6 months - Baby G{ray}...

Goodness, I can hardly believe this little boy is six months old now! Where has the time gone? It's been so fast, yet it has been slow at the same time. Something about being incredibly sleep deprived for the past six months makes me think... yes, it has been six months... and I need a nap ;).

First off... it's time for this baby of mine to have his official blogging name. He too has blue eyes like his older brother whom we call Blue around here. But he has the most beautiful gray circle around his pupils that is the coolest thing ever... I love it! So Gray it is. Or Baby Gray, either way,

 

Don't mind the cross eyed look. Apparently you go cross eyed when mom has a camera inches away from your face.

 

Seriously, is that not so cool? One of my favorite features on this boy of mine.

About Baby Gray... he is doing so great! Here are a few things about him right now:
:: He loves to babble and talk. Laugh? Not so much. We've only gotten half a giggle out of him so far. I can't wait for those belly baby laughs to erupt at any moment.
:: He still loves bath time the best and being naked in general, but what baby doesn't?
:: Up until about 3 days ago he was exclusively breast fed. We tried rice cereal out on him once around 4 months but I felt like it was too soon. So we have started the rice cereal again and he's getting the hang of it.
:: Sleep... ugh! We are making progress, but it's been a tough one. I'm so glad that I blogged about trying to get Blue to sleep back in the day, because I refer back to that so many times to try and figure out what to do. This boy has started waking up oh 5,6,7,8 times a night. It's so exhausting! So I make the death march to his bed and stick the binky back in... until he spits it out again and starts wailing. He goes down between 7 and 8 PM, and I'm still feeding him twice a night around 1 and 5 and he's up by 7-8 in the morning. I can handle this schedule (though I do wish he would cut down on the night feedings) but it's the other wake ups that I just can't do anymore. So tonight I did something that I've been dreading... I put him to bed without the binky. I love his binky,  he loves the binky, but I can't do it anymore. Time for him to learn to fall asleep without it. I found this awesome blog called Troublesome Tots which is all about baby sleep problems. It's been a life saver this past week as I've tried to figure out what to do. Next thing to conquer, getting him to sleep in his crib. He's still in the rock and play because he loves it and strongly dislikes his crib right now.... maybe this should be it's own post! Sheesh!
:: He can roll over, rolled for the first time on December 20th. But he doesn't like to do it. So he still just cries during tummy time... hopefully someday he sees the benefit to being able to roll!
:: He can almost sit up on his own, much better at sitting than rolling.
:: He is the sweetest little boy and I find myself super emotional all the time (still) that he is ours. We are a lucky family to have him.