Look who's 6 months old!

What a heart breaker at 6 months!

Jonah couldn't stand that Jude was playing with "HIS" Tigger so had to take it away during the photo shoot. Jude grabbed Jonahs' sleeve quite by accident and we watched a little playful back and forth between the two boys. So nice to see them both smiling and generally enjoying one another! Looking forward to seeing much more of this!!!

It’s hard to believe it, but our little guy turned 6 months old last week! Much has happened since we last blogged, but finding the time to blog is just increasingly difficult these days. Let’s just say that we have our hands full with the two boys, our full-time jobs, and trying to keep the household running...

Since we last really posted about Jude (about 2 months ago), he has hit a number of milestones:

1. He’s rolled over, going from his tummy to back just days after the 4-month mark, and finally rolling the other way for the first time last week (at least the first time I’d ever witnessed).  While Jude can roll, he doesn’t really do it all that often. If he’s on his tummy, he’s generally perfectly content to look around and to suck his thumb or to inchworm or spin until he gets frustrated or close enough to the item that he desires. If he’s on his back, he’ll often twist and contort his body to see things (moving all of his body over but his head), but usually gives up or spins enough in the process that eventually he finds something of interest. Now that he is more interested in the world and in getting objects of his desire, it will be interesting to see if he steps up his rolling. It seems that the two other boys in his room at day care who were also born the same week are also in this boat (yes, three of them are within 5 days of each other!).

2. Jude’s a pretty good sitter, all on his own. Until he just completely flops over backwards (or forwards, but usually backwards). He’ll be sitting just fine for several minutes and then fall over seemingly out of the blue, after performing somewhat more difficult feats of moving toys or arms and legs without incident. He’s gotten really good at this in about the past 2 weeks or so. We first started encouraging him to sit on his own after Easter when we got out the musical table and propped it up on two legs. Supported initially by two boppies and then by one and none, he really seems to enjoy being able to see more of what is going on around him, especially seeing what Jonah is doing.

 

3. Jude is an avid thumb-sucker. Doesn’t matter which one. But one of his thumbs is pretty much a permanent fixture in his mouth. Sometimes he double-thumbs it. It’s a good thing the thumbs are inseparable! I have mixed feeling about this – it’s nice that he doesn’t need to have the pacifier to comfort him, but at the same time, I worry that it will be difficult to wean him from the thumbs…

Caught on camera sucking both thumbs at once!

4. Jude also enjoys eating his feet, so much so that giving a bath can be a bit of a challenge as he’s practically doubled over in the bath and little of his body is exposed. Socks are often victims of this compulsion too.

We've hit a number of other milestones as well, such as playing with certain toys, getting some great vocalizations, and starting solid foods (yesterday). Those will come in separate posts - hopefully sooner rather than later. How amazing it's been to watch this little guy grow and change!