I am 6-months old today!
I am now officially 6-months old and I have all sorts of new stuff to share.
First, the official stats from my doctor’s visit:
Height: 27 1/4 inches (90th percentile)
Weight: 15 pounds, 15 ounces (50th percentile)
Head circumference: 44 1/2 centimeters (90 percentile)
So… I’m tall and skinny. My parents don’t think I’m that skinny though. After not poo’ing for three days, I poo’d three times the day before my visit plus once more this morning. So I probably lost a pound overnight. And, as you can see from the photo, the guy who was weighing me is holding me up, so some weight was lost there too. At least this is my parent’s belief.
But on to other things. The doctor said that I can now eat baby yogurt and Stage 1 jar foods. But since I hadn’t poo’d in three days, the doctor said I should stop eating the rice cereal and switch to oatmeal or barley.
I’m all for trying new stuff!
Stuff I can now do:
- Sit up by myself
- Grab toys with two hands.
- Use one toy to manipulate another. I sometimes hit or manipulate toys with the one in my hand. I play keyboard with a ring sometimes. And I use birdie to beat other toys closer to me in my crib. Mommy decided the toy hammer that came with my toy xylophone was getting to much use and they hid it.
- Roll over on my stomach and roll back on to my back
- Wrestle. I like to squirm on Mommy and Daddy and put wrestling moves on them.
- I hold both arms up when I want to be picked up.
- Hug like I mean it. When I see Mommy after a long absence, I reach out and hug her. I think she likes it.
What I still do:
- I like to stand, so I stiffen my legs. But I need help staying up.
- Put everything in my mouth.
- Holler like a stuck pig when things don’t go my way.
What I can’t do:
- Crawl (I know, I know). Well, if you leave me in one spot and put a toy 3-5 inches in front of me, after about a minute of odd twists and turns I will successfully reach said toy. It’s not quite crawling, but it is a form of mobility closely aligned to snails and other slow-moving lifeforms.
- Talk. Some resources say a 6-month-olds might say Mama and Dada. I say lots of things, but not that.
- Wave Bye-Bye. The same resources also say some 6-month-olds learn to wave good-bye. Not me! You say good-bye, I say hello!
