Blade 6 months

Blade turned 1/2 a couple weeks ago! I can't believe he's been around for half a year. How lucky we were to have this little boy join our family. 

He loves to sleep so snuggly. 

Those eyes! He has the longest, most beautiful lashes and it kills me. 

Totally into toes. 

I captured this lovely moment perfectly. Lucky Reagan!

Ok but really. He's too good for this world.

He loves to eat paper and tissues and napkins.

Fine. I give up on the sign.

 

Trying out some avocado for his first food. 

Not bad!

Oatmeal, on the other hand... No thank you.

He didn't even cry when he got his shots!

At his 6 month appointment, he weighed 15 lbs exactly (8th percentile) and was 27.5 inches (85th percentile), with a perfectly average head. Very tall and skinny! He gets enough to eat but doesn't have the biggest appetite- he is satisfied pretty easily. He sleeps 12+ hours every- sometimes on the weekend he'll go 13! (He won't sleep through the night unless he has 2 noise machines running at full volume, non-stop. It's a little extra but we roll with it.) He nurses 5 times during the day- up to about 4 hour intervals in between. He naps great in his crib when we are home- 3 naps a day, but when we are out in the afternoon after school, he stays up and can get a little cranky. He is a champ with all the time he spends in the carseat and stroller and just lays there happily playing with his toys. He is great at putting himself to sleep and often wakes up during his nap, talks for a few minutes, then goes back to sleep. He loves his thumb and sucks it all the time and is pretty into his pacifier too. He wears size 6-9 month clothes, size 2 diapers, and size 1 shoes. He is starting to venture into the world of eating and LOVED the cucumber he had yesterday. He is still extremely spitty. In the past 1-2 weeks he has started rolling and goes both ways now! He can sit up for a couple seconds on his own. He loves to hang out on his playmat, batting at toys, and is very tolerant of the smothering attention that his sisters cover him in. He and Lance are best buds and like to hang out a lot. He has a flat spot on the side of his head that we haven't been able to get rid of so it looks like he might be a helmet baby. We'll find out more at an appointment this week. He also has very persistent cradle cap. He is so good-natured and sweet, and an awesome eater/sleeper. We are the luckiest!