William- 6 Months Old

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• HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY, sweet baby William! I cannot believe that you are already half way through your first year. Time has been going by so fast!
• What a difference a month makes! You can now sit up all on your own (not for a super long time, but you can!) and have started eating a couple meals of solid foods a day. We started with rice cereal which you loved and oatmeal (not a fan). You have tried several fruits and have loved all of them! 
• You are SO close to rolling over...so, so close! You get so far over that you'd think you'd have to just flip over, but you roll back to your back. Any day now! 
• Being able to stay upright and eating heavier foods has made such a difference with your reflux...yay! 
• We also started trying to let you cry-it-out a little before picking you up in the night. It's not easy to hear you cry, in fact it's really hard! The first couple of nights were pretty rough, but then you actually started to sleep longer!!! You still need to be calmed down a couple of times a night, but we are trying to no longer let you sleep in bed with us. Hoping that this only gets better in the months ahead. 
• You love being in your exersaucer and seeing the world better- mainly just getting a better view of everything your big brother is doing! He is your favorite source of entertainment. 
• You also have gotten much better at tummy time. You have started to try and make some crawling effort, but after a little while, you get frustrated that the things you want are still out of reach.
• You have entered the stage of putting anything and everything into your mouth which means a lot of drool and slobber on all of your clothes. Davis tries to tell you that toys and books are not for chewing on, so we've had to explain to him that you are just learning. However, even if he's telling you something not to do- you light up! It doesn't matter what he tells you, you just love it when he is close by and telling you anything.
• You are still wearing 3 month clothes, but fit best in 3-6 month outfits and you are wearing size 2 diapers. 
• This month, you took your first trip to Florida to visit Memaw and Doc. You were an excellent traveler and were a trooper the whole trip (even though sleeping got a little bit tougher during the week). You got into a pool for the first time and dipped your toes into the ocean. 

It has been such an amazing 6 months and I know that your birthday will be here before I know it! 

William- 5 months old

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• What a sweet, sweet boy you are!! You have the happiest disposition and are always smiling. This month you have started to giggle and have become ticklish! Your little chuckle is the sweetest sound and melts Mommy's heart! You have so much light behind your eyes and make everyone smile when they look at you!
• You love to be sitting up and have started to really reach for toys or any other object that is in front of you, however your favorite things to chew on are still your fingers! This month though, you have also discovered your toes and love to grab them and chew on them when you are on your back!
• You are SO close to rolling over from your back to your tummy, but haven't done it yet. You will roll so far over that we think there is where to go but make the flip over, and you just go right back to relaxing on your back...you'll get it. 
• Your legs and back have gotten so much stronger. You love to either be sitting up or standing up with our help. You enjoy being in your bumbo chair and exercaucer. You are very close to sitting up on your own- you can do it for just a couple of seconds before falling over to one side...don't worry, we catch you! :) 
• You are still able to fit in your 3 month clothes, but are quickly becoming too big for many of them and clothes labeled 3-6 months are much better. You are wearing size 2 diapers. 
• You are still not a great sleeper which makes Mommy and Daddy a little sad, and tired. You still end up in our bed most nights because you wake up so often. You are almost making it to the morning without needing a bottle, but sometimes need one around 4am to tide you over and help you go back to sleep. You take about 3 naps during the day, and sleep the best in your carseat while I'm driving around or in your swing. 
• You still have bad reflux, but hoping that once we start solid foods next month that it will start to get better! Even with not sleeping well, or hardly at all, and spitting up a lot- you are still so happy! You are such a light and seeing your smile makes all the tough nights totally worth every bit! 

William- 8 months Old

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How are you already 8 months old, sweet, sweet boy? Time with you has been flying by! You are still the sweetest and happiest baby boy I know!

• You have been growing so fast! You now wear 6-9 month clothes and have already moved up to size 4 diapers. 
• You love to eat and try new foods. You are now eating 3 solid food meals a day and enjoy those meals more than your bottles throughout the day. The only foods that you haven't been crazy about are turkey, avocado, and carrots. While you love to eat your solid food meals, you go crazy over snacks of Puffs and Mum Mums. 
• You are SO close to really crawling. You can definitely get to wherever you want to go by either rolling or scooting towards it. Your favorite things to go after- remote controls, cell phones, or any of your big brothers cars he leaves out on the floor. You sometimes will get frustrated when you're trying to get somewhere, but we know that any day now, you'll figure it out and we won't be able to slow you down. Changing your clothes and diapers has become a real challenge, you are just getting to be such a busy boy! 
• The weather this month has been amazing, so we have been able to spend a lot more time outside, and you LOVE it! You love to sit in the grass out in the backyard and watch your brother run around. You even like to go and run errands just so you can look out the windows in the car and be outside running in and out of places. You are becoming an outside boy for sure! 
• You have become so much more vocal this month- your favorite word is "Dada" and you say it over and over. You also still say "Mama" and make a "Mumm" sound whenever you want or are eating food. You have also mastered the "milk" sign and "all done." You also have associated the "all done" sign with being picked up, so you start to make this sign whenever you want to be picked up! ...smart boy.
• You love to be held and love when Daddy will put you up on his shoulders and dance and bounce. However, your favorite entertainment is watching your big brother!
• In the past couple of weeks, you have started taking 2 naps a day. You still take your 9am nap and then go back down around 1pm. Sleeping at night has gotten better...but still isn't great. We still have to go into your room about twice a night, but hoping that you get to be a better sleeper soon!! 

It is so fun to watch you learn and discover new things around you and things that you can do now! You are such a delight and your sweet smile is infectious. I can never get enough of it!