26 weeks ... 6 months old!

He's half way to 1 year old! Amazing!!

Here's his 6 month stats:

Weight: 17 lbs 13 oz ~ 58 percentile
Height: 27 3/4 in. ~89 percentile
Head: 17 3/4 in ~ 83 percentile

So he's definitely slowing down and becoming more average - but big and healthy like I like him! He had to get 4 shots yesterday - but handled it like a champ! A few tears and then he was good for the whole day. He got a little fussy in the evening, and a low fever overnight - but I'm thinking it's just residual from the trauma of the day.

Nursing: Going good - except this heat! Yuck! I was convinced that I was going to switch to formula during the day and just nurse morning/night ... but then we received some not so good financial news and I just feel guilty spending money on formula when I don't have to. The doctor said that we're about at the age to move to a 4 hour schedule - which means nursing only 4 times a day - that's exciting! I know the hardcore breastfeeding people would disagree - but it sounds good to me!

Solids: This week we added oatmeal, peaches, and carrots. I'm thinking of adding 1 tablespoon to each meal - as he's getting angry when it's all gone. Doc said we could start meats - but purred meats freak me out ... I tried giving him the tiniest bit of mine the other night and he just didn't know what to do with it! I also give him his sippy cup with a little juice and water in it now - he's really enjoying figuring out how it works - he just can't lift it up by himself yet.

Waketime Length: Usually 2 hours, sometimes 2 1/2 depending on what we're doing.

Naps: We've had several naps over an hour now! I'm not sure if this was making up for weekend time and busy days - we'll see if we're about to change! I think he's getting ready to only take 2 naps a day, and this is helping move towards that goal.

Nighttime sleep: Unfortunately, we're still waking in between 2-4 am and not going back to sleep until he's in our bed! Not sure yet what our next step is going to be ... do I cherish this cuddle time while I can? Or put a stop to the madness with several rough nights of CIO?

Milestones: Henry is now doing his own form of army crawling. He doesn't quite use his arms to pull himself - it's more using his knees to scoot up while on his elbows. If he would just pick his head up - he'd be on the go!

Here are a couple of his 6 month photos that I took this week: