Benjamin had his 6 month appointment yesterday. He's doing well, although his weight gain isn't up to par, apparently. So we have graduated from solids just once a day to three times a day. It's a good thing my kid is such a good eater! He's his mother's son--he doesn't shy away from anything and will eat volumes beyond his stomach capacity if I'll let him. While I'm not looking forward to lugging around the extra weight, I'm excited to have the go ahead to be more aggressive with feeding him solids. Here are his 6 month stats:
Height: 27"
Weight: 15 lb. 12 oz.
Head Circumference: 44.25 cm
Still no teeth (thank goodness) and no crawling in the normal sense of the word (hallelujah), but he rolls everywhere and has started to get up on his knees occasionally, and he scoots on his belly a bit to reach a toy (or anything that's on the floor, which he automatically assumes is his toy). He sits pretty well on his own, but doesn't seem to really want to stay upright, even though I know he can balance himself. His new thing is that he can't stand to be reclining and will do these crunches in order to try to get to a sitting position. He's just shy of being able to get vertical from a recline without any assistance at all. It's pretty amazing to watch.
