Month SIX with new TRIX

Looking forward to our first Thanksgiving in Canon City! Can't believe it's been a full year since I announced Jaxen's arrival!

15.8lbs            27" tall!!!!

6 Month Updates:

• Moved bedtime to 630pm. Still sleeping in his own bed (it's been a full month now!) I only gave in thrice and let him co-sleep but more because of my own exhaustion than his. 
• Back to lap naps.
• **PR** 2 nights in a row, 9 consecutive hours of sleep! It's a real shame I can't figure out how to make that happen EVERY night. Since those two magical nights we've entered into the 5th leap which means SLEEP REGRESSION.
  
• Check out this roll over video!
• Ditched the Occupational Therapist.
• J is now back crawling allllll over the place.

Introducing Solids:
Due to the fact that he has been dive bombing my plate lately, we started solids a touch early.

    We are following the Baby-led Weaning method which believes that children should feed themselves for optimal motor development, jaw & muscular development (also helps speech develop later), for learning appropriate appetite cues and reduced risk of choking. We offer him 3 or 4 different "finger foods" each meal and allow him to explore and handle them on his own. So far we've tried & liked:

• avocado
• banana
• apple
• chicken
• egg yolk
• asparagus
• carrot
• sweet potato
• eggplant pizza crust
• coconut oil
• peanut butter
• wheat thin cracker

Learn more about Baby-led weaning by clicking here.

6 Month Check-up w/ Dr. Berger:  
Clean bill of health! Still watching the "eye wander" though. I personally don't see it but Dr. B didn't seem to be overly concerned about it so I guess we just wait and see. Other than that Dr. B just wants us to concentrate on getting fat and protein into him!

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This is my Crib Sleep Pie Chart to remind myself that he actually is doing pretty well with it even though it doesn't feel like it.