Matthew turned six months on the 10th. I love this age, babies are a joy at any age, but six month olds are so joyful I can hardly stand it. Matthew is a smiling, content, but active little boy. He is reaching for everything, rolls over both ways, loves to look at himself in the mirror (see below), and can sit up without support - he sometimes loses his balance when he reaches for toys. Changing his diaper and clothes is becoming a challenge. His changing table is becoming the site of wrestle mania in our house. He eats a full array of babyfood and loves those gerber puffs. We are trying to teach him how to sign "more" when he wants more of something. His current signal is to grunt or growl (not a habit that we want to encourage)! Kate did very well learning to sign basic words like more, all done, and thank you before she could say them. I just can't remember when we started teaching her to use sign language, so we will see how it goes with Matthew.
At his six month check up he weighed 23lbs 14oz (over 97%) and was 27 inches long (85th %), so his length is finally catching up to his weight. His umbilical hernia is also completely healed, so we are thankful for that. The doctor said, "great news...he is perfect!" We agree. Matthew is currently getting his first tooth (thank goodness for Motrin)! Hopefully we will have a toothy grin to show off soon.
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