Chris, Michelle, and Baby Boy: Guess Who Managed to Sit Up??!!

Just after reaching 6 months, Emmett started teething again, which kept him (and us) up at night. Every time he woke up he would start crying and not stop until we came and got him. That was not too fun. Then he became congested and couldn’t breath through his nose. Because he couldn’t breathe very well through his nose, he took fewer bottles and ate less in general. Then we had his 6 month checkup, and since he hadn’t had a fever with his congestion, I went ahead and had them give him his vaccinations/shots. So, back at home, I had a teething, congested, and freshly vaccinated baby to deal with! Poor thing. He wasn’t too happy, and has taken a couple of days to start feeling better. He is still a little congested, but he is starting to eat more…..which always makes me feel better!

And at 6 months, the official weight and height are as follows: 20.8 pounds/9.5 kgs, 28.5 inches/72.4 cms.

I really don’t think it will be long before Emmett starts crawling since he now gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth. He sometimes rocks so much that he launches himself forward and bonks his head on stuff. He also goes backwards a little, and has an easy time spinning around in circles to reach his toys.

This video shows him up on his hands and knees and how he managed to get himself up to a sitting position!! He probably won’t do that again for some time, but it was exciting to see!

As I mentioned in the previous post, I made baby food last weekend. We’ve now tried sweet potato, butternut squash, pear, apple, and banana. He’s very happy eating the sweet potato, but he’s taking a little longer to get used to the butternut squash. Sometimes he eats it, sometimes not! He eats his pears, and is not minding the apple. But he did not like the bananas at all!!! even when I mixed them with some cereal!

Emmett’s Ouma made us some food as well, so we’ve also got the freezer packed full of carrots, squash, green beans, and broccoli!