James at 6 months

Eating
James is still mainly being breastfed and then has a bottle of formula at night or if someone else is caring for him. The main event this past month has been the introduction of solids. We started a bit earlier than the official NHS guidelines of 6 months, but we felt comfortable as he was sitting well in the high chair. His first taste of solid food was banana, which he nibbled on and seemed to enjoy. He also tasted avocado, carrot, broccoli, sweet potato and cauliflower. We also gave him a little bit of baguette even though he wasn't yet 6 months but he seemed to tolerate the gluten just fine. We are planning on skipping purees and just feeding him what we eat. This is making us more conscientious of what we are eating, which I think can only be a good thing. I had read about 'baby led weaning' on blogs previously and was rather pleasantly surprised that this is the method endorsed by our health visitor and the NHS as a whole.

Sleeping
This month has been great for sleeping with James only waking up once in the night. There were even a few times where he slept through the night. He even did well when we stayed in a hotel for 2 nights, which was such a relief.

Appearance
He has nice chunky thighs now and weighed in at 18 pounds the day before he turned 6 months. We have no clue how long he is as they only measure weight at our children's centre.

Clothing
James is definitely in 6 to 9 month clothes now and we had to pick up a few more pairs of trousers as he has grown out of all of his.

Development
He is such a pleasant little boy and has started to really laugh and giggle this past month. He continues to be ever so nosy and inquisitive (it makes taking pictures with blocks rather difficult).

James has made a lot of physical progress this month. He found his feet just after he turned 5 months and has started to grab his toes and put them in his mouth. He will roll over from his stomach to his back now too. He has also started to sit a lot better and can sit unassisted for a few moments.

Pictures from the past month