6 Months Old!

 

Oh my, where does the time go?  Remy is 6 months old!!!!!!!!  I just.can't.believe.it.  His 6 month check up isn't until the end of the week so that will be a different post for a different day.  I wonder what his stats will be....

It seems like so many things have been happening lately that I haven't had time to blog about.  Let's see... He's got a few more teeth.  I can definitely say that he has three bottom teeth and four top teeth that just cut through.  He cut three of the top teeth in just two days and then got the fourth within the same week!  Poor little buddy.  He's a trooper though.  However, now that he has top teeth he has started grinding his teeth.  EWWWWWW I cannot stand that sound.  It makes me squirm!  Hopefully he doesn't make a habit out of grinding his teeth.  I'll be asking his pediatrition about that on Friday.

We have also tried a few new foods.  We tried green beans and that did not go over well.  I'm not sure if it was the taste or the texture but he hated them.  So, they are in the freezer for another time.  We also tried bananas and he loved those!  Well, they aren't his favorite but he still likes them.  Sweet potatoes are still #1!  Now that he's 6 months old there are a lot more options in the food department.  I'm hoping to find more foods that he will eat.  Hopefully he doesn't turn into a picky eater.  He already decided he didn't like oatmeal, applesauce and green beans.  We will obviously try those items again but for now, they are a no.   We're also giving him solids in the morning now too.  Before it was just at night and in the morning on weekends.  But he's eating solids at daycare now!  I think it was definitely time because now he's going longer between feedings and is more on par for how long he should wait between bottles.  I think the next food we will attempt will be carrots.  I hope he likes those because they will be easy to make and freeze.

Rem helping momma shop for new foods to make:

 

He's rolled over from time to time both ways but now he's doing it all the time.  I'll go upstairs to get him after he wakes up and he'll be on his tummy.  It seems like he knows how to roll from his back to his tummy but he can't figure out how to roll from his tummy to his back - even though he started doing that first.  He's also been pushing up on his knees alot.  I wonder if he's going to be on all fours soon!  Oh lord, I better get the house baby proofed asap!!

I can't say that he's "sitting up on his own" exactly but he's pretty damn close.  He can sit by himself for a few minutes but then topples over.  And if he sees a toy he wants out of reach he goes for it and definitely topples over.  So he isn't sitting on his own with no toppling over but he can do it for a few minutes!  He definitely enjoys sitting so he can see what's going on around him.  That's why we love the bumbo chair!

Rem has been going to sleep on his own a lot more lately.  Sometimes you can put him down for a nap or to bed at night and he'll chat to himself for a few minutes and then go to sleep.  I think it just depends on his mood.  Some nights he will only go to sleep if you rock him until he's completely out.  But it's getting much easier to put him down at night (not that he was hard to get to sleep before).

 His little personality is really coming through these days!  It's funny finding things that make him laugh or things that tick him off.  I just love him to death!!!!