Owen had his 6 month check up last Thursday and he is a big boy! Since he was born, he has gained exactly 10 pounds and has grown 5 inches, which makes him 18 lbs 7 oz and 26.5 inches!! The nurse and doctor both commented that he is strong...and cute, of course! When Owen is laying down on his back and holds on to someone's hands, he can pull himself up into a standing position without any help except balance. He'll be walking before we know it! In fact, I had to lower Owen's crib mattress tonight because he is almost able to stand up in there and I'm scared that he'll fall out of it! He crawls to the ledge, grabs ahold of it and gets up on his knees. I haven't seen him stand up in the crib yet, but he has tried while out in the living room, and I'm not going to wait til it's too late!
The doctor said he was looking good and told me to start him on solids, so we went to Walmart and bought some rice cereal. I didn't take any pictures of him eating it, but he loves it! I tried a little of it, and it's very bland, but he gets excited when he sees the spoon now and wiggles around in his high chair and opens his mouth. It's pretty cute. I think we are going to stick to rice cereal for a little while before we move on to other foods, because I got a pretty big box of that cereal. Also, we were told to introduce a food and then feed it to him for at least three days before trying something else, that way if Owen is allergic to anything it will be easier to identify what it is.Neither Ryan or I have any food allergies, so it's pretty unlikely that Owen will, but you never know. So maybe next week we'll be trying some veggies. He didn't really have a funny reaction to the rice cereal, probably because it's so bland, but I have a feeling he'll make a face when he tries other things. I'll have to get pictures or video of that!
That's all for now! (No pictures this time, I'm not on my regular computer.)
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