Weight: Around 20 pounds, I haven't had him weighed for weeks officially but our scales at home say 20 pounds so we'll go with that.
Routine: Henry has only just started getting himself into a routine that's pretty predictable every day. I know that if we stayed home every day I'd be able to be a lot stricter about nap times etc. but I love our lifestyle of meeting up with friends and going to various baby groups. It's very rare for us to have a full day at home on our own and I'm certainly not going to let the pursuit of a perfect routine get in the way of us living our lives so if a friend suggests meeting up at nap time, we just change nap time rather than turn down the social offer!
7-8am Henry usually wakes up between these times, occasionally it's slightly earlier or later. He isn't hungry for a feed when he first wakes up so we get straight up after a snuggle in bed.
8am - breakfast time. We have our breakfast together at the table and it's one of my favourite times of day.
9:30am - feed and nap time. Henry always needs a nap about 90mins-2 hours after waking up. If he doesn't sleep then he turns into Mr Grumpy and is really hard work. He will usually sleep for around 90mins-2 hours. After his nap we will play until lunchtime.
1pm - we have our lunch together usually around 1ish, depending on how starving I am!! Breastfeeding is hungry work.
1:30pm - playtime
2:30 - feed and nap time. Henry usually has a nap for around 90 minutes and if we've had a rough night, I join him for a snooze. Whenever he wakes him we go downstairs and play with his toys or read some books.
5pm - Henry's dinner time. I tend to feed Henry before we have our main meal because it's much easier and also we sometimes eat pretty late because Mr B often doesn't get home until around 7pm. Henry sits with us in his highchair when we eat and we give him some finger foods or just some toys to play with.
5:30 - sometimes Henry will squeeze in a short nap after dinner, it totally depends on how long his naps were earlier in the day.
6pm - we watch tv, read books and play together for the rest of the evening
8pm - bath time with Mummy. Another one of my favourite times of the day. Henry loves bathtime and has started crying when I get him out if he's not ready!!
8:30pm - feed and bedtime. This may seem like a late bedtime but trust me, it's been a battle getting it to this time! When he was a newborn, Henry went to bed at 11pm at the earliest, he just wouldn't settle before then. I think ideally he'd be the same now but we've gradually made it earlier to try and get some sleep and time to ourselves on an evening. He's such a night owl!!
Food: we started weaning at 23 weeks with tastes of fruit and vegetables. Henry is now eating 3 times a day and so far has loved everything!! He's tried porridge, cheese, rice cakes, apple, pear, banana, grapes, papaya, mango, avocado, nectarine, potato, red pepper, leek, sweet potato, brocolli, butternut squash, parsnip, carrot and swede. I'm really enjoying making his purées and he's pretty good with a lumpy texture, he definitely doesn't need it to be smooth. Now we've hit the magic 6 month mark he can try anything so we are excited to try him with meat and fish in the next few days.
Henry is still breastfed and feeds around 4-5 times during the day and anything from once to five times a night!!
Sleep: Henry is sleeping terribly at night still. Some nights we only have one wake up for a feed, but it's more common to have 4 or 5 wake ups. He doesn't always need feeding, he sometimes just needs comforting. He's still sleeping in our room, I don't fancy being up and down to him all night in his own room! He sometimes naps in his cot in his nursery during the day though.
Sizes: We are currently in 6-9 month clothes (towards the 9 month end!) and size 4 nappies.
Milestones:
•He can now sit up by himself for ages without support. He loves to be on his feet and stands up well if he is being held.
•He can roll over from back to front and front to back, but doesn't seem that interested in doing it very often. He's not a fan of tummy time because it seems to make his reflux worse.
•He is always smiling and laughing and seems to particularly love George the dog at the moment.
•Henry makes all kinds of noises, blowing raspberries seems to be his favourite! If he isn't getting attention he often starts making loads of noise so everyone notices him, spoilt baby!!
•His fine motor skills are much better and he is much better at holding things in his hands and putting things where he needs them to be. At the moment everything he picks up is going in his mouth!
• Despite having all the signs of teething, there are definitely no teeth yet.
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