Carson is Six Months Old

What a great age! I think this has to be one of my very favorites!! I remember with Collin I kept saying that because things seemed to get better and better, and in many ways they do, but the second time you have a different perspective. To be able to be so easily entertained and smiling at everything, not asking for much, not moving, not talking back and SOOO cute! Check out these cute videos of Carson being entertained by his big brother...

Carson has gotten so much more interactive recently, and smiles and laughs at everything. He wants to put EVERYTHING in his mouth, and is definItely teething since he wants to gnaw on everything but hasn't had any teeth break through yet. He's still a super big boy, taller than more than 95% of the population of six-month olds at 28.5 inches. He ways just over 18 pounds (75th percentile, down from 85th at 4 months) and his head measures 18 cm (90th percentile). He still has most of his hair, but it has thinned even more and is much lighter.

We started solid foods this month after we returned from Texas. He had been watching us eat from his Bumbo chair for the last two months so he was ready. He seemed to really like his first meal, but doesn't consistently love it. We need to increase his meals to twice a day, but have just been doing once - he's eaten Rice cereal, bananas and carrots.







At night he is sleeping quite a bit better now that we stopped traveling and implemented the "cry it out" two weeks ago. The first night was really hard because he cried for two hours, but the second night he didn't wake up. He woke about half the time for the first week but I didn't feed him. Now most nights he sleeps until 5 or 6 when I bring him in bed with us so. He'll usually sleep until we want to get up which is pretty cool.

Trying to work out his schedule with Collin returning to school has been a little bit of an adjustment, since he's usually tired by 9 AM but Collin's school doesn't start until 9:30. Sometimes he falls asleep on the way home, otherwise I'll put him to bed and he'll sleep until 11 or even later. He usually takes an afternoon nap too, and if he doesn’t get a good one he’s really tired by the time we are eating dinner after Mike gets home around 7. While it will take a little getting used to, it's nice to have a routine again.

Click here to see our 4-yr, 6-mo photo shoot from Portrait Innovations.