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!