Watt Family: Happy 6 months Hunter!

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Happy 6 months Hunter!

Hunter is 6 months old! It's been an amazing six months watching Hunter grow and change every day. We had his six-month check-up with our family doctor this week. Hunter weighs 18.5 lbs. and is 28.5" long (90th percentile for weight and off the chart for length).

Unfortunately, Hunter has been sick for most of the past month. He keeps catching colds and has been dealing with a constantly runny nose and bad cough. I'm hoping the warmer Spring weather brings him a break from the cold germs. It's hard on everyone when he's suffering with a baby cold!

Hunter loves to roll over. As soon as I lay him down on the ground, he flips right over to his tummy and starts squirming around. He will often kick his feet really hard and move his arms at the same time. It looks like he is swimming in place. He's very good at spinning around in circles and has just started to figure out the army crawl. He's not consistent with it, but I'm still surprised to see the distance he can cover when he gets going.

We've been practicing sitting up as well. If he's well rested, he'll stay in a seated position for a while. But, if he's tired, he does a face plant pretty much right away.

I've started to give Hunter some solid food to play with. He's tasted a wide variety of different things so far: cucumber, broccoli, apple, pear, banana, carrots, curry cauliflower soup, pasta sauce, and avocado. I'm not sure if he's actually ingested any of them though. He mostly just moves the food around in his mouth a bit and then spits it out. He seemed to like the taste of cucumber and the soup. He made a really funny face when he tasted the banana and the avocado.

Other than his colds, our little Hunter continues to be a super happy baby who we all love tremendously. He gets a lot of special attention from our family and friends, and he makes us all so happy.