Zeke is 6 months old!

Zeke is 6 months old! He has changed so much in the last month and learned a lot of new tricks.

• I don't know how much Zeke weighs. His 6 mo check up is next week. I am guessing around 18 lbs? He's definitely growing well and has some chunky thighs! I just put away his 6 mo footie PJs and have him in the 9 mo ones. He's in a size 3 diaper still. 
• He is such an active boy! He loves to jump and learned to sit himself up from laying down and can go from sitting back to his belly without flopping over. He also started crawling some a few days before 6 months. Now at 6 mo 2 days he is going pretty far to get what he wants! Here is a video of Zeke crawling.  And here he is playing outside a couple of weeks ago during Arabelle's piano lesson. 

• Zeke is a pretty serious and focused baby at times. When he's in the bath, he plays with this yellow cup and I can hardly get him to take his eyes off it. And he is pretty unhappy when it's time to get out and drop the cup. :) Mae bathed in the tub with him one day and she enjoyed it. 

•  Zeke is mostly sleeping well at night. Most of the time he is sleeping from bedtime (8ish) to 4-5 am, nursing, then sleeping until 7-7:30. Sometimes he will wake  earlier in the night and again in the early morning, but thankfully that's rare! 
• Naps are hit or miss. Once he learned to sit himself up, he did that in the crib and didn't want to nap. We worked through it and he's back to napping better. His morning awake time is around 2h 15min, then napping 45-90 minutes. His second awake time is around 2h 30-45min and he will *usually* take a good 1.5-2h nap. If he doesn't get a good second nap, he will take a short 3rd nap in the evening. Bedtime is around 8 if he gets a 3rd nap and 7ish if he doesn't. He almost always goes to bed without a peep.
• He's nursing in the morning, after his naps, at bedtime and when he wakes at night. He is finally starting to spit up less!  

• Zeke has the sweetest little personality. He loves to smile and stick his tongue out when he is spoken too and he just laughs and laughs at Bo when he acts silly.
• I'm planning on starting solids with him soon. Maybe next week.

• The monthly pictures are a little more interesting now.....

• Zeke rides in the car just fine now. He will take a short nap if it's nap time. We haven't done any long trips though. ;)
• Zeke has been in the swing outside a few times, but he doesn't really LOVE it. Here's Mae pushing Zeke in the swing. 

• Zeke is still doing really well in the playpen for independent play time. He will stay for 15-20 minutes 2-3 times a day. There's always a cute little face waiting for me to come get him! 

 All 4 at 6 mo old!

Zeke from 1-6 months old.

Mae's 6 month check-up

Mae had her 6 month check up today and she did great!

She measured 27 inches long (85th percentile) and 14lb 10oz (20th percentile). Long and lean, just like her big sister. :) For comparison, Arabelle was 16lb 9oz and 28.75 inches long at 6 mo. Mae really is a petite and healthy little girl!

 We had a long wait....it's hard to keep a tired baby occupied in a tiny little room!

And she's really getting around these days too! Yes, she's wearing Halloween PJs in November. :)

Mae is 6 months old!!

Mae is 6 months old! Half a year! I can't believe it (I know....I say that every single month). She grows and changes so much from month to month. 

• She is now sitting up really well, but doesn't stay in one place long. She can go from sitting to crawling position without falling over now. 
• She loves to get up on her hands and knees, then hands and feet. She also tries to go from crawling position to sitting, but can't quite get all the way upright. 
• She's rolling belly to back now.
• She still loves those toes! And has started sucking on 2 fingers at times, especially when she's tired. 

• All this learning to crawl and move has seriously disrupted her good naps. I can watch her on the monitor and when she hits the 40 minute mark, she pops up from being completely asleep to up on her hands and knees, trying to rock. She will take better naps again. One day.
• She's nursing every 3.5 hours during the day and waking 1-2 times/night. Pretty frustrating since she used to sleep SO well at night!!
• Mae is up around 7 in the mornings and goes to bed around 6:30-7, due to the short naps (three 40 minute naps). 
• Mae still loves to be outside and likes to explore the grass and leaves.

• She is slowly starting to crawl! She's doing a lot of scoot and lunge and can definitely get to what she wants. I bet she'll be all over the place in this next month!

• She is still a big drooler and has to wear a bib all the time to soak it up.
• I intended to really get into solids with her this week, but she has her first cold virus, so we'll start next week, when she's feeling better.

• She's in a size 2 diaper and 6 or 9 month clothes, depending on the brand. She's nearly up to 15 lbs, which is my lightest baby! Arabelle was 16lb 9oz and Bo was a hefty 19lb 13oz!!
• Mae loves bath time and looking at herself in the mirror afterwards!

•  She has also become my little hip baby. Thank you separation anxiety. :)

• She loves to chew on apples, dislikes banana. 

I love this happy little girl!!!