6 Months

Dear Levi,

I cannot believe you are already 1/2 a year old! You are such a curious little boy. You are taking everything in and learning so much! You are starting to explore everything with your mouth- your toys, your feet, other people's hands... You love cups and love to watch people drink out of them. The other night, you grabbed my cup, pulled it to your mouth, and started sucking away.

Tonight we gave you a sippy cup for the first time. Dr. Spellings said to start giving you one with water when you were eating solids. She said it would be good for you to explore for now and eventually you'd figure it out. Well, it didn't take you long! You pulled it right to your mouth and started sucking. You were a little surprised to get water instead of milk, but you didn't seem to mind!

You are still enjoying your rice cereal, and soon we will start to feed you "real" food. You are much more distracted now when you are eating. You'll eat for a few minutes, look around, laugh, smile, watch George, and then go back to eating... This makes feeding you a little more difficult, but I can't resist those sweet smiles and giggles! You are also very particular about where your feet are while you eat. You will kick my arm and wiggle your feet until you get them just right.

When you are playing, you would prefer to be sitting up rather than laying down. This is frustrating for everyone since you aren't too sturdy on your own yet. If I sit you up, you can sit there...but not for long! When you are laying down, you grunt and struggle to try and sit up. A few weeks ago you got a jumper, and you seem to like it as long as Mom or Dad are nearby.

Today at the doctor you were 25 in. long (10%) and 14 lbs. 4 oz (10%). You're a little guy but growing just as you should be. The doctor said you looked great! (She used the word perfect 3 times and perfectly once). You are wearing size 2 diapers and finally into your 3-6 months clothes! That's a good thing since all of your summer clothes are at least 3-6 months!

Most nights you are still sleeping pretty well- from about 8:30 to 5:30. We still have some challenging nights, but for the most part you are a great sleeper. You seem to have gotten into a routine with naps at Megan's house too. Most days you sleep for a few hours in the morning and catnap throughout the afternoon and early evening. I can always tell when you are sleepy because you start rubbing your eyes and then just before you fall asleep you start grunting.

"Mmm...This looks good."

This month you have become even more attached to me. You love Dad and have a great time with him...as long as I'm not in the room! When I walk in the room or you hear my voice, you freak out!

You've also seemed to start enjoying music recently. Pops bought Dad a new CD called Rockabye Baby. There is a whole series of these CDs that have turned songs from bands like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin, and the Pixies into lullabies. Dad loves it, and you seem to also! We also got you a few Praise Baby CDs, and you love listening to Mom and Dad sing to you.

"Hey Mr. Bear! What's up?!"

Levi, We love watching you learn and grow. We are so blessed to be your parents!

Love,

Mom and Dad