Six Months

Lucas turned 6 months old on December 4. He is a happy and healthy baby. He loves music, other babies and kids, and putting things in his mouth (as he is desperately trying to cut in a tooth). He is beloved by Josh's classmates. He can keep himself seated once he is put into a sitting position, he can hold his body up when lying on the floor, and he can roll on demand, even across the room if he needs to get somewhere. He is trying to crawl, but only ends up scooting backward so far. When he gets excited about play, his whole body shimmies, with arms flailing and legs kicking. After we finally broke down and resorted to the "cry it out" method of sleep training (after everything else failed) at the end of November, he is now sleeping well, though he continues to awaken at midnight and at 3 am for feedings. Unfortunately, he has dropped to the 10th percentile for weight, so not only must we continue the nighttime feedings, we need to find a way to get more food into him during the daytime as well. Some of this is the consequence of his decision back when I returned to work to start refusing the bottle, which limits the amount he can eat during the day. But now that he can eat cereal and some baby foods, hopefully we can add in another daytime meal and help boost his growth.

He may be small, but he has a big smile:

Dance, baby, dance:

His idol:

Next step: crawling!