How is it possible that you are half a year old already? We can't believe it! Here are some things about you right now:
You are a very happy, sweet baby! You love to play and laugh. You love to play peek-a-boo and to jump in your jumperoo. We both think that you've started to seem so much older. Something happened this past week, and you suddenly seem so big!
You love to grab anything in sight. Your newest obsession is your feet! As soon as we put you down, you grab your feet! You are becoming more mobile and can scooch towards things. You are also getting better at sitting up but can only sit up by yourself for a few seconds.
Just the past couple of weeks, you started eating solids daily. You love rice cereal mixed with breast milk. Last week you also tried some fruits and vegetables for the first time. Unfortunately, applesauce gave you a bad reflux flare. Because of your reflux, we need to be very careful at introducing new foods. We don't know yet what foods will cause a flare-up and what ones won't. You don't have any teeth yet, but you chew on everything, so we wouldn't be surprised if you get teeth soon.
When your reflux is under control, you sleep great. Usually you sleep 11.5-12.5 hours at night! The only problem we've had with sleep (besides reflux) is that sometimes you roll in your crib and wake up upset when you get to the side and can't roll anymore. This makes you so mad! It's only happened a few times, so hopefully it won't occur frequently.
You've always been a little above average for height, but you're on the small side for weight. (Updated: At your six month appointment, you were 55% for height and 10-15% for weight. You're our little peanut!) You wear size 2 diapers and mostly size 6 month clothes.
You recently celebrated your first Christmas and New Years. We had so much fun celebrating with you! You are loved by so many people!
You are growing up too fast, Jojo! We love you so much and can't wait to see how you change over the next six months!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
