1/2 Year

Well, it's official that as of today we've been blessed with Enoch for a whole 1/2 year!  We definitely view everyday as a gift.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, 
 coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no 
variation or shadow due to change.
(James 1:17)

I thought I would try to be on the ball this month about doing Enoch's monthly review, so here ya go:


Eating- Still nursing 4x per day.  We've dropped the oatmeal down to 1x per day though because he has only been pooping once every week or so.  :/  We were going to try some "real" baby food tonight, but Enoch had a little congestion today, so we decided to wait until that passes.




Sleep- Enoch is still sleeping from 6 or 7 pm until 7:30 or 8 am (a little later bed time because we give him a bath every night now that it's so warm because he gets sweaty and gross, what a boy!).  On most days, he is down to taking 2 naps, and they are normally 1.5-2.5 hours long (if he misses his 1st nap though or has a short/bad one, he will sometimes need a 3rd, for instance on Sundays).  Nowadays he ALWAYS sleeps on his tummy, even though we always lay him on his back.

This is how he looks when I come to get him after a nap.

He has also developed this habit of "rotating" in his crib.  For instance, if we lay him with his head toward 3 o'clock, he usually falls asleep with his head toward 6 o'clock, and sometimes by the end of his sleeping time his head is all the way around to 9 o'clock!  (This is mainly because he squirms around on his tummy so much, trying to learn how to roll over the other way.)

Size- Still in a size 12-18 mos for most of his clothes, although I have found a few "larger" brands where he can fit into a 6-9 mos!  We have a doc appointment later this month, so I'll update you with his stats after that.  :)


Clothing/Accessories- We just bought Enoch a cute little blue hat and some stellar camo sunglasses.  He likes to rock these out when we go out in the sunshine.  :)

So the sunglasses are a little big... I'm pretty sure he'll grow into them though.  :)

Activities- rolling from back to tummy, sitting up (with the boppy pillow behind him, just in case), eating anything he can grab, reading books, wrestling with daddy (I'm sure you didn't think this was possible for a 6 month old, but there will be a video coming soon to prove it), sitting in mommy's lap, helping in the kitchen, going wherever Mommy goes.

Enoch has been riding around in the cart like this for about a month now.  He really enjoys it because he can see what I'm doing better than in the car seat, and people can engage him so much more now!  Since he's still a little wobbly, I put a pillow behind him for added support/comfort.

Talking- Enoch has pretty much mastered two consonant sounds: "m" and "b".  Sometimes it sounds like he's trying to say "mama" but I don't think he really knows what he's saying yet.  (This is hard to capture a good video of, but I'm working on it.)


Learning- We are trying to be really consistent in the vocabulary we are using so that Enoch can pick up on what we say.  For now, these are the words we are teaching him:

• talking
• playing
• let go
• more
• come here
• quiet/shhhh
• sit up
• baby
• momma/daddy