Well, I'm so late on this that he is closer to 7 months old now, but oh well. The reason I held off posting this is because his doctor's appointment kept getting pushed back. He finally went in yesterday and now we know all of his stats. He weighs 16 lbs 2 oz and is 26 1/2" tall. That puts him between 50th and 75th percentile for height and between 25th and 50th for weight. I don't know how I have two long and thin boys...if you have ever seen a baby picture of me you would know why I'm so confused! They definately have daddy's body type when it comes to that...Chris was little until about jr high.
Gabriel is doing so much these days, it is hard to even think of all the new things to tell you about!
~He has found his toes! They are his favorite toy and it makes me laugh to see his chubby little body roll around trying to get them in his mouth. He has this funny dance that he does when he tries to get his right foot into his mouth and then his left leg starts kicking (I think he's trying to get momentum for the other foot!) and then he looses grip of the right foot and they both start kicking and he starts giggling. It's one of the cutest things I've ever seen!
~He is doing baby crunches to try and sit up when he is laying down. He's going to be a buff little baby before long! He still hasn't rolled over from his back, but both his doctor and I agree that he has the ability to, but just doesn't want to be on his belly. In an effort to give him the motivation he needs, we are giving him more time on the floor with his toys out if reach. The hard part about this is that Christopher likes to lay on his brother when he is on the floor, which is not good!
~He already has two teeth! This is great for him since he isn't a big fan of baby food. We started giving him baby rice cereal when he was about 5 months old. After about a week he liked it enough so we moved on to baby oatmeal cereal. After he mastered those, we started with green beans, then peas, brocolli, carrots, and now squash. I have also given him some applesauce and bananas. When we started with baby food, I was giving him store bought organic food because I didn't have time to make fresh baby food and the farmers market doesn't have any produce yet. That only lasted about a week. Now we are just mashing up steamed vegitables that we buy frozen. Frozen veggies aren't my favorite thing to give him, but it's all we can do right now until the farmers market gets some more stock. He likes having more texture than pureed food and is really enjoying all the flavors. He also loves to eat teathing biscuits and pieces of bread.
~He is sleeping from 6:30 or 7:00 at night until 7:00 in the morning...with zero feedings at night! Love it! We moved his basinet out of our room and he sleeps much better that way. I think we were bothering him with our noise from moving around in bed because he used to wake up once a night, but when he's not in our room he doesn't wake up at all. He also takes two naps per day; one around 9:30 and another around 12:30. He doesn't like to take evening naps, but he gets to bed early so I don't worry about it.
~He loves to play peek-a-boo and just cracks up laughing when we play games with him. He is so smiley all the time, especially when Christopher talks to him! He also talks all the time. He talks when he eats, when we are in the car, and when he plays with his toys.
~He is still nursing and we are both enjoying every day of it. I was out of town last weekend so he had to take bottles for daddy, and he did great! We were both excited when Sunday came and we could spend some mommy & baby time together.
~He has noticed Bear (our dog) lately. He loves to watch Bear and smiles when Bear looks at him. Just wait until he starts crawling...I'm sure he will chase Bear all over the house! It's a good thing Bear has learned patience in his old age.
~He is an independent littly boy who doesn't use a pacifier, bottle, or mama to go to sleep. He is so good at going to sleep on his own...just lay him down with a blanket (his favorite fuzzy white blankie) and let him do his thing.
~He grabs everything within his reach! We have to really watch what we do when we are holding him because if he is sitting in our lap while we are eating or drinking, he will try to grab it!
That is all I can think of that he is doing these days. He's tons of fun and a blessing for our family! We had his 6 month pictures taken and they turned out really cute! I will post them on here as soon as I get them from the photographer.
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