6 months old already!

I cannot believe Will turned 6 months old on the 5th! We went to his 6 month check up on the 11th. Here are his stats: Head 45 1/2 85th percentile Weight: 15 lb 15 oz 20th percentile (I thought he was over 16 pounds the last time, but he was weighed on a different scale then. Length: 26 1/2 50th percentile.

Will can now roll over both ways he just rolled over from his back to his tummy on his 6 month birthday and hasn't done it since. He rolls over instantly from his tummy to his back. He loves playing with toys, looking around, and when the TV is on and he is turned away from it he cranks his head around so he can. He talks a lot saying 'dadada' mostly, although he doesn't know who dada is he loves to say those sounds. The other day Will was saying dada and Joshua said 'Mommy, Will wants daddy'. Will is loving baby food, sweet potato, squash, applesauce, pears, bananas, peas (not a big fan of these but he will eat them when they are mixed with a fruit), and prunes. I try to give him mostly rice cereal (with breast milk) then add a little fruit for flavor. He isn't a big nurser and hasn't really ever been. He nurses every 4 hours for about 5 to 10 mins and it is usually a struggle to get him there. So yesterday I gave him some expressed milk in a bottle and he didn't suck on it just chewed it. I'm just concerned about him dropping on the curve in weight. I pray he does better soon.

Will has dry patches of skin all over so now we have to lather him up good every day. And he had a rash on his genitals with, Praise the Lord!! is going away. We have to plow dry it every time we change him and then put some good lotion on it after that.

Well Here are some pictures of Will at 6 months.









Joshua at 6 months old

Weight check

This last week we have had a public health nurse come over to help with nursing, if we have any questions for her regarding bringing up baby, or if we just want to see how much he weighs. Will's birth weight was 7 pounds 14 ounces. His discharge weight from the hospital was 7 pounds 7 ounces. Tuesday he was 7 pounds 6 ounces, Wednesday he was 7 pounds 8 ounces, and today he was 7 pounds 13 ounces. We are so proud that he is gaining weight so well...

Since being home from the hospital we have had quite the interesting sleeping arrangements. We have had nights of sleeping in our bed with him because he wouldn't sleep in the bassinet. A night of sleeping in the living room, Michael on the couch, Will in the bili bed and me on the floor. A night of me sleeping on the couch with Will on my chest. Then there was last night, oh what a wonderful night. Will ate at 10pm, I put him down in the pack -n- play upstairs and he stayed asleep until 2am. He woke up at 5am, I fed him, put him back to bed and he slept until 8am. Ahhhh it feels so great to have a 'normal' night. Now if only my 3 year old would sleep past 7am that would be delightful.

I'll try to post new pictures when I get them on the computer. I have taken a bunch of pictures since being home so I know I have some good ones to share.