Will at 6 months

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Better late than never and really this post is more for me and the scrapbooks than anything else...

At the ripe old age of 6 months...

Will weighs... 7.16kg
Will measures... 66.5cm


Will can....

• Roll pretty much where ever he wants
• Smile

• Laugh
• Blow raspberries
• Babble
• Hold a toy
• Pass an object from hand to hand
• Put things in his mouth
  
• Support himself on his feet for a short time
• Support his upper body on his arms
• Use his tummy muscles to try and sit up from lying prone (I can't do that!)
• Sleep through the noise of room 9 but not Mum taking off her jeans and getting into bed in serious stealth mode!!!
  

Will understands and reacts to....

• 'Where's the baby?' (in the mirror)
  
• 'Where's Mummy?' (in the mirror)
• 'Where's the puss/Ruby?'
• The buzzy bee song
• 'Where's Will? Peek-a, peek-a, peek-a BOO!' Pulls sheet off his face etc.
• His own name.
• 'Ready steady spaghetti'- Pulls up on my fingers from lying on change table.
• 'Boobies!'
• '1-2-3'- turns to face the speaker on three as he knows something going to happen
• 'Uh-oh!' smiles and turns as he knows tickling is coming

Will loves...

• breastmilk
  
• his mummy
• his brother

• his dad

• the cat
• his sister
• reading especially Maisy and nursery rhymes and our Family book
  
• music and dancing
• being held and carried
• the screensaver on the computer

• Mums animal noises for the screensaver
• making noise
• walking outside
• wet cloths
• being tickled, jiggled and turned upside down
• watching out the window

• watching mum cook for a short time
  
• other people in small doses
• sucking on Mum's Starbucks cup and drink bottles

• playing Ninja baby
• his bunny toy from David and Stacy
  
• baths and even more so showers
• sitting up in his toy basket

• lying on his change table especially Nappy off.
  
• pulling hair
• balls, especially his Gymbaroo Ball

• Paper... envelopes are especially good
  
• sucking on stuff
• when we put his toes in his mouth
  
• Action songs especially horsey ones and gymbaroo exercises and some of the massages
• Gliders, No really he does!
  
• Scrapbooking!! Nah I'm just kidding. Damn it.
  

Will tolerates.... (read: kind of dislikes actually)

• Driving in the car
• Sleeping in his own bed
• Lying on the floor
• TV (not that he watches much)
• Sitting with mum at the computer
• The full on attention of the kids in Merenia's class
• Having to go where the big kids go

• Supermarket shopping
• Cuddles
  
• A certain someone's annoying high pitched voice (We all barely tolerate that)

Will gets called...

• Will
• Willy
• Willy-Boy
  
• Wills-y
  
• Willsta
• Wilbur
• Willamena
• Willamia Jebidiah
  
• W
• Dub
• Dubby
• LoveyDub
• Dubya
• Bubba
• Bubbaluba
• McFly
• Ninja Baby
  

Will has tried...

• breastmilk- Yum
  
• ranitidine- Yuk
  
• losec- Yuk
  
• pear (with his losec)- yeah whatever
  

Will has lots of cool friends especially...

• Miss Rae
• Granny Rae

• Room 20 at Torbay school.
• Room 9 and 16 at Whenuapai school
• Ms Corsan
• Mrs Crawford
• Any kid from Mum's G.a.T class and a bunch of other hangers on
• Trae and the bigger Carringtons

Will....

• Still wakes 2-5 times a night
• Has a sleep every 1.5 -2 hrs
• Goes down for the night between 6 and 7pm
• Wakes between 6:30 and 7:30am sometimes as late as 8am :-)
• Get's cranky if he's on the floor too long
• Is starting to cry when mummy leaves the room
• Still pukes a little each day
• Takes Losec 10 2x daily
• Still has undetermined eye colour
• Has a sleeping bald patch
• Is developing a curl on the top of his head
• Looks most handsome in orange and khaki green
• Flails his hand around when he's sleepy
• Looks super cute naked

• Super super cute wet and naked post shower
• Is starting to get chubby bits
• Still has a dummy
  
• Has a lovely shaped head
• Has clammy feet

And most likely a bunch of other stuff that my family will remind me about when they read this...