Six Months

Toby is officially six months old. I can't believe how fast that time has gone and how much sleep I have lost. Toby is doing great. He grew two and a half inches since our appointment in October. He is 27 inches which puts him in the 70% (up from 35% last time). He weighs exactly 18 lbs which is a little less than I thought. That is the 59%, down from 73% in October. And to round it all out Toby's heat is 18.2 inches putting him in the 96% - oh my goodness. He is very healthy although we are still having problems sleeping. He is getting a little bit better at naps and has on occasion taken some for almost 2 hours. Nighttime is still a nightmare. He wakes up between 4 to 7 times. Sometimes he wants to eat and sometimes he just wants his binky. Other times he wakes up screaming bloody murder and I can't figure out what is the matter. I really don't know what to do at this point except let him cry it out, but I'd rather not if I can figure something out. Part of the problem is that I have trouble getting back to sleep after getting up with him.

Other than that Toby is a pretty happy kid. He laughs hysterically (like in the video below) and gives the biggest smiles. He loves eating solids to the point where he doesn't really want much formula except at night. He just barely started rolling from his back to his tummy. In fact he has only done it a couple of times. He loves toys now and will actually play with them. One of his new favorites is an elephant that Karma gave him when he was born. It plays music and he smiles every time we give it to him. Toby also loves to cough. He has decided that coughing is funny and fake coughs all the time. He even does it to get our attention. What a silly boy.