The DeLorme Family: 6 Months

This week Dawson turned 6 months old. I can't believe he has been in our lives for half a year! Time is just flying by! Dawson continues to be such an amazing and wonderful addition to our family. He is just such a great little boy. His smile is so contagious and melts my heart every time. Ashlyn continues to be a great big sister. She loves playing with Dawson and making him smile and laugh. She continues to be Dawson's favorite person. His whole face lights up every time he sees her. She is a great helper and like to keep an eye on Dawson while I'm cooking.

Dawson is definitely on the go! He is already crawling!!! He gets up on all fours and crawls around. He has been doing this for about 2 weeks now. I can't believe he is crawling this soon. He also loves to stand. The other day I was holding him up to stand. I kept trying to sit him back down on the floor and he was straightening his legs so he could keep standing. I'm predicting he will be pulling himself up to stand very soon. Luckily our house is already pretty much baby proofed from Ashlyn, but we do need to put gates back up and move a couple things to higher ground.

Dawson loves to play with toys. His favorite toy is my keys. Any time I have them out he wants them. They are a nice tool when we are out and about because they can always hold his attention. Ashlyn was crazy about phones and remotes, but Dawson isn't very interested yet in them. We recently got out Ashlyn's favorite toy, a sound stage thing and he really likes that too.

We are still working on sleeping through the night. He still gets up for one feeding a night. I have gotten so used to it, but it would still be wonderful to get a full nights sleep without interruption! I am concerned about getting decent sleep when I go back to work in a week. The pediatrician gave me some suggestions to help him not need that middle of the night feeding anymore. I really hope they work. The pediatrician said that a lot of breastfed babies continue to wake in the night and it is mainly for comfort.

Dawson is still in 3-6 month clothing and I think he will be for a while longer. He does have some room to grow in them. He is also still wearing a size 2 diaper. I think he has been in a size 2 for 3 months now.

Today we went to Dawson's six month checkup. He now weighs 16 lbs 1 ounce. He only gained about a pound in the last two months. He is now in the 25th percentile for weight which is where Ashlyn has always been. I'm thinking he's going to be on the thinner side like his sister. He is now 25 1/2 inches tall. The doctor said he looks great once again. She was very impressed with the way he could sit up. She said he had some amazing gross motor skills. She said he is the kind of kid that will be walking at ten months. I know he will be too. He's a mover and a shaker just like his sister was. Plus, I think he wants to be able to follow her around. I asked her what color his eyes will most likely be. Ashlyn has brown eyes and they were brown by this age. Dawson's are sort of a blueish/gray color. Joey and I are really hoping for blue eyes since both of our mother have blue eyes. We will see.

I can't wait to see what the next six months have in store for my little man. I am sure God has great plans for my sweet little boy. As usual I took a bunch of pictures of Dawson the day he turned six months old. Here are some of my favorites.