Noah @ 6 months

Noah had his 6 month checkup last week and everything looked great! He weighed in at 15 lbs. 14 oz., which is 25th (!!!) percentile for weight and 26 inches which is 50th percentile for height. His head circumference is 10th percentile :) He got his shots and in typical Noah fashion cried for exactly four seconds, then got on with his life. We had been doing well with sleep until two days ago when, like clockwork, he hit his 6 month growth spurt and started up with the nighttime fussiness and waking every two hours. Last time this lasted about a week, so I am hoping he will be past it by the time we leave for our cruise one week from today. I'm ESPECIALLY hoping (I hope this every time there's a growth spurt) that when he comes out on the other side of the growth spurt, he'll sleep through the night. Crossing my fingers on that one.

I've been feeding him lunch and dinner daily, and just today started with breakfast. I had been holding off on breakfast because it will be tough to manage giving him breakfast on Nathan's school days, but he was putting his fist in his mouth this morning (which is what he does when he's hungry for a "meal" as opposed to hungry for milk). He is actually a pretty picky eater, so I have not invested the time in making food for him. Also, lots of the organics I would want to make (peaches, squash, etc.) are not in season so I think it would probably be more expensive to make food at this point. 

Developmentally I think he's right on track. Nathan, in his typical type A way, did everything early so it's not fair to compare the two. Noah has not gotten up on his hands and knees, and can't go from lying down to sitting up on his own, but he can stay in a seated position for a little while. He has just this past week started to reach out into his world to engage with things. As a newborn, there was no interaction. Then from 4-6 months, he would interact with things only when they were put into his "bubble." Now, he seeks out things that he wants and actively goes after them. I had hoped that this would encourage him to crawl after things, but he seems to just get frustrated instead. Oh well, in time, right?

Here's a 6 month picture: