6-Month Milestones & Pictures

CJ had his half birthday last week on August 14th! The pediatrician was on vacation, so we just had his 6-month checkup yesterday.

CJ weighs 15lbs, 8.5 oz now (compared to 14lbs, 6 oz last month). He's still between the 10th and 25th percentile for weight. However, he grew 1.5" and is now 27.5" long, putting him in the 75th percentile for height. And of course, he still has a big head; at 18" he's in the 90th percentile on this one!

During our checkup, the doctor described CJ as "perfect" and said he's very sturdy when sitting up for his age. He asked if he's been around older babies much. CJ had 4 shots this time (DTAP, HIB, Hep B, and PCV).

Nighttime sleep has regressed! CJ's waking up once per night between midnight and 4am and he usually wakes up for the day at 5am. The doctor said mom has been making the situation worse by feeding him in the middle of the night and to start putting dad to work so he doesn't expect food from mom!

CJ's big accomplishment this month was scooting around on his belly. He now gets around pretty well. Since the end of the month, he started moving from lying to sitting on his own and even managed to get himself on all fours and rock back and forth...though he hasn't quite started crawling yet. But, the baby-proofing has begun!

CJ's diet has expanded greatly. He's now eating all types of pureed fruits and veggies. Some of his favorite foods include apple slushies and pureed peaches from Terhune's.

CJ's Daycare Orientation

If these pictures are any indication of how CJ will do at daycare every day, then he's going to be just fine. CJ got to play for about an hour today while mom attended an orientation. There were only two other babies there that early in the morning. CJ was very curious, scooting up to them, touching them, and grabbing for their toys already...we may have to introduce him to the concept of sharing early!

Jersey Shore!

We took our first trip to the Jersey shore (Spring Lake) this weekend. It was just under an hour drive from our house in Princeton. The weather was perfect, and the beach was beautiful. CJ loved it too; he went a full 2 hours at the beach before getting cranky. He enjoyed standing near and starring at the waves coming in and picking up sand and watching it fall through his fingers.

(Yum...cheeseburgers)

This is a new face that CJ has been making lately. He wrinkles his nose up like a bunny and breathes quickly.

Don't Want to Sleep!

Too cute. I tried to hide, but he saw me...

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

CJ wanted to say Happy Birthday to grandpa Tom and his great grandma Tutu today!!!

First Baseball Game

We took CJ to his first baseball game yesterday - Mets vs. Phillies at Philadelphia. CJ wore his mets outfit, of course. Nick invited us to come to their box for the game, so we thought it would be a great chance to bring CJ. Turns out CJ is still too little for baseball games - he cried whenever the fans cheered and clapped too loudly, which was often! And the box didn't provide much of a noise barrier. Here's a few pictures while he was somewhat happy.

Inch Worm and Other Videos!

CJ started doing the inch worm this week! Watch this video of him scooting across the floor like a little inch worm (or army man, whichever you prefer).



Here are a few other recent videos (quality on these is not great - we're still learning to use our new video camera, so hopefully these will improve!).