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Hi Cooper!

Claire turned 6 months old on the 17th. She's 16 pounds 15.5 ounces (why they couldn't just say 17 pounds, I don't know) and 26.5 inches long. She's somewhere in the 70th percentile range for both categories.

She is also rocking back and forth on her hands and knees and scooting her way across the floor. She loves sweet potatoes, squash, and apples...doesn't care for carrots or peaches. She cut her two bottom teeth in the last month and based on the sudden increase in appetite and lack of solid sleep, she seems to be going through a growth spurt.

Rhett turned 6 months mid month. He was 19 lbs 3 oz and 26 inches. Rolling back and forth and cut both his bottom teeth in the past week or so. He can't sit unassisted for longer than a few seconds without a face dive. He loves music and is enjoying his toys more though his older brother still provides the majority of his entertainment. Just this week, he's been starting to make different sounds with his tongue and by putting his hand in his mouth while babbling. Takes either 2 or 3 naps and has recently started sleeping from 7:30 pm until 5:30 am (with sleep training help). He prefers fruits to veggies. Loves pears, prunes and peaches. Spit up green beans the first time we tried. considering transitioning out of infant seat as he's been particularly unhappy in it lately.

Yay! Everyone is growing and happy @AggieDaze: how was sleep training?

@peaches1038: we've done straight forward Ferber with checks for both boys (LO1 at 7 months and Rhett just recently at 6 months). Rhett took A LOT longer to go to sleep the first night than LO1 (around 90 min vs 45 min). He also cried a lot longer overnight that first night (probably 45 minutes each time he woke which was a lot) but the second night, he cut his cry time in half (both at the beginning and overnight) and he only woke once. The third night, he cried for 20 minutes and didn't wake and cry at all until morning. It has slowly dwindled since then and now he doesn't cry before going to sleep. I'm not going to lie; it's rough and my husband handled all checks the first week for both boys (he kind of just stepped up and did it since I'd handled 6 months of breastfeeding night wakings; I think he also knew I'd be more likely to give in).

If you are going to do it (no pressure either way), a couple tips:
I can't remember when exactly (maybe 9 months) but my LO1 went through a period of pretty intense separation anxiety and I would have felt soooo guilty doing it during that phase (so I had 6-9 months in my head as the ideal time for Rhett). Another tip = go to the doctor and get him checked out first to make sure all looks good. You don't want to be questioning whether he is sick while you are doing it Last one = take super detailed notes of the crying, what it sounds like and how long it lasts. It helped me to see progress to know we were doing what was right for him.