Jared had his 6 month Dr.'s appointment today. He is 26 inches long, 16 pounds 7 ounces in weight, and has a head circumference of 17.5 inches. These are all on the 50th percentile, so Jared is very average! :) He's been about the 50th percentile his whole life, so this isn't surprising.
Jared was very pleasant to the Dr. today, which was a first. She finally got to see all of the smiles and giggles that we do. He loved, loved, LOVED the butcher paper on the exam table! He kept pulling it and crinkling it - I think we used about half of a roll! And he was moving a lot on the scale, so it took a bit to measure his weight. He even took his shots like a champ, and is currently taking a big nap from all of the excitement of this morning.
Our Dr. gave us a very detailed outline of what order to introduce foods. I'm really looking forward to that - we'll probably try to start solids this weekend. Hopefully, eating solid foods will also give him more daytime calories, and he will wake up less during the night to eat. Not likely, since I think he likes eating at night, but here's hoping. Steve and I will just have to suck it up, and start sleep training with him soon if he doesn't start sleeping longer on his own. All three of us need to get more sleep than we have been.
Still no teeth, which is fine by me.
The Dr. is impressed by his gross motor skills (she has always said that he was advanced in this area for his age.) He was sitting on the exam table by himself, playing with the butcher paper, and she kept waiting for him to fall over. Since he wouldn't fall over, she tried to push him over, but he resisted! :) It took a second push to finally get him to lay down.
I'm not sure how his verbal skills are for this age - he makes a lot of sounds, and I swear he said "Da!" twice when Steve came home yesterday.
What a little guy! I love to show him off, since he is such a happy baby to be around (most of the time.) It definitely makes my job easier.
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