6 Months Old

Yesterday, Nicholas turned half a year old! It's hard to believe how big he is, which is why I waited to post until today because we visited Dr. Whitaker for his 6 month checkup today. He weighs 18 lbs, 3 oz and is 29 inches long (which puts him in the 75th and +95th percentiles respectively). He also received 5 shots today including the flu and H1N1. Nicholas was not a fan of those, but recovered very quickly. According to Dr. Whitaker, he is not constipated like we had thought. I suppose it's just a new phase in the dirty diaper department.

Nicholas is doing all kinds of new things now: rolling over both ways, sitting by himself in the tripod position (his hands helping him sit up), he sometimes will stand up assisted but this doesn't happen often. Nicholas loves Bama. If Bama would sit still (yea right), Nicholas would stare at him for hours. This should make for an interesting relationship when Nicholas becomes even more mobile.

We are still giving him baby food just at breakfast and dinner, but will probably introduce some at lunch time in the next month or so. We also just introduced water to him, which he wasn't too fond of. I am very thankful that nursing is still going well. Even Dr. Whitaker was impressed that we haven't had to supplement at all.

As far as sleeping, he is finally recovering from last weeks change in schedule and sleeping through the night again. Nicholas went to sleep around 8pm the last two nights, but woke up about 30-45 minutes later both nights. Last night was rough because we decided to let him cry it out. This lasted a good 30+ minutes. It's rather hard to ignore a crying baby for that amount of time, but we did it.

To celebrate his 6 month birthday, we took him to see Santa at Bass Pro Shop here in Leeds. We had to wait in line for about 30 minutes, which wasn't too terrible. Nicholas didn't mind sitting in his lap at all, but didn't seem all that thrilled either. Once I get the digital version, I'll make sure to upload it.

Happy 6 months Nicholas! Here is our monthly pic - can you say deer in headlights?!? :-)