Six Months!

The little guy is now half a year old. Madness! What has he been up to this month you might ask? Well, we'll tell you.

Stats:
Height: 27 inches (75th percentile)
Weight: 18 pounds 10 ounces (74th percentile)
Head Circumference: 44.5 centimeters (74th percentile)

Quinn is definitely developing his crawling technique. In fact, he is now practically an expert at getting himself into the crawling position. Now if he could just figure out how to move forward he'd be golden. Despite his best intentions, he has only managed to scoot himself in the opposite direction of his goal. However, he is pretty darn good at spinning around. He does this by exiting his crawl position and entering a belly flop like pose, using one arm to reposition himself. This motion is repeated until he reaches the desired direction. Effective, but a bit awkward. We're trying to let ourselves enjoy this immobile phase of his life but it's hard not to root for him to figure it out.

During this month Quinn was also introduced to his first batch of vegetables. His mother has been kind enough to make baby food out of sweet potatoes (his favorite), squash, carrots and peas for him to enjoy. Typically, Mom also throws some rice cereal in there to cut down on taste and to help fill his little belly. So far, he is a good little eater, already much less picky than his father.

As far as playing goes, Quinn is a pretty big fan of clapping (people clapping at him anyway), chewing (anything and everything) as well as everyone's favorite, peek-a-boo. One of his favorite forms is when we pretend to be asleep, and then wake up suddenly. It's pretty much guaranteed to result in an adorable giggle. (video soon to follow)

Quinn is also becoming quite the "talker". We can't quite figure out what he's trying to say, but that doesn't stop him from telling us. In the morning, or after a good nap he likes to let us know he's happy by cooing about as loud as a coo can be. It's super cute but at 6 in the morning it's not the most ideal sound to hear. Also, when he's chewing on something (which is often) he likes to belt out some "rawr rawrs" so we know he's working hard. He is also getting better at forming sounds like wah wah and dah dahh...which I'm pretty sure means "Dad" will be his first, and favorite word.

I think one of the most enjoyable milestones Quinn has reached this month is his ability to sit up. We are now able to plop him down in the middle of the floor and he doesn't immediately fall over! How novel! We can't quite leave him there as he does occasionally succeed in face planting or tipping over backwards, but it's still a lot of fun to see him sitting and playing with his toys without help. It also makes taking pictures a bit easier, as we don't always have to have our hands in the shot.

Bath time is one of his more active periods during the evening these days. He has a cute set of animal bath toys that he loves to splash after and try to eat, often causing a boisterous vocal display. We usually have him sitting up in the tub these days but his little bum likes to slip and slide every which way. We are currently looking into ways to help avoid this. Super glue has been suggested, but I worry it won't take hold quick enough under water.

Bed time routines have also had some new highs and lows. His nightly stories have become much more enjoyable as his face lights up when we bring out the books. He seems much more interested in following along and generally stays pretty happy through about 3 books. On the more unfortunate development side of bedtime, he has decided that sleeping for more than 3 hours at a time is overrated. We keep trying to convince him that sleeping through the night is pretty great but he's not buying it. Hopefully this phase does not last much longer.

I think that's about it for Quinn's sixth month on this planet. It is amazing to see him grow and develop and we can't wait to see what next month brings.