It’s four days until Lukas will be seven months old, so I should probably get to writing about how his six month baby wellness check (6/2/2011) went. The nurse asked a bunch of developmental questions to make sure some milestones are being met. I believe we answered yes to everything or nearly everything. He is manipulating objects with his hands. He can transfer things from one hand to the other. He certainly recognizes if someone is a stranger. He’s not as testy about it as Sophia was. Lukas will allow people to hold him. He usually only becomes upset if I leave while an unfamiliar person is holding him.
The neighbor at our old house still watches the kids for me one day a week. I visit with her for an hour and then she watches the kids for about an hour while I go grocery shopping. She has watched Lukas since he was three months old and he cries the entire time I’m gone. When I come back and she hands him to me…it instantly stops. At first she would say that he must have a sour tummy or something, but I knew that wasn’t the case. Sophia was the same way only worse. Sophia wouldn’t let people hold her and would sometimes even cry if they just leaned in to talk to her.
One of the other things the nurse asked was if Lukas puts his weight on his feet. He does, but only for a second or two. That’s probably normal and I’m not at all concerned, but that was something that Sophia was much more advanced at. She started putting weight on her feet at about two months. I have pictures of it. By four months, I just had to hold her torso and she would keep her weight on her feet for a couple minutes.
Lukas is a more advanced sitter than Sophia was and he has never minded having a little tummy time. He doesn’t just tolerate it. He’ll actually amuse himself for a while with various objects and he uses his arms to push himself up into a half pushup. The beast of a boy weighed in at seventeen pounds and eleven ounces. His length was twenty-eight inches and his head circumference was seventeen inches. He’s the same length as Sophia but almost a full two pounds heavier.
WOAH! New Baby! Where have I been all this time!!
Congratulations!
Sophia has grown into a real princess
mona – Thank you! I didn’t post very much about it while pregnant and I’ve been seriously slacking on the blogging, so I guess you haven’t missed too much.
Bella weighed less than chloe at birth but more at each appt than chloe did. I love that you call him a beast of a boy. I call Bella my bruiser because she’s fearless and will push anything out of her way.
I get to meet the beast in two weeks! (I’m stupidly excited about this visit.)
smarmoofus – Damn it where’s my “like” button? Oh well. Yay! You get to meet the beast and Sophia gets to see her “big sister”.