The Big 6 Months!

OK, horrible picture. I will have to post another one later.

On Friday, Bryce turned 6 months and had his check up. He is now a whopping 17 lbs and 2.5 oz (50%) and 27 in long (75%) and his head is 17 in (36%). He jumped in all categories and I am just so impressed with his height and weight gains! I had to look back at Drew and Kylee's stats at 6 months: Drew was 15 pounds and 25 inches long and Kylee was 13 pounds but I didn't write her length so I need to look it up in my file. But Bryce is just one big boy compared to Drew and Kylee. He is now on a different formula, and it seems to be the keeper, for now. Alimentum, come to find out, has soy in it, along with every formula available in the stores. So we are on a special kind that is milk and soy free. He also has started on vegetables and loves sweet potatoes. Squash is a definite no and peas are a maybe, still not sure on that one. Later this week, I am going to try carrots and see if he likes them, but no fruits for another month. He loves to coo and caw, no babbling yet, but man, this kid has a voice. The exersaucer and the frogger are his favorite toys to play with right now, but he loves chillin on the floor still, playing with his hands and feet. He can sit up all by himself with a little balance check here and there. We don't sit him up too much because of his reflux, but he seems fine sitting there. He is just about ready to scoot, and I say give him 2 or 3 weeks and he will be crawling. I think he will be much happier once he starts crawling, because he gets very frustrated right now not being about to move about more. After a 3 month set back, he finally got back to sleeping through the night this past week. I wasn't pushing too hard because of his reflux but knew he was ready to get rid of the early morning snack once again. So we pushed no bottle last Monday, and stayed firm, and it is working. He is going back to sleep and only woke up 2 times last night because he either spit up or wanted his binky. Bryce is really a great boy and I absolutely love his laugh and smile. He loves to be tickled with my nose on his chin and throat. But when it comes to getting him back to sleep, Ryan has the magic touch. And we discovered during some perfect weather days, that he loves laying and just chillin on the grass. Such a cute boy!