Harline Happenings: Cooper 6 1/2 Months

Monday, January 31, 2011

Cooper 6 1/2 Months

We finally had Cooper's 6 month appointment last Friday. It was supposed to happen 2 weeks ago but his pediatrician had a family emergency and after rescheduling twice we had to wait until today to be able to see her. Coop's 6 1/2 month stats:

Weight: 16 lbs 3 oz (25th%)
Height: 26 3/4 in (60th %)
Head: 43 1/4 cm (35th %)

Cooper is right on track for his age. The pediatrician said his bottom teeth are really close to cutting through and that they should be in within the next week. That is crazy to think that my baby is going to have teeth. I sure will miss that "gummy" smile of his. She also said that we can start giving him pretty much any food. The guidelines have recently changed on what you aren't able to feed a baby until age 1. Honey is the only thing she said not to give him. In the next couple weeks we can start giving him bread/crackers to suck on and gum down. I am excited to give him real food. He is also pretty close to crawling. He gets up on his knees when he's on his stomach. He also will go from sitting and will lean forward to get to his stomach. I have my outlet covers already in but I need to baby proof my cabinets. He just wants to be all over the place already. He manages to squirm his way anywhere he wants to get to while you are holding him. He will reach and wiggle for something if he wants it until he figures out how to get it. I am going to have my hands full that is for sure.

Cooper is such a happy baby. He is constantly smiling and just loves playing. He is great at just sitting on a blanket and playing with toys, or hanging out in his excer-saucer. We have however started the separation anxiety phase. It breaks my heart because once he realizes he doesn't see me he starts to scream, then the second he can see me again he gets a huge grin and is completely fine and goes back to playing. This phase has made it hard for me to do anything around the house. Last week I was cleaning the downstairs bathroom and I had to put him on a blanket right outside the door so he could see me the whole time. It has also made nap time hard because even though he's exhausted, the second I leave his room he just screams. Some naps are better than others, but this is just a phase we are going to have to get through.

Cooper has been sitting up on his own for about 5 weeks now
He is teething and drools constantly
Is still spitting up quite a bit.....I can't wait for this to be over with!
Has plowed through all the 2nd level baby food and has not come across anything that he won't eat. He is definitely like his mom and loves eating!
Rolling over both ways. But once he gets to his stomach he usually stays there so he can look around and everything.
He isn't crawling yet...he gets up on those knees but then doesn't know what to do
Still isn't sleeping through the night. Usually is up once, but lately with the teething it's been more.
Newest trick is blowing spit bubbles
Very talkative
Loves standing and surprising has really strong legs for having not a whole lot of chub on them.
Grabs anything from toys, to hair, to your face, clothes, anything he can get his hands on. He manages to grab your neck/face/arms with his little hands and it really hurts. It's such a strong little pinch!
Still very little but is finally starting to look like he's getting chunky. He has the chubby little hands and his fingers won't close all the way because of it. But all his pants are loose because he has absolutely no belly. Starting to get rubber band wrist.

I was worried I was going to miss the newborn stage. But honestly Cooper has gotten to be so fun. We just love playing with him all day long. But usually spit up gets in the way and someone is needing new clothes a few times a day.

Going in the for the kill