6 Month Stats:
Weight: 20 pounds 13 ounces-- 95th percentile
Length: 28.5 inches-- 95th percentile
Aaaaand I have no idea what his head circumference is because I was too busy trying to calm him down while he was throwing a fit about getting his head measured to begin with. lol.
I love being Ollie's mom (and I'm sure Pete feels the same about being his Dad). He is just such a delight these days. From his belly laughs to his rolly poley thighs, I could seriously eat him up. Yes, he has off days, whines when he's tired and is teething at an uncomfortable rate, but he is generally a bubbly happy guy.
Our once viciously hungry boy is less interested in nursing/bottles and is pretty into solid foods. The kid loves eating. (Further evidence that he is Pete's child-- as if we needed more ;) He eats all varieties of potatoes, oatmeal, carrots, avocado (one of his favorites), green beans, pears, apples, bananas and he even got to try some turkey/pureed turkey soup for Canadian Thanksgiving. We are introducing things slowly but surely and I don't think he's met a food that is not to his liking yet. He also seriously enjoys these baby "rice rusk" cracker things. Oh my goodness. He crunches them with his FOUR bottom teeth and just grins from ear to ear. He is so proud of his teeth and is always feeling them with his tongue. I am a little sad he has so many already, but he is still cute as can be.
Ollie is also on a great schedule. He sleeps at night from about 7/7:30pm to 6:30/7am. We do go in and feed him at around 10:15/30pm. Lately he hasn't seemed too interested in the bottle at that time, but we try to get 6-8oz of milk in him. Usually it works out, however some nights he is just too sleepy and he will cry until we lay him back down into bed. Is this the same child who previously wanted to nurse all night and sleep by my side? Once he's up for the day, he eats and then goes back down from 9ish-10ish am. His afternoon nap goes from about 12:30-1:45pm and then a quick cat nap to hold him over around 4pm. It is amazing what sleeps does for him and how much the schedule has improved all of our lives! It helps me have structure to the day, and it makes things go a lot faster since I always know what is coming next. Ollie is obviously thriving with this predictability and routine in his day.
What else? Oh yes, Ollie has a budding social life. We just ended our stroller fitness class on Wednesdays but now on Thursday Ollie goes to music class with one of the babies and mom's from there. Ollie is mesmerized in music class, and he is thoroughly entertained not only by the songs and rattles, but also by watching all the other babies (he's the youngest one in there). Swim is still happening every Monday (through December) and the 6 or 7 little boys in the class all seem to love it as much as Ollie. He even gets dunked and takes it like a champ :) Ollie is into his toys these days. He loves the ones that talk and play music and are just generally very noisy.
As for us... Pete is super busy at work and I feel like I am constantly whirling about at home and around town to our various activities. The 9 months of Pacific Northwest rain started again today, but that's ok because it was such a beautiful warm fall up until now. ErnieGirl just had a minor incident and broke a nail somehow, but she is quite resilient and bounced right back to her antics. Ollie is constantly entertained by her and I even caught him laughing at her yesterday.
I guess my only complaint these days is that our baby is growing up and changing faster than I can blink! I'm afraid that one night I am going to put him to bed and when we wake up he'll be on his way out the door to Kindergarten. *sigh*
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| October 3, 2012~ 6 Months |
