Ellis at 6 months

Ellis had his 6 month checkup yesterday. He is 15 lbs 7 oz and 26 1/2 inches long. This officially makes him too long for his car seat! Oops! We will have to switch soon. Clara was the same length but at 17 lbs at the same age. Ellis is getting closer to sitting but is pretty darn stubborn about not wanting to do it. He is certainly strong enough he just likes to jut out his pelvis. He likes to stand on his two legs though and supports his weight for a long time on them. He has Elvis' hips when he does it though! Ellis has been almost sleeping through the night. He likes to go down around 7 and if you wait too long he gets pretty darn cranky. Sometimes he gets up around the midnight hour and lately around 6 AM. Sometimes he goes back to sleep but this morning he was so happy and cooing that we were up with him until about 7:15.

Food is going OK. Ellis really likes the rice cereal and loves to eat it fast. He gets cranky though when he starts getting full. So far we have tried peas and he ate those but apples and sweet potatoes really made him mad. They basically end the meal even if he has only had a couple of bites of rice cereal because he hates the taste so much. There is a lot of gagging and anger!

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Clara LOVES to use adjectives to describe everything and it always cracks me up. New fresh clean diaper. New fresh cold white milk. It makes me laugh and we certainly encourage it giving her new adjectives to learn every day. The latest ones I have been doing are trying to teach her obscure colors like turquoise and peach. She is getting good at those two. Magenta was a bit hard for her to grasp though.

Third day of food

We did dinner again with Ellis. I took 2 ounces of formula and mixed it would two tablespoons of cereal. He got frustrated in the middle of the meal and I picked him up because he was getting upset. He proceeded to barf the whole meal all over me, or at least I thought. I was not prepared for the second round of barf that came shortly after! Not sure what that was about but I will keep a close eye on it. He had a red rash on the left side of his face but sometimes his face gets really flushed when he is tired.

Ellis' big week

Ellis is just short of 6 months old and had a HUGE week this week. It was the week we traveled to NJ and he changed so much in the short time that we were away.

Ellis rolled over for the first time on March 15th. He rolled from tummy to back when he was on the floor of Cherie's house. He did it again later so he has the taste for moving now! He even sort of scoots just the littlest bit forward when he is on his tummy out of efforts to roll over.

Ellis also gives kisses now. He will grab your face and like all over your face. I am pretty certain that he does it on purpose! He is so sweet. He is ALMOST sitting. Very close to sitting for a short period of time. I know he wants to because when you sit him on the boppy he will try and sit up. He is getting stronger tummy muscles.

We also started Ellis on rice cereal on Sunday. He LOVED it. I knew he was ready because he was very into watching other people eat and seems to want to participate in meals. We gave him his first meal while he was in his exersaucer at breakfast on Sunday. He knew exactly what to do and there was no denying that he likes food. He was so excited about food last night, he was kicking his legs all over the place. I ran out of food and he obviously wanted more, started complaining to me. But as of dinner last night, he had not pooped. I am going to start him on peas tomorrow night! I am sure that will go well.

Ellis is now sleeping in his crib at nights and for naps. He seems to be falling into the pattern of three naps a day. Good news for us! He just needs to start sleeping through the night. I think Matt got a taste of my nights when we were on vacation. A bit sleepless and looney!