So, I’m a little late with this, but hey. What can you do? Seriously though, I can’t even believe it myself, but on the 1st, Avery turned 6 months old. He is 16 lb. 9 oz., and 26 inches in length. He’s such a big boy, and I LOVE it!
These six months FLEW in all the normal clichéd ways. It’s been the most magical six months ever (as only it can be with your first newborn) and also extremely challenging and BIZZZZZZZYYYYYY.
So here is where we are:
First and foremost…got MILK?
…quite possibly the most boring and yet fraught subject in all of motherhood!!!
The milk situation for me has been challenging, for sure! Long story short – I’m happy to say that I’m still nursing…well pumping 90 percent of the time and nursing doing those late night feedings since I’m super lazy to get up and prepare a bottle. I told myself from the beginning that I would want to breastfeed for at least a year and during the first few weeks…I was ready to give up! It was so painful, I was exhausted, I felt like I wasn’t producing anything which made me think that he wasn’t eating enough! But the thought of not breastfeeding was making me sad and so I told myself that I would stick to it for 2 month and will see how it goes from there. I started pumping – it hurt but not as much as breastfeeding and so it began…I was pumping more and breastfeeding got better since he was only nursing twice a day. And so 2 months has passed and I told myself lets go to 3 months and see how that goes…well it’s been 6 months and I’m really proud of myself for sticking to it this long. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely HATE pumping – but you gotta do what you gotta do!!! I guess what I’m trying to say is that, set yourself small goals and try and not be so hard on yourself. Hey, at least you tried!
Eating Solids?
We were given the OK to start with solids at our 4 month checkup but we actually didn’t start giving him anything till about 5 months. We started off slowly with just rice cereal and oatmeal. Then we proceeded to sweet potato which is lovvvves and carrots which he was not a big fan…lol! On his big half birthday, we made him try avocado! Will be experimenting with more foods – so stay tuned!
Sleeping Through The Night?
Oh no! How I truly wish he was though!
The sleeping situation hasn’t been great. Just last month, we started putting Avery in his crib and he hates it. My fault for not moving him sooner, I just love the cuddles too much! He usually always wakes up twice at night and will fall back asleep instantly during nursing and then I place him gently back into his crib. I feel very Macgyver at times cause he’s like a ticking time bomb, one wrong move and he’ll explode…lol!
He takes 3 short naps a day (fairly unpredictable, but roughly three hours apart except for the first one that is usually 2 hours after he wakes) and it’s all pretty manageable. Will eventually start the whole sleep training thingamajig soon!
Teeth?
No teeth!! I don’t see any either but he sure loves to chew on everything and has quite become a drooly monster, so I’m pretty sure they’re coming!
Rolling Over?
Yep. Rolling like a champ both ways, and prefers to sleeps on his stomach now!
Crawling?
So close, but no cigar! It’s so cute watching him. He likes to do the plank, sorta down dog and crawl backwards. He can move forwards but it’s not your typical crawl. He can push up into a table top position and then kinda thrusts his body forward but can’t figure out the arms yet. He’s got the legs down but the arms need some help.
Words?
No official words but I’m hoping it’s Mama! He is a chatterbox and is quite the listener! He isn’t shy with smiles but he is very particular about his giggles. You’ve gotta work for your giggles.
Avery has really started to love being more present in his day-to-day too. What I mean is that he’s no longer just a lump watching the world go by! It’s so awesome to see him engage in what we’re doing. He smiles, laughs, “talks,” reaches, feels, tries to stand, loves to sit and just be around us. It’s a wonderful change, that’s for sure. So far, this has been my favorite age!
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