My little man has already been in this world for six months. It's nuts. It's insane. I cannot believe how fast the time has gone.
Okay, now that I've dealt with the shock of time not slowing down for me like I was hoping it so kindly would, let's chat about what life is like as the new mama of a six month old baby.
It's awesome.
It's scary.
It's fun.
It's EXHAUSTING.
Let's get right down to it, shall we?
Baby Stats: (length and weight are my estimates because I failed at making his six month check up so that won't be happening for another few weeks.)
Age: 6 Months
Weight: 18.5 lbs
Length: 26 inches
Clothing size: a mix of 3-6 and 6-9 months. Mostly the latter.
Diaper size: 3
Rolling over: yes
Sleeping through the night: HA.
Teeth: yes, the bottom two.
Favorite toy: His Goodbye Moon bunny rattle
Favorite person: Still me (for the time being. Although Daddy is a close second and he love, love, LOVES his Auntie who watches him during the day.)
Favorite food: breast milk!! Although he does love the taste of peaches too. We are still verrrry slow going with solids in our house.
Solids: As previously mentioned, yes. So far he has had: Oatmeal cereal, pureed carrots, pureed apple sauce, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, peaches, celery, cucumber and carrot sticks (just to chew on while teething). I don't think we'll do regular solid meals for a while yet.
Sitting unsupported: check.
Standing: With assistance.
Crawling: No. Tummy time is HARD, yo. Lots of rocking forward though while he is in a sitting position.
He drools constantly. (Thanks teething)
But it's all worth it so he can show off his two new pearly whites!
As I mentioned above, sleeping is still rough. Jack still does not do well during the night once we hit about 4 a.m. He has #2 bathroom issues and for some reason feels the need to go right then. Every single night. It's frustrating for all of us, including him. The more research I do on crying it out, the more I don't want to do it. Sure, sleep is like a magical unicorn - elusive and beautiful - and something it feels I will never see again, but something just doesn't feel right to me about leaving Jack to cry when something could be wrong. I am all for parents making their own choices, however. No mama-shaming here. I just don't think CIO is for us. I tend to follow his lead in all sleep areas, including naps.
Many of his naps look like this:
Sure, we may not be doing it "right" but in the meantime, I'm getting lots of baby cuddles. :)
Stats on me!
At six months post partum I'm pretty much feeling back to normal. I am still breast feeding so obviously I don't have my entire body back to myself but I feel a semblance of normal - aside from that whole no-sleep, walking-zombie feeling I have most days. I am also ten pounds less than what I was when I got pregnant. Woot!
We are all also currently sick. Jack has been showing symptoms off and on (slight fever, cough, congestion) for the past couple weeks. As have I. Now Jack's aunt/sitter also has a cold. Bleh. Daniel had it for like a day and that was it. Lucky man with his immune system of steel!
It's unbelievable how much our live's have changed since Jack was born. As tough and as tiring being a mama can be, I am really loving it.
Now, I just really need time to sloowwww down for a minute, mmmmk?
Xoxo,
Sam
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