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!
Stick to your Knitting!
My friend Diana knitted this neato blanket for me with her bare hands! Well, maybe not her bare hands; she did have those little pointy things to work with. I’ve already put it to good use. I went on a stroller outing to downtown in the evening. They say it’s Spring, but it sure seems cool to me. Since this is my first Spring ever, I can’t really compare it to anything except Winter. And it sure seems a lot like Winter to me.
I have some sad news to report. Mommy has gone back to work! Daddy is taking care of me in the daytime a few days a week. And Ah Ma and Kong Kong are getting a work out on the other days. That sure is nice of them.
3 Months Old!
Well, I’m three months old now! I don’t think Mommy and Daddy had any idea what they were getting into when I was conceived approximately one year ago. So technically I’m one year old! Of course, Mommy and Daddy wouldn’t find out about me until March 2007.
I won’t get my next official doctor’s check up until I’m four months old. So you’ll have to do without any official physical stats.
Some new things I do:
I laugh out loud! Not just a happy smile. Not just a sweet little squawk. But a real giggle. Only Mommy has made me laugh out loud (or LOL as the kids call it). Daddy tries real hard to make me laugh, but he just can’t do it!! Sure I’ll smile for him. Even make a few happy noises. But nobody makes me shake with joy like Mommy! Hurray for Mommy!
They tried to make a video of me laughing. Silly humans. I was on to them and pretended to be occupied with other things. Maybe someday I’ll let the rest of you in on my laughing. Until then, I’m saving it just for Mommy!
Another new thing I do is roll over! All the time! Mommy and Daddy have trouble setting me down ’cause I just won’t stay put anymore. They have to be especially watchful on the changing table. After three months of horrible screaming every time I was put on Tummy Time duty, I now LOVE it! Even when I get grumpy and start fussing about being on my tummy, if they turn me on my back, I flip right back over and start complaining again! They just can’t figure babies out!
For the first time ever I actually fell asleep on my own with no external aids! My parents weren’t even watching me closely. They turned around and I was out without being rocked or held or personally attended to. They didn’t even you resort to devices of a rocking or vibrating nature. Those never work anyway – I’m on to their tricks.
Some things I still do:
I still sleep through the night! Yeah! Mommy and Daddy are real happy about that. I only sleep through the night because Mommy is eternally vigilant and a really good "shoosher." One little peep out of me, and she’s shooshing me back to slumberville.
I still don’t like my swing, or my bassinet, or my glider, or any other place those silly adults try to put me down that is not in their arms or lap. Although I’m making pretty good progress playing in my crib or playpen as long as a fancy mobile is twirling around.
I still demand to be walked around a room when I first enter, or I will squirm and fuss. A lady needs to know her options.
I still like getting walked up and down stairs in some worn out human’s arms. Daddy does it most often, but our weight ratio doesn’t tax him. I prefer to make my soother really work out. When Ah Ma does it, her arms get sore! And Mommy works up a sweat, too.
Some things I don’t do anymore:
I don’t sleep on Daddy much at all anymore. He misses the good times! I only sleep WITH Mommy now. I’m not swaddled much anymore. I never did like it, and Daddy has given up on trying to sooth my screamings with those archaic methods. We’ve moved on.
Daddy and Mommy gave up trying to get me to sleep in the bassinet. They packed it up. I’m almost too long for it. Now that I roll over, it’s too narrow to accommodate my twistings.
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So what if I am a busy baby, I do try to keep up on world events occasionally. I don’t know how 2007 or 2008 is shaping up; but we know 2006 was a doozy for births.
Bucking the trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet, reporting the largest number of children born in 45 years — nearly 4.3 million births — in 2006
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