6 months

Emerson is 6 months old.  He still seems like such a baby to me.  I just can't imagine he'll ever speak or walk or even crawl.  He does make different sounds now key, gee and da-da.

  He has slept through the night two nights now.  Not in a row and it's been at least a week now.  He still sleeps best swaddled but keeps busting out resulting in crying fits in the night.  He has to have his Nuk to sleep.  He is doing well unswaddled for naps as long as he has a blanket. (We know, we know.  Don't tell the doctor on us.)

 He grabs everything in sight.  Your face, toys, choking hazards, the cat's ear, or whatever is handy.  He has been enjoying his play yard and jumper lately and seems to understand the idea of peek a bo and will cover his face with a blanket and laugh when you "find" him.

 He has a great smile that we are seeing more and more of.  He has an infectious laugh and loves to be tickled.

 Abby is still his best bud and gets the best giggles out of him.  She likes to teach him, tickle him, read to him, sing to him and scold him.  He's becoming more weary of people he doesn't see often and has give one of his  grandmas a complex by bursting into tears when he sees her.

 He can sit for a few seconds now.  Sitting and standing are his favorite positions these days.

 He refuses to ever be on his tummy.  He flips over right away to play with his feet.  I wonder if he'll be one of those kids that skips crawling because he never wants to be in that position.

He's eaten sweet potato, squash, pears, peaches, green beans, peas, and his favorite applesauce.  He did not like bananas at all and avocado did not agree with his delicate tummy.  I love making baby food so this is one of my favorite phases in babyhood.  The doctor said he can try Gerber puffs or cheerios, so for lunch I gave him a few puffs.  He didn't know what to do with it so Abby wanted to feed him one.  He looked like we were trying to poison him and spit it out.  He's really good at telling us when he isn't ready for something.

He continues to grow.  Today's stats were 80th%ile for head circumference,  16# 9 oz for wt (down to 35th%ile) and 271/4 inches (75th%ile).  Dr Cornell says growth curves have some bumps but he is right on his track.  It still makes me nervous to see the weight percentiles drop every visit but she is not worried and said "you aren't big people.  He won't be either.  Stop worrying."  So I'll try and continue her previous prescription of a glass of red wine nightly for mama.