Murphy turned 6 months old 4 days ago! I can't believe it! He had his doctor appointment yesterday and all went well. He had to get 3 shots and drink one vaccine. He only cried for maybe 10 seconds and then he was fine and he loved the one he had to drink. He was actually upset when it was all gone. Yeah, my kid is a porker.
He weighs in at 20lbs 1oz. He is 27 5/8 inches tall and his head is 18 inches. He is between the 85th and 87th percentile for his weight, height, and head size. I can't believe how big he is. He wears 9 month clothes but 12 month sleepers. He's still in size 3 diapers. He is a super happy, laid back baby. He is smiling, laughing, or "talking" all the time. He can sit on his own for up to 30 seconds at a time (sometimes longer). He can roll over from his back to his tummy and also from his tummy to his back. Hasn't done it in a few weeks though. He does like to lay on his belly though and move in half circles on the floor.
During the day, he still drinks formula (6 oz) about every 4 hours. About 3 weeks ago, he started eating solids. He loves eating! He gets one meal a day but I will probably bump that up to 2 feedings a day here shortly. He has pretty much tried every veggie and fruit and loves them all. Hope this continues when he's a toddler! He also still takes about 4 oz of prune juice a day for his bowel issues and last week started taking a teaspoon of Miralax a day mixed in with his juice. We've tried everything and nothing was working. We even tried medication but that wasn't working either. I was still having to help dig out his poop (TMI) and he was still tearing almost every time he had a bowel movement. So since he turned 6 months the doc decided to try Miralax instead of increasing the meds since Miralax is way better for him then the meds. He's been on the Miralax for a week and so far so good. All his bowel movements so far have been good ones and that's all I can ask for. I've hated seeing him in pain and not being able to do anything about it. Looking forward to him turning one so we can get him off of formula and on to whole milk (which will hopefully solve the poop problem for good)!
About two weeks ago, he was sleeping between 7-10 hours at night but then in the last few weeks he has decided to only do 5 hour stretches. Not fun! He was also still sleeping in the bed with me! I finally decided to change that yesterday and put him in his crib last night. He cried a bunch but I stayed strong and he stayed in bed the whole night (and did a 8 hour stretch). Although he did wake up crying a few times during those 8 hours but after 5-10 minutes fell back to sleep. He's been taking all his naps in his crib today and they have all gone really well (no crying). Hoping tonight goes better than last night. I need my bed back and longer uninterrupted sleep!
He loves his toys and loves looking at books. He also loves to stand and is still very ticklish. He loves to look at himself in the mirror and still enjoys his swing (which he's too big for but we still keep putting him in it). He is fascinated with Caesar and loves it when Caesar comes up to him and licks his hands and face. He is reaching for anything he can get his hands on and loves putting whatever he can into his mouth. No signs of any teeth yet but still drooling a ton. Enjoys baths and still likes being in his car seat. He is still in his infant car seat but will be out of it in the next few weeks (he's two pounds away from reaching the max weight) and then we will move him into Konnor's convertible car seat and get Konnor a booster. I love this kid so much. Looking forward to watching him grow even more in these next 6 months.
