• He compulsively rolls. At exactly 6 months he only rolled back to front but in the two weeks since he now can roll both ways and pivot around on tummy and back so he can move quite a bit. It almost seems like he might try to start scooting soon.
• He grabs anything he can. This is far beyond Logan’s “fishing” where he would try to chew on a hand close to him. He will grab a toy, blanket, hair, glasses, fingers, anything! And he will hang on to it if he likes it (even if you are wincing in pain).
• He has a smile for anyone. He is such a social kid and will ALWAYS return a smile
His six months checkup was good. He is still on the smaller side with his height and head at 10-25th percentile and his weight 25-50th percentile. He weighed almost 4 pounds less than Logan at four months!! He still has some cute rolls and is definitely healthy and doing well.
It is so fun to see him develop his own personality and interact so much with his world. Along with his key personality traits he is now sitting up (still a little wobbly but improving everyday) and loves to stand (with help from us). He is also starting to pivot more (6.5 months) and can push up onto his hands (or at least his left hand). He likes to watch his brother play and get out of the house to parks, stores, etc. He loves his play mat and his little seat and stuffed animals and pretty much anything else he can chew on. He is a good talker and especially likes to talk to his daddy (just like his big brother). His favorite sounds are “ahh” “raaa” and “gaaaa.” Wyatt started eating cereal at 5 months and has enjoyed rice and oatmeal “cereal” mixed with breast milk. He eats it twice a day and seems to really enjoy it. We will start adding other solids now as well. He is now on a pretty stable sleep schedule, waking around 7:15, napping from about 8:30-10:30, and 1-3 and going to bed at 7 (he doesn’t take the third nap that logan was so fond of). It is nice to have him starting to get on a routine so we can plan our lives a little better. I thrive on a schedule so this has brought some sanity back to me. He also eats on a schedule nursing right before each of his naps and bedtime and getting solids at lunch and late-afternoon (4:30ish). He nurses once or twice at night as well. I don’t expect him to drop nighttime feeds for a long time because he eats much less milk in a sitting than Logan could at this age. Logan could eat 6-8 oz and Wyatt can only eat 4 at a time. Add to this that he only nurses three times during the day (instead of Logan’s four), and his night feedings are very understandable. This is a schedule that I could live with for a long time though, thankfully.
On the medical stuff, his physical therapy has been successful. His torticollis is resolved and the rest of his body asymmetries aren’t gone but they seem to be slightly lessening as he develops more strength. There also seems to be a correlation between his reflux and his back being extra twisted. It does seem his asymmetry extends to his hips but nothing is concerning at this point. We will know more when he starts to crawl and walk. His reflux has been up and down. We also sleep trained right before he turned 6 months and I am really thankful we did because it was a perfect time because whether related to sleep training or not, his reflux was at an all time low. He ate peacefully and didn’t spit up much in his sleep or awake. The longer he slept the better the reflux got. We saw a specialist at the children’s hospital but they didn’t have any major ideas for us other than to limit the nighttime feeds, which we have done through sleep training. They wanted 2 feeds and not 3-4.
We are so happy with our sweet boy. He is so different from Logan at this age but yet very competent and seems like he is learning everything in life fast, despite his happy and laid back personality. As Wyatt becomes a person it feels more and more like we are the parents of two kids versus one toddler and a sleep/life sucking creature. I love seeing the kids interact with each other and making sure I get special time with each. Just today I did Logan’s naptime routine with Wyatt on my lap (he used to be in bouncer in room or in another room with daddy) and it was so fun to read to both my kids at the same time. How privileged I am not be Wyatt and Logan’s mom! Over the next few months there will be even more changes with Wyatt learning to crawl and pull to standing. Then will come talking and walking. My memory of last time is that things just fly from here. We are holding on tight!
