Kaden turns 6 Months!

Kaden turned 6 months old today! He is getting so big. I was looking threw some old pictures and couldn't believe how small he was and how his facial features have changed! We don't go to the doctor until the 24th..my guess is that he weighs 18.5lbs and is 28 inches long...so we will see!Kaden is very active and alert. He is interacting with people. He likes to be a show off when we go out, he will smile and laugh at strangers. It is really funny, he gets really excited. He smiles a lot and it is easy to get him to smile. He laughs out loud now. He doesn't do it a lot but is starting to do it more. Kaden likes to play on his back and is tummy for short periods of time. He prefers to sit up or stand up. He has rolled over only a few times, but rolls on his side all of the time. He can turn himself all the way around in a circle on his back and on his tummy. If you go to pick him up while on his back and put your hand out and ask him if he wants up he will pull his hands up towards you and gets really excited...i love it! He also can lift himself up from laying down with helping only one hand.Kaden has found his toes. He likes to grab them and play with them. He hasn't got them to his mouth yet, but I am sure that is coming soon. He does a good job picking things up, although he will shortly drop them. He can get things into his mouth. It is easier for him to put soft items in his mouth over harder items. He has a strong grip and loves to always have something in his hands. It is usually a burp cloth!Kaden is exploring vegetables in his diet. He eats cereal and formula. I am barely hanging on to nursing. He only nurses 1 or 2 times a day for like 5 minutes. My original goal was 3 months and then once I got there I had a new goal of 6 months! So now it is just a mental thing to stop. Kaden has only had 3 vegetables so far...squash, peas and sweet potatoes. He didn't like the squash or peas, but LOVES the sweet potatoes! The next vegetable we are going to try is green beans. Kaden does a really great job eating off a spoon. He even opens his mouth now ready for me to put it in. It is really funny if I wait a second because he will open his mouth really wide and try to find the spoon, it is really cute! He is also doing a good job of drinking water from a sippy cup. He seems to really like it!

Kaden has been sleeping a little better in the night. He will sometimes wake up a couple hours after he goes to bed and then usually again at 4am. He wakes up for a bottle at 5am then goes back to sleep until 7:30am or so. He usually gets a pretty good nap in the morning and then some smaller naps in the afternoon. He is ready to go to bed between 7:30-8pm. His favorite position is sleeping on his side. I think he sometimes wakes himself up when he rolls on to his back and that is why he cries or wakes up from a nap. He still likes to be held to fall asleep, he likes to barry his head in your arm.Kaden likes to play in his car bouncer. He likes to swing. He LOVES being outside! His favorite toy right now is a Winnie the Pooh cloth book. It makes a crinkling noise which he loves and he likes to chew on it. He likes anything with noise. He can recognize voices and if he doesn't see one of us he will look around the room to find us. He will turn his head in the direction the noise is coming from and looking what it is.Kaden is pretty much wearing 12 month clothes these days. He has some 6-9 months things that fit, but the 12 month look much more comfortable. He is still in size 3 diapers, but I am sure that will change soon especially since I just bought a jumbo box of them!I am pretty sure Kaden is teething and I know I have said that for a while now, but I can't explain it any other way. Particulary his sleeping habits, but also the fact he is drueling like crazy, gnaws on his finger constantly, gets slight fevers and his gums are swollen and I think I feel something but I am not sure. It is hard to see because his tongue is always in the way.

We put Kaden's knees under him and he will just stay still.

He is starting to try to move his hands a little bit...but after a few seconds...he ends up like this...To sum it up....he is the best little guy ever!