6 month update

In the past month or so, Egan has really started to 'grow up.' He can now sit basically unsupported. He likes to hang out in his mosses basket or in a rubbermade tub in the yard. He loves books, they taste so good! He can accurately reach with one hand for an object. He can take his paci out of his mouth, turn it around, play with it, and then figure out how to put it back in.

He's not a big fan of laying down, he really likes to sit up like a big boy! He doesn't really roll over, because he isn't interested on being on his tummy or back long enough to work on it. But he is starting to lean quite a bit and that will probably be what moves him to the next set of skills as he reaches for things.

Egan still nurses ~8 times a day, but also does really well taking a bottle. (yeah!) He goes to bed at about 8pm and wakes up between 7-8 most mornings. He eats several times at night still. He likes to be swaddled to sleep. He can sometimes put himself to sleep at nap or night - but never when sister is home! Too much to try and keep up with. Egan started eating solid foods - he's had rice cereal (terrible), pears, applesauce, prunes, oatmeal, squash, sweet potatoes, and wheat cereal. He is still deciding if these are beauty products or food substances and likes to rub them into his neck folds. About 1 in 4 times he will 'eat' the rest of the time he plays around. Right now we have breakfast and dinner.

Egan loves his nanny, Ashley. He will just sink into her when she arrives. Ashley comes 4 afternoons a week. They like to hang out on the play mat and go for walks. He'd better get on crawling if he wants to take advantage of her varsity college soccer experience!

Last appointment, just a few days before his 6 mo birthday, he was 15 lbs, 25 inches, still hanging out in the 20 percentile. He's mostly wearing 3-6 month clothes, but some 6-9 shirts, etc. He's hair is still thin - sometimes I wonder (hope?) if it looks a bit red in the sunlight. He has an impish grin and can raise on eyebrow for emphasis and encouragement to do things like hand him another magazine to rip up. He is very ticklish - especially in his arm pits and back.