Daily Routine: 6-7 Months

Oh, this is by far my favorite baby age!  Just look at his royal cuteness!

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It was an eventful two months.  So far, I've seen the biggest developmental changes during these two months.  He also is growing faster than ever!  I recently had to pack away all his 3-9 month clothes.  Yes, this baby is wearing 12 month -18 month outfits.  It was a sad day for mama because he will never be able to wear those cute little sleep sacks again.  Or the Sock Monkey suspenders.  But, now that this little guy is here, I totally have a reason to celebrate more than ever!  Starting with the half-birthday.  Yea, I've never heard of this pre-Xavier, but I will go with any excuse to celebrate and party with the little chub!  The theme was "half", so half the room was decorated, half the cupcakes had sprinkles, we cut the subs in half, and no half-birthday is complete unless the celebratee only gets half his presents!  

We had 6 month photos taken, he learned to sit on his own, and he continues to babble all day long.  He really is starting to act more like a real-life person!

Our daily routine:

Wake up at 7AM, usually twisted 180 degrees in the crib and on his tummy, and flashes a HUGE smile when he sees me because he just slept through the whole night and knows he's about to get smothered in mama kisses!  He has breakfast (8oz. bottle) then I sit him on the floor to play with his toys while I get ready for work.  I drop him off at day care and he takes a morning nap around 9 or 10.  He has another bottle (6 oz. bottles are fed the rest of the day) around 11 and then plays with his buds at day care.  He has his first serving of solid foods (stage 2) around 12-12:30 and it's mixed with 4 Tbsp of oatmeal cereal.  He listens to music or makes a craft (seriously cannot get enough of the handprint/footprint animals he makes at daycare!) then goes down for another nap around 2.  He wakes up and is fed another bottle.  When that settles, about an hour and a half later, he'll take his second serving of solid foods mixed with oatmeal cereal.  I pick him up from day care around 5.  He's usually hungry for another bottle when we get home.  I find that he eats more at home on the weekends than he does at daycare.  Probably because he's so stimulated around the kids, he forgets he's hungry.  I'll let him play in his jumper while I change and put something together (VERY QUICKLY) for dinner.  Around 6:30 he starts rubbing his eyes.  I'll change him, give him a bath if it's bath night (we do baths twice a week unless it's bad blow-out season), then I give him his final bottle.  I didn't really push him in to the 7AM to 7PM routine, he just sort of fell into it on his own.  If he doesn't fall asleep after the bottle, I'll rock him with a pacifier and read him a story.  Usually stories stimulate him, so I try to do stories during the day.

Honestly, he is such a good baby.  So easy to take care of, so curious to look at everything when we take him out of the house, and content most of the time.  He usually only fusses if he's bored or tired.  He's never bored at day care with all the kids and toys, but at home on the weekends, it can be difficult to keep him entertained.  My best advice is to create the best routine and sleeping environment as early as possible.  The sooner your baby catches on, the sooner you will be a happy, happy mama!

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