The Three Johnson Men and Me: 6 months

Ethan is 6 months old. We can't believe a whole half a year has gone by since he arrived. For his half birthday Ethan decided to make some leaps and bounds developmentally. Last week he started crawling. We wouldn't call it a normal crawl but in his own unique fashion he is crawling. He also started sitting up unassisted. We bought a nice rug for our living room which helped both of these. He goes from his belly to sitting up fairly well and if he wants to get to something he will get it. Along with this extra output of energy came extra overnight feedings. We are introducing solids (yay) and hoping this will help to curb his hunger overnight.

Weight: 18 pounds 11.5 ounces (69th percentile)

Height: 27.75 inches (88th percentile - he is tall)

Head circumference: 43.4 (52nd percentile)

Clothes: he mostly wears 6 months and 6 to 9 month clothes.

Diapers: size 3 diapers, after a couple week hiatus with a diaper rash, traveling and cold we are back to cloth diapers during the day except for naps and nighttime sleep.

Naps: these are still a work in progress but we aim for 2 naps a day; one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Night sleep: He goes to sleep around 9 and wakes up around 7 - 8 and what happens in between is still a mystery to us. Some nights he sleeps through, some nights he wakes up once, some nights he wakes up twice.

Eating: We introduced solids last week. So far he has tried rice cereal and bananas. He is not a fan of rice cereal and seems to really like the bananas. He still would prefer nursing over either of the other options but is getting there. Next we are going to try some sweet potato.