Johnny-Johnny-WOO-WOO (sometimes I call him that…idk why) turned six months old on Saturday! We were moving to a new apartment that day so I didn’t have a chance to blog.

Stats

On the 19th, he had his six-month visit with the pediatrician. He’s 18 lbs. 2oz., 26.5 inches long, and doing well in every way! He has about 15 ounces to go (as of the 19th) to triple his birthweight of 6 lbs. 5 oz. He’s so cute and chubby now, and I can hardly recognize him from his early days.

Skills

At the beginning of June, he started sitting up without help. Well, I’d have to put him in the sitting position first, and then he’d hold his balance. He’s not yet able to pull himself into a sitting position, but soon probably! At first, he could only sit unassisted for a few seconds, but now he’s able to go for a minute or two.

He becomes distracted and topples to the side. I do my best to catch him, because if I don’t his face will hit the floor. Ow!

Just today, he started rolling from his back to his front. He’d been able to go the other way for quite some time. Now that he can do both, I imagine he’ll soon realize that he’s able to roll around the room and beyond now. Good thing I’m starting to baby-proof!

I know with “baby-proofing” I won’t be able to remove every possible danger. I’ll do my best to get rid of the obvious ones, but my main intention is to slow him down and buy myself some time if I need to run across the room to keep him out of harm’s way.

He’s giggly and more social. He’ll smile at strangers and when they smile back, he’ll lower his head as if he’s bashful.

Nom-nom

He loves chomping on anything he can get his hands on — including his hands, toes, me and inanimate objects. We’ll see his first teeth pop in soon I’m sure.

We’ve introduced solids and he just loves it! The applesauce I’ve given him was a bit tart, and he would make a face, shudder and then open his mouth for some more. Heh.

He’s still an avid nurser, but he goes longer between feedings now. Maybe he takes more in per feeding? I don’t know.

Sleep

Now that he’s six months, the risk of SIDS has gone way down. He’s usually waking just once per night or so, sometimes twice. I think we’re ready to start to move him out of our room and into his own. I expect this will be a gradual process. I’ll probably wait until we’re unpacked before we do, since his crib isn’t assembled and I don’t know where the hardware is.

Diapers

We’ll be trying cloth diapers to save money and be a little more friendly to the environment. Also, his disposables leak pretty frequently, and I’d like that to come to an end.

I had him in a Happy Heinys pocket diaper last night with just one insert (silly me) and he filled it up and leaked through it. Whoops.

He leaks through disposables overnight a lot, so it’s no real change. Next time, I’ll know to double up on the inserts.

I had him in a BumGenius pocket one-size diaper for a few hours tonight. He’s already on the largest rise setting but the waist has a lot of room to grow. I wonder how long he’ll fit in them. The velcro seems to dig into his belly when he’s sitting. I don’t know if I just had it on too snug or what.

I ordered a three-pack of Smartipants pocket dipes to test, and on Friday I’m meeting a mom at Panera who might sell me some diapers.