My favorite time of year is here again, Fall! We have a plate shelf in our dining room, and I haven't been able to style it, because it's an awkward height and takes up the whole wall. But for holidays, I don't think I'll have a problem. Because we don't have a mantle (yet) on our fireplace, I decided to decorate it like a mantle. I love the way it turned out!
I can't believe it's been 6 months since our little man was born. 6 months ago today I was sitting in the hospital room deliriously happy with my new little family. I am so happy for the life that we have and am so blessed to have Sean in it!
And to show off how much he's grown, here's a little collage of his first 6 months!
Needless to say, he'll be much bigger than that elephant very soon :)
Height/Weight: We don't have his 6 month check up until 10/31, so I don't know exactly. But the other day we weighed him on our scale and he was around 22.5lbs! I have no clue about his length. I'll have to update when we have his check up.
Other growth/actions: Always! I feel like his whole life is a growth spurt so far! Also, his teeth are sooooo close to coming out. He's been teething really bad the last 2 weeks. I just wish they would come through already.
Routine: Our life is super random right now. He only has 2 or 3 30 minute naps a day, and it takes around 20 minutes to get him down. Apparently this is normal, but mommy needs some free time! Even his bed time is random. Some nights he wants to go down at 6:30, and some 7:30. But his sleep is interrupted every hour or so until we finally bring him to bed at 10pm.
Eating/Feeding: Still eating every 2 hours during the day. With teething, he sometimes eats every hour. At night, he is going around 3 or 4 hours between feedings.
Sizes: I'm going to be putting away some of his 6 month stuff this weekend. He's mostly in 9mo clothes though, and some 12mo sleepers. He's in an awkward phase where 12mo stuff is a little too long but 9mo is starting to get tight.
Milestones:
Sitting on our own like a big boy! He can't get there on his own, but once we sit him up, he can sit on his own with no help to stay up. He does sometimes fall to the side so we do need to be nearby just in case.
He is sooooooo close to crawling! I think once teething isn't taking up his entire life, he'll be able to focus on crawling. He's gotten his knees under him a few times and scooted himself, but no full hands and knees crawling yet.
Lots and lots of rolling and scooting all over the living room on his tummy.
He's also started saying consonants. His first 'word' is Dada! He loves to say it over and over again while not sleeping in his crib :).
I hope to have an update soon with news of teeth and better sleep!
Here's to another 6 months little man!
Xo, Kelsey
