your 6 month photo montage
Another month has flown by – I can’t even believe you have already
celebrated your half birthday! You have
been in our lives and in our arms for six months now. What a beautiful privilege it is to watch you
grow and discover life.
from 5 months to 6 months
At your six month Dr's appointment you weighed in at 13 lbs 15 ounces, nearly 14 lbs, but not quite. I was a little off assuming you were 15 lbs already, maybe next month? And they measured you to be 26 inches long, but I’m thinking they may have measured you wrong considering you were measured again a few days later and you weren’t even 25 inches! But for the sake of this post, we will just assume they were correct in 26 inches because who doesn’t want to think they are tall even if it’s only for a few days? So according to your actual birth date, you are in the 75th percentile for your head circumference, 25th percentile for your height and 3rd percentile for your weight. And for your adjusted age (due date – 6 weeks later), you are in the 80th percentile for your head circumference, 75th percentile for your height (thinking this is wrong, but whatever), and 25th percentile for your weight. Bottom line – we need to get you to put on some weight! So we are feeding you at any indication of hunger, which means less crying and more night time wake ups for mom.
What else? You have found your voice, and you are talking a lot these days. Your dad is worried you are going to be a social butterfly. You still love your activity mat. You are getting so good at tummy time, lifting your head up so high, and sometimes it's a fight of wills to keep you on your tummy. You either want to roll over completely or just to your side. You absolutely love walks probably because you are so curious and you just love to stare at everything.
We have all sorts of names for you still, and if I’m honest, little buddy isn’t even amongst them anymore. I remember your dad saying he was never going to call you by your name, and he was just going to call you LB, and let’s just say that’s definitely not the case. Some of our favorite names for you are still bubba and Jaja, and occasionally we call you by your given name.
This past month we fully embraced the concept of routines. And we started a nighttime routine with you, one that we are consistent with – we change you into your night time diaper and your pjs, feed you an 8 oz bottle, read you a story, sing Jesus Loves Me and pray with you. And we have been pretty consistent with your bed time, around 7:30, and you have welcomed every single bit of it. And with the bed time consistency, has come nap time consistency, and a new parental appreciation for routines (this warrants its own blog post). Routines are a blessing, for the child and for the parents – all within reason, I suppose. We won’t plan our lives entirely around your bed time but we will for sure take it into consideration when planning evening events, and we have sought to eliminate this issue entirely by just having people over to our house. You have been sleeping a lot later in the morning – no more 5 AM wake ups, well sometimes, but I just feed you and you go back to bed until 7 or so.
Morning times are some of our favorite times with you – most of the time I find you in your bed just talking away to yourself, grabbing at your feet, perfectly content, and other times, you wake up wailing and ravenous. But as soon as someone enters into your room and pulls you into their arms, you are all smiley…and then we change your diaper and your clothes, and if you are really hungry, those smiles vanish quickly.
People keep saying you are such a good baby, and considering you are obviously our first baby, I don’t know anything different. Truly though, you are extremely low maintenance and so very pleasant, until night time of course, and even then I suppose you are pleasant, once I feed you and put you back down. You go back to sleep so easily at night time, but from 7:30 to 7:00 you probably wake up 3-4 times. And my hair is falling out, and the pediatrician said it’s from sleep deprivation. And I’m tired of being tired. I feel so unproductive with my days when all I want to do is lie down or take a nap, but if I’m honest, it’s been a blessing because it forces me to sit down and be present with you. I could just watch you for days. You are still obsessed with your hands and you could stare at them for days – I think they might be your favorite toy!
Jack, you have been in our lives for 6 months now, and I can honestly say we know you, at least for now. We know your tired cry and your hungry cry and your bored cry – discovering who you are and how to care for you has been one of my favorite things. It’s truly been one experiment after another, and I feel as though we are finally finding our rhythm. And I am so thankful for your dad, who partners with me so beautifully in raising and caring for you. His eyes light up when he sees you – oh how I wish you could see how much he loves you. I sure hope you feel loved, treasured and cherished – you bring so much joy to our lives.
We love you so much Jack Emmet! And we feel so blessed and honored to be entrusted with your life – raising you is such a privilege! We are so proud of you and how far you have come.
Happy half birthday little man!
xoxo,
Mom
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