Deacon: 6 Months Old

Seems like just yesterday that Deacon was an itty bitty, but he's growing up fast. He was 6-months old on Tuesday, and had his routine check-up. The doctor declared him healthy (knock on wood) and perfect. As you can see, he's also a rebel and rule-breaker, sitting in his bumbo seat on the counter.

Here are his latest stats:

Birth: 7lbs 9oz, 20.5 inches
2 weeks: 8lbs 9oz (49%), 20.25 inches (32%)
1 month: 10lbs 8oz (66%), 21 inches (31%)
2 months: 13lbs 1.6oz (70%), 23 inches (47%)
4 months: 15lbs 13oz (61%), 25 inches (46%)
6 months: 18 lbs 9oz (71%), 27 inches (68%)


He's about the same size Fletch was at this age, so it looks like we have another big boy on our hands.

In terms of milestones, there's not much to report. He's working hard at figuring out how to roll, and I think he'll get it in the next two weeks or so--same as Fletch. He also is getting better at grabbing toys and playing with them. His biggest achievement is probably his talking; Deacon is one chatty guy. He loves nothing more than to wake us up around 2am to have a "chat" and babble for quite a while about Lord knows what. He babbles and "talks" way more than Piper and Fletch did at this age, so I think he's going to be quite the loquacious fellow.

As for sleep, he's still not sleeping through the night. He generally goes down around 6:30pm and wakes once around 2:15am for a bottle and then goes back down until at least 5:30am. We're hoping when he moves into his new room next week that we can break him of this habit or at least change things up a bit. During the day, I guess he naps 2-4 times. I know, I know...with Piper and Fletch I was schedule-crazed. With Deacon, I really have no idea what is schedule is during the day. Five days each week he's in daycare or with Eric's mom where he just goes with the flow, and on the weekends, we're always on the run, so he just catnaps in the morning and then takes a 2-3 hour nap when Piper and Fletch go down. Poor third child doesn't even get to sleep in peace....

That's about all that he's up to these days. I hope we can get a good recording of him laughing because he giggles all the time. If you ever need a pick-me-up, you can just hear him laugh and you can't help but smile yourself. He's such a sweetheart.