Six Months Old!

Cameron is Six Months Old!

August 13, 2010
Weight: 13 pounds, 11 ounces
Length: 26.5 inches
Head: 41 centimeters

Happy half birthday to our little toots! I know I say this every month, but it's hard to believe it's already been half a year. Cameron had her six month check with Dr. Rosequist yesterday afternoon. Overall she is very healthy. The doctor was amazed at how advanced she is with her motor skills, apparently she is at the level of a 9 month old. The doctor kept asking if there are athletes in our family. I told her that we were fairly athletic, but not super athletes or anything like that. She said it will be interesting to watch and see what happens.

I must not have done a very good job taking Cameron's measurements last month, because it appears she has shrunk a little bit. She is in the 10th percentile for weight, the 80th percentile for length and 15th percentile for head circumference. The doctor told us to just make sure that she's getting plenty of calories and she should bounce right back up in her weight. Which leads me to the next thing we learned at the appointment... Cameron gets to start eating solid foods! Stay tuned to see how it goes.

So Cameron, what are you up to at six months old?

• You started blowing raspberries this month. It cracks us up every time you do it.
• You sleep on your tummy 95 percent of the time. Even if we put you down on your back you'll roll over to get more comfy on your tummy.
• You started saying "da da da da da" this month, however we're not giving daddy credit for your first word quite yet. We figure you need to know what your saying before it counts.
• You learned that you could put your feet in you mouth. One day we even caught you with both feet in your mouth at the same time.
• You started army crawling all over the place. It's time for Mommy and Daddy to childproof the house.
• Your latest thing is to put your thumb in your pacifier and then suck on the pacifier.
• You will often pick things up, inspect them very closely and then shove them into your mouth.
• When you're getting sleepy your reach up and play with your hair.
• You are getting very good at holding things all by yourself. You can hold your bottle and love to pull teething rings in and out of your mouth.
• You are such a happy, fun little baby! We love to watch you discover new things, it is such a wonderful blessing.

Use these links to see past pictures of Cameron:

July, June, May, April, March