Skip to main content

6 months!



 Y'all. I seriously can not believe it has been 6 months. This kid is SO big. Just in the last 2 weeks have we really seen some big changes. I'm just going to list them out:
  • he has two bottom teeth! they have cut through the gums, but they aren't all the way up yet
  • he is rolling over back to tummy, tummy to back constantly!
  • he is sleeping unswaddled
  • he, most nights, goes without a bottle!
  • he just started, as in did it twice yesterday, lifting his hands when he wants to be picked up
  • he leans into me to give me hugs, reaches for me and buries his head in my neck/shoulder. it is a dream!
  • he eats solid foods in the morning and evening now
  • he rolled over onto his tummy last night and woke himself up and he was not happy about it
  • he puts himself to sleep really well...after a book I just lay him in his crib and he falls asleep
  • he has started playing in his crib, with his feet, with his pacifier, just looking out, it is so cute!
He is so great. These are a lot of changes for me to handle though! I keep thinking "where has my baby gone!?" Yesterday I subbed in a 2 1/2 year-old class and when I got home (after a birthday dinner with my co-workers) Canon was already asleep. I went in, picked him up and rocked with him because I was feeling so sad that in no time he is going to be one of those 2 year olds! I am clearly really emotional about this!

We are still working on sitting up, but it is getting better each day. Funny story, when we were at his 6-month check-up I was telling our doctor I was slightly concerned that he wasn't even balancing himself or doing a "tripod" sit. She wanted to see what he could do and he seriously did the best tripod sitting I've ever seen him do, ha! His stats at his appointment were still in the 8th percentile for weight, at 14.95lbs and 50th for length at 26 inches. He is following the curve for the 8th percentile, so that is good.

I've gotten out a few of his 9-month clothes, mainly some onesies and pajamas. His cloth diapers really help keep him in those bigger clothes! Overall, he continues to be a very happy baby and I really am so lucky he is ours!

Oh, and I have to add these photos from this morning...it is just going to get harder to these weekly monthly (let's just be honest about it) photos!












Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

His and Hers

Aaron has officially started his second year of seminary! To commemorate, I thought I'd paste the answers to some questions we were both recently asked. A way to get an idea of both sides of our life right now. My answers: How did you spend your summer?  We had the best summer! Aaron took Hebrew in June and July, and I had my first summer as a stay at home mom. We went to the beach, pool, the library, visited Chicago and came to Alexandria twice!!  What are you most looking forward to (in your 2nd year at Seminary)?  The “cloud” over the 2nd year is getting ready for our vicarage. We’ll meet with the placement director in October and will find out the location in April! So there will be lots of hypothetical conversations, wishlists and prayers leading up to that!  Otherwise, I’m excited that we’ll be just minutes away from our church and school. I hope to get our whole family to matins more weekdays than not and Canon will begin a first communion class this ...
Post a Comment
Read more

22 weeks (5 months)

this kid cracks me up Just like every mom, I say this every month, but I can't believe he is already 5 months! I'm not going to lie, this event has really caused me to kick my mommy-ness into gear. It is time to get this kid together, ha! So this week I have been really intentional about making sure we get lots of tummy time in, practicing rolling over, lots of time in the bumbo chair and on the couch sitting up and being super silly to pull out those giggles! And honestly, we're having the best time! Not that I wasn't doing these things before, but I had a bit more laid back approach assuming that he'll just learn things on his own. And he will, but now I'm just more up in his face pushing him along! We got over being sick, for the most part, at the end of last week. Since he had been sick, I'd been rocking him a lot more, going into his room during naps/nighttime almost every time he cried, putting the pacifier back in his mouth, etc. Well, let me t...
Post a Comment
Read more

Augustine Oliver Schultz

Early November 9th, we welcomed our fourth son, Augustine Oliver Schultz into the world! He was another scheduled c-section, at 39 weeks and 1 day. He weighed 9lbs 1oz, coming in 2nd only to Ben in terms of birth weight! My mom came into town the Tuesday beforehand and we checked lots of things off our list. With the exception of organizing clothes (thanks friends!), I had literally done nothing to get ready. We cleaned the room that will become his bedroom, separated clothes and swaddles, bought a changing table/dresser combo and she even gifted us a deep freezer! It was a very productive 2 1/2 days! The night before we continued a tradition of eating out at a mexican restaurant. Then came home and did all our normal bedtime routines. The boys knew that when they woke up they would be with my mom and we would be at the hospital. Before we all went to bed, we ended up around the dining table brainstorming more names. Going into the summer/fall we were somewhat set on Ari August...
Post a Comment
Read more