Happy 6 months buddy boy! My, how much you have grown, since we brought you home from the hospital! I remember when you were a teeny tiny peanut growing and kicking around in my belly, then you were born and you were our little munckin that made "seahorsey" sounds, and now you are TWICE as a big and the cutest, talkative, and happy infant that we have ever laid our eyes on! You are such a JOY and have brought so much happiness to our lives! Taji, we want you to know how happy you make us, and not a second goes by that we don't count our blessings because we feel truly lucky to have you! It has been tons of fun and way entertaining to watch you grow, master your development milestones, and come into your own! You make us so proud! Ten, twenty, years from now, when you read this in your Year in Review photobook (which mommy is working on!), I want you to know that you are the BEST thing that has happened to me, to daddy, to us..... we are still in disbelief that our love has created such an adorable and perfect little human being! Thank you for coming into this world, and for filling our hearts with your precious love. We love you to the moon and back!
At 6 months old, Taj weighs 16 lbs (23rd percentile), and is 26 inches tall (35th percentile)..... Taji Waji, are you shrinking on us all of a sudden, or growing sideways?! LOL He sits up now with minimal hand support, esp. when his hands are occupied with a toy. When he is on his back, he likes to crawl like a crab, pushing his knees and butt up and scooting. Its soooo cute! You can catch a peek at it on the video in the previous post. When he is seated, he can actually lean forward now and get into crawl position, although he ends up rolling over to his back. When he's on his tummy, Taji balances on his belly and pushes up on his knees and arms; he is quickly figuring out how to crawl. Did I mention how strong his little legs are? He really enjoys pretend standing, and likes to "pretend" walk from room to room as we hold him under his arms..... I think he loves the sound of his own footsteps pitter pattering on the wood floor! Taji is a babbler, mixing and pairing many consonants, such a "ma mu", "ba ma" etc. He regularly says "mama" and at times he sounds italian as he belts out "a-mama" with an accent! Of course, his frequent and clear mama's are music to my ears, and get this, he also is starting to say "ya ya" (which is chloe's nickname for me!..... and I would like to believe it has to do with me, ha ha) Taji is at times saying "da" but for Brad that's not good enough so he will correct his mama's with dada's. He is eating rice cereal now in the morning and the evening, with whatever veggie is on his tasting menu for lunch. I had him eating oatmeal for a little while until he began to get very gassy and constipated.... so we switched back to the rice cereal. His pediatrician and I believe he may have a sensitivity to glutein, so for now we are glutein-free. As for his sleeping, Taj is now finally getting back to sleeping a consistent 8-9 hours through the night, after a very exhausting, sleep-interrupting few weeks with his teething. You won't believe this, his pediatrician told us his upper gums are swelling up, and then within the next couple of weeks we should expect him to cut his first upper tooth, WOW! Our baby is growing up, and getting more teeth in! Its so crazy for me to picture him smiling with his teeth.... I'm so used to the toothless grins! I have this feeling that Taj is musically inclined, because since he was a newborn he has always gravitated toward anything music-related, singing, musical instruments, and such. So we started an 8-week infant music class, Kindermusik, that Taji absolutely LOVES. He smiles and laughs so hard when we do our dancing, movement, and song hand movements! He also really likes observing and interacting with other babies, and exploring the musical instruments. And after weeks of playing with his baby piano, Brad stumbled upon a cool keyboard at a garage sale, and brought it home for Taji. Taji was beside himself, so many keys to hit and so many different different sounds..... check out these 6 month portraits with his new keyboard.... can you see the budding musician in training?
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