At 6 months Dalton is 16 lb (20%) and 27″ (75%), and sleeping through the night!
The sleeping through the night milestone actually happened shortly after 22 weeks, just as it did with Sonia. However, unlike Sonia, there was no sleep training needed! He figured out how to suck his thumb within a few days after we started swaddling him with arms out cold turkey at 5 months, and within a week was sleeping straight through from 7pm to 6:30am! Now, just this last week, Dalton has gone without a 3rd nap a couple times. I don’t think we’re ready for that just yet, though.
Even before he started sleeping through the night, however; Dalton’s growth had slowed down a lot, so of course I got worried that he wasn’t getting enough milk, even though he seemed happy with what he was getting. At around 24 weeks we started him on bigger bottles with fast flow nipples, and lo and behold he started taking 8oz per feeding instead of 5oz!
As my freezer stash has been dwindling over the last week or so from the increased demand, we have tried to get Dalton to start on solids, but so far he is not having it. Somehow everything else you put in front of him goes in his mouth, but food he won’t touch! Even when we succeed in getting some in his mouth, he doesn’t seem to get the idea of swallowing just yet – it all comes right back out the front. He loves the idea of chewing on the spoon, however; likely because both of his bottom front teeth are about ready to cut through.
Developmentally, Dalton’s ability to focus on and play with toys has increased dramatically this month, and he really likes to play in the Ocean Activity Center now. He also likes turning on and off the light on his puppy door Christmas gift, and moving the beads around on the Hape cube. Mid-month, Dalton first found his way onto his tummy in the crib, but cannot (or will not) roll from his tummy to his back. He likes to stand and sit up to play, but cannot do so without assistance.