Six Month Comparison

 

 

Little Man is officially more advanced than his sister!  At least in size anyway.  Even though 2lbs doesn't seem like much, it really is.  He's quite a bit bigger than she was.  I mean, he's already wearing 12 month and some 18 month clothing.  She didn't move to that size until 9 months.

He also has two little teeth and she didn't have any yet at six months.  She did get them shortly after she turned six months, though.  He also holds his head up much better than she did and he sits up all by himself.  I think because of the size of her head, it took a bit longer for her to sit up on her own.

He has finally caught up to his big sister in the sleep department.  He usually sleeps anywhere between 7 and 10 hours each night.  I'm not sure what prompts him to wake earlier on some days but when he does, he usually just takes a bottle and goes right back to sleep.  And those are usually days my husband feeds him since he is up at 5am every morning.

He still sleeps more during the day than his sister did.  She only took little cat naps throughout the day.  He takes one 20-30 minute nap in the morning, a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon and another 20-30 minute nap in the evening.  He is pretty set with those naps.

He's starting to be more independent like his sister was.  He is still a bit more clingy than she was but he is much more content now laying on his play mat and rolling all over the floor or bouncing in his bouncer.  I am able to get more things done now that he is more content playing alone or with his big sister.  He doesn't want to cuddle like she did, he just wants to be held.

He only likes to sleep in his crib now.  I had such a hard time getting him into that crib and now that's the only place he wants to sleep.  His sister had no issues sleeping anywhere.  She could sleep in her crib, her swing, her playard, my arms...anywhere!  He's not quite as easy.

Sometimes I can get him to take his shorter naps on his play mat but he hardly ever falls asleep in my arms.  It's good and bad.  Bad because he has a hard time sleeping anywhere other than at home.  He can sleep in the car too but usually once we stop moving, he wakes right up.

I think that Ashlyn was babbling a bit more at this age.  His new thing is to just kind of scream for no reason.  It's pretty funny.  But he really only says ba ba ba.  I think she was putting more sounds together.  I'm really hoping he follows in her footsteps with talking.

I feel like, while they still look a lot alike, they are so different!  Baby Girl had such big cheeks and such a big head.  They both still have those big blue eyes and their little button nose but I really think they are starting to look different now.  I love that they both have crazy hair.  Little Man is already in need of a hair cut!

 

I just can't even begin to express how so very lucky/blessed/privileged I feel to be able to call these two beautiful kids mine.  Not only are they gorgeous, they are just the happiest babies I have ever seen.  They both have the same happy personalities, although my Chunk is a little more pushy than Ashlyn was.  I just can't wait to see how much more alike/different they become!