6-month check up

Another clean bill of health and growth on Friday.

age	WEIGHT			HEIGHT
mos	lb,oz	%ile		in	%ile
0	7,1	25		20.5	75
1	9,11	50
2	13,4	84		24	85
3
4	17,12	93		27	95+
5
6	20,4	90		28.7	95+*

*28.1 is 95th. http://www.mybirthcare.com/favorites/babygrowthchart.asp doesn't specify percentile above 95.

Plus, Adam is cruising now. He can pretty consistently stand at the couch and transfer to the "coffee chest." He's also working on shimmying on foot along the wall. He's gone back to one-foot-one-knee crawling. It's much faster. He uses the knee for stability and the foot for thrust. Unfortunately, for a few days there, he thought his crib was a jungle gym. There were hour-long pull-up workouts interspersed with head-whacks. Maybe I'll put the bumpers (SIDS hazard) back in. Dr. Lindzon rather equivocally said, "no soft bedding until one year. " But that was the "doctor answer." The parent answer ....

But he's not much of a babbler - still cooing and grunting, mostly vowel sounds. Although, I think he thinks he's singing. I've taken to babbling at him. Lots of "blllblllblllblll," which Adam thinks is hilarious.

We're a couple of weeks into rice cereal. Unfortunately, Adam insists on "helping." At least as much cereal ends up on him - and us! - as in him. As if cereal weren't enough to make diaper changes less pleasant, Adam now thinks that the change table is a wrestling mat.