Bentley at 6 months

Bentley at 6 months (October 3, 2014):

   Hates peas and non-baby food applesauce, not a fan of avocado

  Likes peaches, pears, bananas, apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, mangoes, and graham crackers

  We have to put rice cereal in the purees to thicken them up so he does not spit up all the time.  The laundry situation was already out of control with the acid reflux, but then adding colored foods to the mix means we had very colorful barf all the time.  Not pretty!

The rice cereal seems to make him a little constipated, so now we have to give him prunes everyday (juice or puree)

 

He is wearing size 3 diapers and mostly 6-9 month clothes.  His summer clothes which are 3-6 months still fit pretty good and he was been wearing them a lot because it is still very warm.  Bentley has a 0-3 month superman onesie that still fits also.

 

He takes 2-3 naps a day- usually in the late morning and late afternoon/early evening.  He sleeps usually around 10 hours at night, but sometimes 12, sometimes wakes up in the night (still!).  He never does the same thing twice- he gets up at a different time every day, nap lengths are different every day, goes to bed at a different time every day, etc.   It is so frustrating I can't plan on anything.  It doesn't seem to matter how hard I try to get him on a schedule, he will do whatever he wants.

 

Bentley drinks 4 ounce bottle during the day and usually 8 ounces at bedtime.

 

He rolls across the room in the blink of an eye.  He is so fast.  He loves to hang out on his belly playing with toys.  He especially loves to dump the toy basket over and play with everything in there. 

 

Just recently he has starting army crawling.  He will scoot on his belly pretty fast if there is something that catches his eye and he wants.  Such as the phone or ipad.  He gets up into crawling position, but can't coordinate moving his arms and legs at the same time.

 

He can sit by himself for a few seconds, but not independently yet.

 

He sucks on his fingers or anything he can find all the time.  He has been showing signs of teething for over a month now, but no teeth yet.

 

Bentley loves silly voices.  He smiles every time he sneezes and cries every time John sneezes because it is so loud.  Bentley cries with loud noises.

 

Bentley loves to give "kisses" on the cheek (sucking on the face), complete with sound effects!

 

Height at 6 months: 26.97 inches (63rd percentile)

Head Circumference: 17.5 inches (66th percentile)

Weight: 16.46 pounds (24th percentile)

He was in the 44th percentile for weight at the last check up, but then dropped significantly this time.  The doctor is a little worried and said we will need to watch it.  He did double his birth weight at 6 months (from 8 lbs to 16 lbs), so that is one good indicator.

 

You wouldn't know it from looking at him that he is a little underweight.  What's interesting is that once we started solid foods, his bottles decreased significantly.  He used to drink around 24 ounces in a day, but now often only drink about 15 ounces. 

 

Bentley is such a fun kid to be around.  If he would sleep better he would be the perfect child!  He is so cute and we hear that from strangers all the time.  He is such a happy baby and will smile at just about anyone that smiles at him.