The Harrer Happenings: September 2014

Today we took Calvin to get his six month portraits taken. It was such a fun photo shoot and we got so many great pictures! He was so cooperative and happy it was awesome. And so I figured that I probably needed to do a six month update...so many things have happened just in the past month!

So the statistics, the little man is over 20 pounds and just over 26 inches tall. He definitely is a chubby little man and seems like he is twice the size of other babies at daycare. But he is healthy and happy.

In gross motor skills he is now sitting. He started sitting confidently and without support around 5.5 months old. It has opened up a whole new world to him. More toys to reach and put in his mouth. More things to see. Ellie plays with him more on the ground. He has not rolled over yet (back to front or front to back). Our pediatrician says no to worry, given that he is a bit on the larger/chunkier side it'll be much more difficult for him than the tall lanky babies. He has gotten on his side and up on his knees a few times, but not rolled over. As he really doesn't like to be on his back I think he will roll from back to front first. He loves tummy time. He will hang out on his tummy for as long as you will let him. But on his back...not when hes awake. He will yell and cry to either sit or be on his tummy.

He has a couple of teeth. His two bottom center teeth have come in. They came in one right after the other so it was a few days full or restless sleep, drool, and gnawing on anything and everything. They both arrived over Labor Day Weekend (around 5.5 months old).

The kid totally has a preference for certain toys. I don't remember Ellie really caring that much or having a preference about toys, besides her beloved red blanket and Sophie the giraffe, at this age. Cal on the other hand, he loves anything that is ball-shaped. He gravitates towards them at school and at home he loves playing with spherical shaped toys...such a boy!

He is thriving in daycare. He really likes to be there; everyday at dropoff he gets really excited to see the toys, friends, and his teachers. We are so happy to have found this daycare as all the teachers are fantastic and caring. Everyday as I walk him into the Piglets Room teachers we pass on the way always say hi to him and smile. So he is all smiles and laughing the whole time! I have been told so many times by various teachers that he is the happiest, cuddliest, most easy-going baby.

We have started solid foods with him. Again, on Labor Day Weekend (he was sitting and had teeth so we figured it was time to start solid food) we started with bananas. After bananas we added rice cereal, oatmeal cereal, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, avocado (not a fan just like his sister), applesauce, and peaches and nectarines. He is still eating like a champ. His favorite solid food is probably peaches/nectarines (homemade and I just pureed the peaches and nectarine that we had together).

Photo courtesy of his older sister

He is probably one of the happiest babies around. He doesn't fuss very often and when he does you know exactly what is going on. Either hes been on his back for more than 2 minutes, has a full diaper, hungry, or overtired. But other than that, he rolls with all the craziness that is our household with Ellie.