Braham Fam: Grayson ~ 6 Months

Our little boy is 6 months old! I cannot believe he is already 1/2 a year old. Everyday I wake up and think of how lucky and blessed I am to be his mommy. I still can't believe it. He is changing so much and turning into such a big boy. He is sitting up (barely spotting), starting to move a little when we put his toys in front of him (he is doing the superman move and can reach up pretty high, but gets frustrated and fusses as he hates being on his belly), drinking water out of a cup (he grabs for our cups so we give him a little water), splashing a ton in the bathtub, playing in the snow (well, he experienced his first snow storm for about 2 minutes), starting to teeth (we can feel a bump), grabbing for everything including my jewelry and of course my hair, throwing the occasional fit when I take something away from him (just starting this), getting very frustrated when he gets stuck on his belly even though he knows how to roll onto his back, loves to jump in his jumper and of course he is still a very happy, sweet little boy with the best laugh. He has such a cute personality and is still a big flirt with the ladies. Everyone always comments on how expressive he is and it's so fun to watch him interact with people. One thing we love that Grayson does is breathe heavy when he gets excited. It's so darn cute! Craig says this will be bad when he's older and on his first date. Another thing he has recently started doing that is not cute is crying when I put him down. He doesn't do it all the time and it's getting better so hopefully it's just a phase.

Grayson likes when I read him books, but his favorite part is trying to eat the book. His favorite book is still Who loves Grayson, but he also likes Go, Dog, Go, Fox in Socks, Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, If I Were a Zebra, If I Were a Puppy, If I Were a Monkey, Good Night Moon, Guess How Much I Love You, Jungly Tails and Touch and Feel Animals. I got out all of his Christmas toys and he loves playing with all of them especially the treasure chest with coins, steering wheel and the singing ball.

~ 6 Month Doctor Appointment ~

We went to his doctor for the 6 month checkup and he did great. He weighs 19 pounds (75th percentile), 27 inches (75th percentile) and his head is 18 inches (98th percentile). He had to get 4 shots total, but only 3 shots in his legs and 1 oral vaccine. He screamed and I felt terrible, but he quickly felt better after I held him. He was needy the rest of the night and wanted to be held the whole time. He also would not eat his rice cereal and baby food so I had to give him an extra bottle. His doctor told me to add another feeding of baby food and start giving him water out of sippy cups so we are excited to try this.

He is wearing 9 month clothes, 12 month onesies even though they are starting to get tight, size medium sleep sacks and size 3 diapers for both day and night. I just recently put away all of the 6 month clothes and can't believe how much he is growing. When I switched him to the medium sleepsacks I felt like the medium was way too big, but he would grow into it soon and now he is almost out of that size.

He is on a good schedule now. He wakes up around 6:30am and goes to sleep at 6:45pm. He takes naps around 8:30/9am, 12/1pm and 3:45pm. The length of his typical nap is now 45 min to 1 hour, although he still has some 30 minute naps, but I try to put him back down and sometimes he sleeps 1.5 to 2 hours. He has bottles around 6:30am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, baby food and rice cereal around 5 and the last bottle at 6:30pm. He is eating 5-6 ounces at each bottle and 2 ounces of formula with rice cereal and one jar of baby food. He has been eating a little less as he is more active from rolling around and jumping in his jumper. I just recently stopping nursing him and it was very sad, but I had slowly stopped so it was a pretty easy transition. I had major problems so I am shocked I made it to almost 6 months.

Bath time is still one of his favorites and we start it around 6:20 every night. We added some bath toys, but all he wants to do is chew on them. One night I started squirting him with the toys and he thought it was so funny and had the cutest belly laugh. Luckily I was able to record it because it's priceless. He loves when Daddy runs warm bath water from the faucet and pours it on him. It must be very relaxing.

We love you so much Grayson!

You are the best little boy and every day gets better and better as you learn new things.

Notes on pictures

Grayson had his first drink of water out of a cup and loved it!

Auntie Christy (BFF from college) gave him the cutest tie for Valentine's Day. We took a lot of cute pictures in it and he looked adorable! Daddy and Grayson looked so handsome in their ties. We went to a charity event and Grayson stayed at home with Oma.

Grayson experienced his first snow storm. We bundled him up in his adorable North Face snowsuit from Kathy Gandolfi. He looked so cute and had fun in the snow.

That crinkle piece of paper is from Uncle Bryan, Aunt Lauren (hopefully very soon) and Aidan. It is one of his absolute favorite toys and I never leave home without it. He loves to chew on the tag.

~ Videos ~

Singing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star at our Lullabies Class

Julia showing Grayson how to make horse sounds with her mouth. He actually copied what Julia did and it was so darn cute!