Friday, September 11, 2009

Aiden 6 Months

We finally got in for Aiden's 6 month check. My doctor was out on vacation for two weeks. In her words she said Aiden "looks perfect". She was absolutely shocked that he can put himself to a seated position and that he is pulling himself to a stand. He actually has started to stomp his feet while standing. Her bet was that Aiden would be walking by 9 months. That has been my guess too. The boy is very determined and moves all the time.

We discussed some more solutions for his lack of normal poops and talked about feeding him finger foods. So we'll be starting that soon as I think he is getting frustrated with the baby food. Always steals the spoon which makes it hard to feed him. She also confirmed that he is getting is four front top teeth in. The two middle are pretty swollen so might break soon. Aiden is also just as oral as Owen was, so here comes another couple years of constant mouthing toys, drool and biting my hand.

We also talked about some solutions on getting Aiden to sleep a little better. We know he can make it with one feeding at night as he has several times, but just easier when he startles to feed him real quick rather than stand there patting him back to sleep. As a mom of two she totally did the same thing, always nice to hear. I only allow him two times at night as I know he does not need it. Our other struggle is a very inconsistent wake up time. He isn't really ready to wake until 7:00, but often wakes at 5:45 or 6:00, and wants to play for 15 minutes and then gets fussy because he wants to sleep but too hard to get back to sleep at that time. We would let him cry and deal with it a little but it wakes Owen. So then we have two grumpy tired kids. So we are just going to try to stay consistent and hope it starts to get better with age.

Hmm I guess that is about it. Health is great, and quite advanced on gross motor skills and average on all other skills. The nurse could not get enough of Aiden's cuteness and smiles. A mom always loves to hear that. And of course I know how adorable my baby is and never get tired of those smiles.

Weight: 15 lbs 13 oz (50%)
Height: 26.75 in (75%)
Head: 17.25 in (60%)


Aiden loves to wiggle under his crib bumper.

And of course he loves standing.

Absolute Adorable

Aiden was helping me wrap Erica's wedding gift.

Playing with the flap.

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