6 months old

6 months

26.3 weeks

184 days

4, 416 hours

264,960 minutes

1 great big brother

1 super cute baby

2 very thankful parents

45 therapy appointments

33 Doctors Appointments

an immeasurable amount of love

an incredible amount of friends, support, and diapers!!

1 amazing God

Cohen is 6 months old. Praise God.

It's been a good month for Cohen. He has done well with his breathing and has picked up at least a little on his eating. He rotates now between a 3-4 hour eating schedule and takes 3-4 naps a day just depending on our day. He still wakes at night to eat but has slept through the night a few times. We still swaddle him but he usually has his arms out.

This months he started solids and seems to be starting to enjoy them a little more at this point. We even started putting 4 oz in his bottles for some of his feeds. His weight gain is still a bit slow but it's coming along. I'll have a measurement for you in about 2 weeks.

He got a little cold this month and ended up with an ear infection. He handled it pretty well and is own the mend.

We had a lot of big doctor appointments this month. We saw the geneticist again and saw shriners( the orthopedic doctors). Neither appointment gave us much info but at least he's being followed by those doctor's now. We were able to get a full set of xrays at shriners that our geneticist sent to the guys in Germany and they continue to feel like it looks like he does have odontochondrodysplasia.

As far as physical development goes nothing too new to report. He does continue to get a little stronger and have a little more trunk control . We are working on trying to get him to use his arms and hands a little more. He still doesn't roll very often though I am pretty sure that if he wanted to he get to his tummy. ( he hates tummy time) He turns all the way to his side from the other side - almost to his belly.

He is starting to take a little more interest in some toys. He LOVES his bath. He kicks and splashes fanatically and gets us pretty wet in doing so. I got him a new tub this month that allows for a little more wiggle room and he seems to like it. We have hooked his old tub to the big tub a few times to let him take a bath with Cort and he seems to like that too but isn't quite as comfortable.



To celebrate his 6 month birthday Cort picked out a balloon for him at the grocery store( of course, Cohen would want the Thomas balloon) and we took them on a train ride at the pavilion. I guess it's just part of being the little brother that your big brother dictates the things you'll love and would want to do. :) Cohen seems to enjoy the ride. Cohen really does like his balloon he follows it( with is eyes) all over the place!!





Cort found this old hat in our coat closet and called it his party hat all day....
Cohen's newest silly face consist of him tucking in his lips around his gums and smacking his lips- he frequently looks like this these days.....

Or he has his hands or fingers in his mouth - sometimes the whole hand.



And just because I can resist... here's a little Halloween preview....
I actually took this one back for the next size up because this one was a little tight in the stride!!! Yea for something being too small for Cohen!!!(never mind that it was NB size and he's swimming in the 0-3)