6 Months

Sawyer turned 6 months on Friday, October 3rd. That night, we went out to dinner with Jurgen and Kendra -- Sawyer sat in a restaurant high chair for the first time. He was very proud.
At 6 months, he is over 18 lbs! He is crawling backwards and making real strides toward crawling forwards.

Today, Sunday, he sat up all on his own. For weeks he has been trying to sit up by trying to simply sit straight up, which has been unsuccessful but has resulted in some strong abs, I think. He has finally figured out he has to roll over, push up, and plop onto his bottom (though still no footage of the feat).We are also happy to report that he is sleeping really well: most nights he sleeps 8 or 9 hours in the first stretch and then 3 or 2 more hours before waking up around 6:30 or 7am. I think I am slowly beginning pay back the sleep debt I have accumulated over the last 6 months.

Sawyer is also beginning to take a little bit of formula, which has been a major relief to me, as until two weeks ago he was still nursing 7 times a day. Now he is taking two bottles a day and nursing 4 times a day. He is still eating solids well. He is enjoying fruit now, including pears, apples, and bananas. He is also beginning to feed himself Cheerios- though he usually only gets one of 20 into his mouth. He is great at picking the Cheerios up- even using his thumb and forefingers, he just struggles getting his fingers to continue to cooperate when he tries to get it into his mouth.