6 Months

Trey turned 6 months on February 4th! I can't believe it's already been half a year since he was born! It's all going by way too fast - I feel like he is turning into such a big boy!

This has been an exciting time around here. From 5 months to 6 months we have gone through so many changes. He is now sitting up playing so well by himself. He still gets a little wobbly here and there but all in all he's very solid.

He had his first cold right after he turned 5 months and I ended up sick at the same time. Daddy was great and stayed home and helped us get back on track. It was so scary to see him sick and not wanting to eat (that's very unusual - he really will eat anything). Since he was having tummy issues we went ahead and started with bananas for his first solid. From there we moved on to sweet potatoes, apples and pears.

He is still trying his hardest to crawl but right at 5 1/2 months he started being able to scoot backwards across the room. He doesn't realize that he's doing it - it just happens once he gets his belly up and pushes. Once he finally realizes he's going in the opposite direction of mommy/daddy/puppies/toys he gets really upset and usually starts crying. It's so hard not to laugh!
Right before he turned 6 months he really started playing by himself, in his exersaucer or jumper by himself for longer periods of time. And while it makes me so sad to see him growing up and relying on me less, I know that it's good for him.

He's really enjoying lots of new toys, textures and putting anything and everything he can get his hands on in his mouth! He's very curious and it's starting to get a little more challenging to take his monthly pictures - or even eat sometimes - he literally just wants to go PLAY!

He's all boy!

And one of my most favorite bloggers, D from All Things G&D always did monthly stats for her daughter Kate and I really enjoyed reading them - so I thought I would incorporate them (and add favorite books, favorite songs and what Mommy is reading) into Trey's monthly posts as well!

Trey's 6 Month Stats

Bedtime: between 8pm and 9pm

Wake-Up: anytime between 8am and 9:15 am

Naps: Naps aren't Trey's strong suite but he is getting much better and I'm working on a better flex-schedule during the day. He usually has 1-2 long-ish naps (1-2 hours each) and 1 cat nap mixed in somewhere

Bottles: (This was the first month I wasn't EBF - that's another very long emotional post for another day but feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions) 4 bottles a day, 7-8 oz for each one (About 30 oz a day)

Foods: Bananas, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, Pears

Developmental Milestones & Firsts: Eating, "Crawling" backwards, playing by himself, sitting up for longer periods of time without assistance

Favorite Toys: Sophie (she will be on this list forever), Move and Crawl Ball (he is OBSESSED with this), Melissa & Doug Wooden Frog

Favorite Books: Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton, The Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton, Bears in the Night by Jan Berenstain

Favorite Songs: The Itsy Bitsy Spider, ABC's, When you Wish Upon a Star

Mommy Books: What to Expect the First Year by Arlene Eisenberg, My Two Year Old Eats Octopus by Nancy Tringali Piho