Half Birthday!

Max is 6 months old already! Sometimes the days seem long, but that 6 months sure went by quick!

Max is still a happy guy, he loves to smile and really loves when his big sister is around... he will almost always stop crying if she comes to give him a hug or a kiss, which she is pretty good about doing!  He has been a little fussy lately, but I think that is because he now has 2 teeth!  They are the bottom 2 front teeth and they both have broken through, but still hard to see.  He is also always fussy when we are trying to have dinner, without fail. Hopefully he will grow out of that phase before too long!

I waited to do this post because we went to the Dr. today to get Max's official height and weight!  He is 20 pounds and 11 ounces (94th percentile) and 27" tall (65th percentile)! He is a big little guy but we love him!  He currently wears 6 and 9 month clothes, but the 6 month things are getting small quick! He is in a size 3 diaper, but I will be moving him up to size 4 with the next box of diapers I buy (which will be the same size as Ella!).

He still takes four 8oz bottles a day but we are adding in baby food or rice cereal 3 times a day now.  He has only had sweet potatoes and squash so far and the squash didn't seem to sit well with him as he was very very cranky after that.  He is still a good sleeper, although he has been waking up a few times lately, I had thought it was because his paci fell out so I was going to try and break him of it, but I think it was the teeth, now that those have come through he has gone back to normal!

As of his birthday he can finally roll over both ways! Which is really nice because he would get very frustrated stuck on his stomach!  Now that he can roll both ways he is getting around!  Ella crawled pretty early so I don't really remember this stage, but he will roll across a room to get to something he wants!  He is also getting better and better at sitting on his own and can sit and play with toys for a little while before losing his balance.  He is also playing with and grabbing onto toys more than ever before!

For his half birthday (or by coincidence) we decided to take Max to the pool for the first time!  He has been sitting up pretty well so we thought he might do ok in the pool float we have and he LOVED it!  He was splashing and kicking the whole time we were in there!  We had a lot of fun :)

A look back at the last 6 months...

 

 

Ella at 6 months can be found here, and for a side by side comparison...