Thomas had his 6 month checkup today. The doctor said all is looking good. Here are his stats. I think he probably would have weighed even more but he was sick last week and didn't hold down much of his food.
Date
Weight
Length
Head Circumfrance
Birth
8 lbs. 11 oz.
19.7"
14"
2 Wks
9 lbs. 5 oz.
69th percentile
22"
91st percentile
15.25"
85th percentile
2 Month
12 lbs. 14.8 oz.
61st percentile
23.5"
68th percentile
16"
87th percentile
4 Month
16 lbs. 15.6 oz.
85th percentile
26.5"
92nd percentile
16.75"
55th percentile
6 Month
19 lbs. 15.8 oz.
86th percentile
29"
99th percentile
17.5"
70th percentile
We got the green light to start fruits and veggies. We have also changed over to formula as we met our 6 month goal and Tom requires so much food it was tough for me to keep up with him. So it shall be interesting with an all new food program.
It has kind of been another up and down month. Summer has been super busy, work has been really busy for both Eric and I, and Tom is still not sleeping very well. So we have been pretty tired. Tom also got the sick again. We see our doctor next week so maybe she can clue us in to what is going on whether it is a virus or something else going on with him. His stomach has been a little backed up from the rice cereal so I am wondering if that is causing him to be sick. Or maybe it is teething. I don't think Eric believed me when I told him about the projectile vomiting when he was sick last month. But when I found him holding Tom and completely drenched in throw-up, he agreed it was just like the Exorcist. But enough of the bad.
Tom has had a lot of fun new developments this month. He really loves to interact with Eric and I and smiles and laughs at our little games and looks longingly for more.
He has also started to really love bath time. He will jump, splash and really loves staring in the bathroom mirror. I don't know if he knows who is in the mirror, but we look in all the mirrors as we go by and he is very interested.
He is really close to sitting up on his own. He is now into sit up toys and slides and spins them, or at least tries. His hand-eye coordination is getting really good while playing with his toys too.
He is such a strong baby that I think he is going to break his crib. I am sure a lot of people would be proud to hear that he is practicing wrestling moves already. But it is not the kind of wrestling you are thinking of.
Every day he does double leg smack downs in his crib. He smacks down so hard that I am a little worried he is going to break his crib. Then he scoots around in his crib and kicks the rails. He has even gotten his legs stuck between the rails because he tries to use them as leverage to turn over. He did manage to get himself on his stomach once, but I don't really count it as rolling over because I know he cheated by using his feet.
He has also started making a lot of new noises including what I call a girly screech when he is really mad. He also screams "ma-ma" when he is upset but it is hard to tell if he actually knows what he is saying or if it is just a noise that comes out. He has become very interested in looking at things though. He will get locked on an item and stare at it for a very long time. So we have started naming things for him to tell them what they are. We have even tried out a few very basic baby signs. Who knows if he has an idea what we are talking about.I say "no" and shake my head an he just laughs at me. Not exactly the reaction I was going for.
For my Mom's birthday present I got Mariner's tickets for the family to attend a Mariner's game together. It was lot's of fun. And best of all it was kids run around the bases day. Lena wanted to go so Tony, Thomas and I were walking her down there. Surprisingly they last me take Thomas around the bases as well.
We attended another great Zehnder Shoes event. Great food, great company and a whole lot of horse shoes. It was a little crazy to think that Eric made an announcement to the crowd at last year's Zehnder Shoes that I was pregnant. And here we were a year later with an almost 6 month old Tom. Boy does time fly.
I wasn't sure how the day was going to go for me since I had Tom with me, but everyone was really nice and kept an eye on him while I played. I only play horse shoes once a year so I figured that I would probably be our early, go take Tom to my mom's and put him to sleep, and then come back for Eric because he would probably still be playing. Well, it didn't really turn out that way. After a couple of rounds Eric had lost out and I won my first three matches. So I ran down to my mom's in between rounds and tried to get him to go to sleep. Of course he didn't. I felt bad just leaving him there, but I was not about to drop out. I told my mom I would probably be back soon because I will probably lose soon. Go figure I end up taking second place. There were a couple forfeits in there, so I was kind of lucky. But even without the forfeits I think I would have taken 6 or 7th place. So what I had thought would be an early night turned into a very late night. But at least I had bragging rights over Eric for once.
