6 whole months

Can you believe Will is going to be 6 months old tomorrow? That's half a year!
His new thing lately is playing with toys WITHOUT putting them in his mouth. This is a big step to me, I love it.

Oh and solids?! Coming soon. I'm nervous and excited at the same time.

I guess it's normal for a baby's growth to slow down at some point. This is the first time that Will hasn't been ready for the next size clothes right at the age that they're for. Well, not that there's been many size changes so far. He was never really in newborn clothes, but at 3 months he had outgrown most of his 0-3s and was in 3-6s. Now he's still fitting into a lot of 3-6s, and just a some 6-9 onesies and some 6-12 pjs. He has yet to double his birth weight, but we have to cut the kid a break since his birth weight was 8lbs 14oz. I think the whole doubling birth weight by 4 months thing is ridiculous, sure a baby that weighed 6lbs could gain 6lbs in 4 months, that' 1.5lbs a month on average, but Will would have had to gain over 2lbs each month. It's more of the percentiles I'm concerned with, but I probably shouldn't be. At birth, I think he was 75th% now he's 25th%. His doctor says he's doing good, especially since both I and Shawn are on the small side. I was a big baby though.
His weight gain (and decrease in the amount of gain) has been steady though, and I should probably be reassured by that. Probably.

Here's how it's gone so far:
Birth 8lbs 14.4oz, went home (12 days later) at 9lbs 6oz.
1 month: 10lbs
2 months: 12lbs 5oz
3 months: 13lbs 13oz
4 months: 14lbs 13oz (with cloth diaper on, previous weights were without)
5 months: 15lbs 2.5oz (with diaper on)

Today, weighing him at home he was 16lbs with diaper on.
This is normal, right?

Tomorrow we're headed to Panama City for a half-birthday celebration, not that Will is actually going to understand that.
I can't believe I've been a mommy for 6 months, well, longer than that really, being a mommy to a baby in your belly definitely counts.

It's exhausting and I love it.