Sawyer: 6 months

Somehow, it has been 6 months since I gave birth to my beautiful little boy. 

6 of the best months of my life (yes I say that despite all the horrible after-birth pain and emotional ups/downs).

Sawyer, or bean, or beeeeaaannnie as I tend to call him more often than not, is my angel on earth.  To say we have been blessed is an understatement.  Clearly I could gush on and on, so I’ll just give you the main points of where he’s at as of 6 months (1/2 year!):

• Weight: 18’4.5” – 63rd percentile
• Height: 27” – 69th percentile
• Head circumference: 17” – 70th percentile (<—big head = big brains? )

Eats:

• Formula fed (no more breastmilk)
• Solids introduced June 2^nd – foods so far: rice cereal, oatmeal with cinnamon, peas, carrots, summer squash, sweet potatoes, pears, bananas (all veggies/fruits are organic purees that I’ve purchased – hoping to make my own once we get in a good rhythm of eating)
• Likes: all veggies, but summer squash best.  Dislikes: rice cereal and oatmeal.  Loves: formula – he’s eating on average of 30-35 fl.oz. per day.  He still uses the low flow Medela bottles and is primarily drinking Similac and some Enfamil.
• We have not given him juice or water yet, but did purchase sippy cups (for water or *drastically* watered down fruit juice)

Teeth: None, though the lower ones are about to pop through any day

Sleep: 

• Goes down at about 7 or 730 after a jammie change and a bottle (Zach’s job)
• Wakes up anywhere between 430a and 730a for the first time.  If he wakes up before 7a, he takes a 4oz bottle and falls back asleep until 730 or 8a
• He falls asleep with his binky, but is fine if it happens to fall out
• Likes to have the muslin burp cloth on his face when he sleeps (or other lightweight blanket, like his lovey monkey blankie), which totally makes us uncomfortable!
• Naps for 1 hours in the AM and 2 hours in the early-mid PM.  Sleeps in crib for one of the naps and his car seat for the other

Activities/toys:

• Smiles and laughs all the time
• Loves Jacque the Peacock
• Enjoys putting the garanimal books in his mouth
• Jumps up and down in his jumparoo and can spin around in it
• Can roll (more adept at one side than the other) and go from back-to-tummy and tummy-to-back
• Loves playing with his feet.  Eating his feet is also quite fun.
• Loves petting/grabbing the animals fur
• Cracks up when chasing the dog (in our arms)
• Enjoys pulling on my face and hair
• Swimming – well okay he went in the pool once, but I think he liked it
• Sitting up with some assistance
• Laughing while daddy reads books
• Likes hearing the ABC song and Twinkle, Twinkle

Sounds:

• In the AM, he likes to make a “ttthhh” sound, which is weird since I thought you needed teeth to do that
• Blowing spit bubbles and making a raspberry sound with his lips
• “hehehehehe” usually when he’s laughing
• “Neeeee” when he’s about to fuss (sign of hunger)
• “ehhhh” when on belly – it’s a fine line between happy noises and about to fuss
• “ahhhh, gaahhh” is his babbling / talking sounds

Clothes:

• Cannot fit in his 3-6 month clothes, but can fit in some strictly 6 month items
• Mostly wears 6-12 month or 9 month clothes
• Wears a size 3 diapers (Pampers Swaddlers) and size 4 at night
• Prefers to be pantsless (don’t we all..ha!)

And just for fun, take a look at what Bean looked like around 6 weeks – my how he’s grown!

Have a safe and happy 4th my friends!