6 Months of Boo

I know everyone says it but there are no other words; I honestly can't believe how quickly the last six months has gone.  It is crazy to think that Boo has been around for half of the year and even crazier to think back to when he was such a tiny little man who slept all day and could barely hold his own head up.  And to look at him now and see how much he's grown.  He's a bundle of energy, he has his own personality (which is very similar to his mummies) and he's doing so many things!  I just had to take a quick trip down memory lane to remind us when he was such a wee little boo:

When Jakson was born he weighed in at a mere 6 lbs, 6 ozs and within a week had dropped down to 6 pounds.  It was a scary time and the community midwife was concerned he was losing too much weight.  But, with lots of perseverance and dedication I am pleased to report that at 6 months old Jakson weighs a healthy 16 pounds, 9 ozs!!  And he's got a very cute pair of chubby cheeks to prove it, one on his face and one the top of his legs :)

Jakson is also developing with leaps and bounds!  He can do some amazing things, like: give high fives (seriously, he can), sit up on his own, hold his own bottle, babble constantly and bounce like there is no tomorrow.  The bouncing is one of his new favourite past times, as demonstrated on this video:

He loves taking a bath and is doing very well in his weekly swim class.  He can even go under water for about 5 seconds and doesn't cry!!!  We've also started a 'sing and sign' class as jakson loves music and i really want him to learn a few basic signs so we can communicate better.  We've learned milk, more, mummy, eat, drink and many more.  We practice loads and are hopeful it wont be too long before jakson can tell us when he wants 'more milk'.

The weening is also going pretty well.  He's almost entirely on formula/bottles and is "eating" two meals a day.  So far he's "eaten" apples, pears, avocado, carrots, sweet potato, banana, oatmeal, cucumber (one of his faves) and broccoli,  Many of which were not pureed but in their natural form (i.e., broccoli florets, slices of cucumber).  Today was his first day of breakfast and we opted for a banana:

So I think it's fair to say that baby boo is getting on quite well.  Happy 6-month birthday little man!  We love you more than words can say!!! xxx