Aiden Turns 6 Months

12 December 2006, Tuesday


Aiden turned 6 months on the 01 December. Yea – mummy here getting a little lazy with the monthly update of him, hiaks!!

Weight : 9.15 kg

Milk Intake : still the same…..6 oz, sometimes 7 oz in the morning

Interval : 3.5 to 4 hours

Sleep : same-o same-o, sleeps at 730pm till 730am (1 feed at 5am)


I haven’t started Aiden with solids yet, as he has extremely sensitive skin. My paed recommended him to start only after 6 months, of which I only started experimenting on weekends with organic rice cereal. The first time had it, he spitted everything out…..on the 2nd try he was skeptical but took it anyhow. I think he didn’t quite like to taste, because it was a bit bland, even though I had mixed it with milk.

Then last week, I got a box of Rusk (mooted by Jazzmint who started Vyktore already with this for evening snacks…) and fed him some yesterday evening….Voila…. he lurved it….smacking his lips and sucking his tongue…..

Dexterous
Very good with small or large objects and able to transfer his toy from left to right hand easily. Strong grip and usually when he is our arms, he likes to stretch out his fingers and pull at the person's lips or nose. I've got a bruised lower lip for proof!!

Verbal Cues
He is a very talkative boy. When left alone, he will sing, coo, and talk to his toy. Can now say "mum mum" , "pa pa", "ma ma" but this is of course all involuntary. Otherwise, he likes to yell and test the volume of his vocal chords until he coughs.

Comprehension
Knows when someone is talking to him, and enjoys the sight of people around him. He understands when a person walks away, and will usually cry when he sees someone leave his sight. When we clap our hands and reach out to him, he will likewise reach out as he knows that someone is about to carry him.

Personal Traits
It's funny how babies develop new "habits" or "traits" everyday. Nowadays, Aiden likes to sleep on his left side, with his right leg swung across his body. When we put him on his back, he will automatically move to his left side. There are also times where he doesn’t like to be held to sleep and rather fall asleep on is own in his cot!! Strange but I wish he could do this all the time ~ but it is only a trend during the night. Oh, how I wish this is true for his afternoon naps too, that would be such a wonderful burden off my mother and MIL's shoulders. Now it is akin to carrying a 10kg rice bag around!! Hahaha

Physical
Lastly, my darling is still quite lazy, although he is very quick at turning around from his back to his tummy and vice versa, and spinning 360 degrees on his back, he still cannot sit on his own yet. He is now able to stand for at least 5 seconds with light support under his armpit.