Solid!

Dexter has plenty of energy after the 5 calories consumed during his first non-milk meal.  Here are Dexter's thoughts post solid food...

Solid...

...food is actually quite delicious.

"Dexter First Solid Food" video

Maya has been looking forward to this historic moment.  Dexter has his first solid food...

Dexter at 6 Months

Here are the latest stats:

Weight: 16lbs 8oz (around 30th percentile)
Height: 27 inches (around 60th percentile)
Head: Big

Dexter is now a champion sleeper.  He sleeps from about 7:30pm through the night until about 7:30am (with a dreamfeed at around 11pm).  He is now solidly taking 3 naps a day which range from 45min - 1.5 hours.  We can feel that the pattern is getting close to changing to 2 naps, but for now 3 is still the magic number.  

Soon after 4 months, Dexter discovered rolling and now he rarely stays on his back for long.  He is quite a wiggler on his belly and he's being to be able to move around a bit when he's on the floor.  He has also discovered the exersaucer and the jumperoo which both capture his interest for 15 minutes at a time.  Recently he has started sitting on his own and is getting more stable in that position.  He also can sit (with amazing posture) in the high chair which is a great sign as we are planning to start solid foods now that he has hit the 6 month milestone.  

Dexter's favorite activities these days include doing anything with his sister.  His face lights up every time she comes near him.   He loves walks in the Bjorn.  Crankiness is always solved by a quick walk around the block. 

He is at the very beginnings of communication.  He makes lots of 'aaaa' sounds which are very cute.  Sometimes when we come in a room he makes more distinct 'aye' sound which we think is the beginning of 'hi,' but we could be reaching.  He hasn't started working with any consonant sounds yet, so there's no 'da da' or 'ma ma' in the works just yet.  

We've been dealing with a decent amount of sickness around here including colds, pink eye, and a stomach sickness.  Dexter is certainly getting an immune system workout much faster than his sister did.  It definitely is a new challenge for us to try to navigate the new level of germ management when you have preschooler bringing home a petri dish of germs to choose from. 

Dexter is in the glory days of babyhood.  He's very smily and is happy to just be carried around and watch what's going on.  We are enjoying this brief moment of gerber babyhood until we move to the next level with crawling, eating, etc.  Go baby, go!!