Gavin - 6 Months

November 17th Gavin turned 6 months old.  He’s accomplished so much in the two short months since his last update.   Gavin is following in his big brothers footsteps and is topping the growth chart.  Take a look at these numbers!!

Just after Gavin’s last update, he started trying some solid foods.  He started with rice cereal, and then moved on to the veggies.  He’s tried green beans, peas, squash, sweet potatoes, and carrots.  By six months, he had started in on the fruits, but has only tried apples.  He really enjoys eating solid foods and loves to drink water from a cup.  He is still getting most of his nutrients from mommy’s milk, but he is having a great time getting into new flavors.

Gavin & Logan

Gavin is grasping and holding on to toys now.  He can sit up unassisted briefly, and has even learned to roll over from back to front.  I have yet to see him go from front to back, but I’m thinking that has got to be coming soon.  Gavin really loves looking at books and trying to turn the pages.  Logan’s old giraffe is quickly becoming a favorite, but he also really likes his choo choo train rattle.  We took out the jumperoo, and Gavin is having a great time with it.  He’s so tall that we had to start him on the second setting already!  He loves jumping around, and thinks it’s fantastic when he gets Logan to join in on the jumping too.

Gavin got a much needed haircut in the beginning of November.  He was such a good boy for his first haircut, and as always, our stylist was awesome!

Gavin & Mommy

Gavin caught RSV at daycare around the 5 month mark, at the same time he was diagnosed with a double ear infection, and a viral rash which covered his whole body.  He was on a nebulizer every 6 hours around the clock, but thankfully he was never in respiratory distress.  We are so fortunate that has been his only illness related visit to the doctor since birth, and even more fortunate that the RSV moved through his system pretty quickly.  However, one of the lingering side effects from this illness is that Gavin no longer sleeps through the night.  He started waking up at least a couple times each night, and sometimes it is every 2 hours!  I’m am hoping he will get back on a normal sleeping schedule, but maybe it was too good to be true having two boys that are great sleepers.

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