Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Jake's 6-month Check-up

Jake had his 6-month check-up with Dr. Dreamy today. He has been a little more fussy today than normal - must have been the 4 shots he had to have. Trying my best to keep him healthy with all these vaccines they recommend...but man, the poor kiddos! Jake continues to grow and remains healthy & strong. We LOVE him! Today he weighs in at 18 lbs 2 oz (60th percentile), measures 27 inches in length (69th percentile), and has a head circumference of 18.5 inches (99th percentile)! Yes, he has a bit of a large head right now. No worries though, Dr. Dreamy says when kids are between 4 and 9 months their heads are the most disproportionate to their size. Around 10 months they begin to grow into their heads! At 6 months old, Jake is doing the following:




  • Smiling (a ton!)


  • Laughing - he does this excited breathing thing when he laughs, we love it!


  • Drinking a 6 oz bottle every 3-4 hours


  • Sleeping most of the time from 9pm-5am


  • Coos - especially dadadada


  • LOVES the Dogs...especially Lola


  • Plays in his Winnie the Pooh exersaucer/bouncer


  • Loves when Mommy sings to him - usually what it takes to get him to fall asleep


  • Just started 2 days ago on rice cereal - he seems to like it!


  • Sits up with a little support


  • Rolling tummy to back, but still haven't seen him roll from back to tummy - we think it is because he just doesn't like to be on his tummy, so why would he roll onto it!


  • Favorite toys - blue elephant, crunchy sounding book, green gall (given to him by Gramma Lewis for Christmas), Learning Puppy


  • Splashing in the tub is probably his most favorite thing
We took him to FotoFly last week for some updated pictures. We were pleasantly surprised with some great shots, even though he tended to have a few meltdowns. I thought he cried the whole time, apparently, to me a little crying is a lot because I am just so not used to it! Here are his 6-month pictures.

























No comments: