sorts of vocal play (noises, etc.).

At right around 5 1/2 months... Robby had his first solid foods! He had been showing the signs that he was ready, and he's such a big boy, we figured we'll try and see how he does... well he was DEFINITELY ready! Sweet potatoes were his first... and he LOVED them! Since then, he's had avocado/banana, squash, pears, carrots (which he didn't love initially, but has started eating! these are the only foods I actually puree for him... the rest we just mash up and he does great!) and he's tried oatmeal, which hasn't gone over very well (made with steel cut oats... no matter what I tried, they just were too grainy for him to handle right now- we'll try again soon). Let's just say... he's a GOOD eater. :) He takes a bite and barely finishes swallowing before he's got his mouth wide open, leaning forward towards the spoon, and grabbing/pulling our fingers to help put the spoon in his mouth! As of right now, he gets food twice a day.

(Notice how he's grabbing my pinky finger - this is how he gets the food into his mouth faster!)

We also started swim class right at 6 months! He's been doing great- loves the water! As soon as he gets in the water, he kicks and kicks his legs! He's been dunked under water a few times now, and he still gets a bit frazzled by it... but he'll get used to it in time. :) We take the class with a friend of mine from work and her daughter, who is a month older than Robby. Daddy makes sure to be at every class- and hopefully he'll join Robby in the water soon!

No teeth have popped through yet... but we think (and HOPE) at least one is well on it's way. No signs when you look in his mouth as of right now- but he is drooling like I've never seen him drool and is fiercely shoving everything he can into his mouth and chewing/gnawing on whatever he can. Fingers crossed for the poor guy!

We all got to go back home to visit for about 10 days over the holidays! It was so nice to see everyone. Robby did better this time... but still got a bit overwhelmed around all the people. He slept better for the most part... but still slept a lot on Mommy while we were home. Luckily, he went right back to his awesome sleeping habits as soon as we got back! Robby was a lucky boy- he got so many awesome gifts from all our family and friends! We had to ship everything back because there was no way we could fit it in our car... He loves playing with all his new toys!

Robby's latest little personality trait? Serious baby. Whenever we are around new people or a group of people... Robby is extremely serious. He doesn't smile for people... just stares. Which is crazy because for us (and our sitter), he is an extremely smiley, happy baby and he loves to laugh! Stinker. :)

Here are some new pictures!