Well, again, another month has passed. Beckett will be 6 months on Tuesday and tomorrow we head to the doctor for his 6 month check up to also include SHOTS...yikes! Beckett is really growing and has quite the personality. Jarrod and I feel so blessed to have such a happy baby. The first 3 months were rough, but these days are so amazing. Beckett wakes up smiling and usually goes to bed smiling. He is loving life.
Beckett is eating solids like a champ. He loves everything and eats 3 meals a day. We are still giving it the old college try with nursing and it still seems to be going well. With nursing though, means getting up at nights still. We recently went through a rough patch of sleep training and thank goodness that is over, but I may have just jinxed myself. I allowed him to sleep with me for 2 nights while Jarrod was out of town, so now we are having to start over again. Poor kid. Bad mommy! I have to admit though, I kind of like having him sleep with me. He's nice and warm and loves to cuddle. How much sweeter can it get!? Yeah, well, the sleep training isn't so sweet, so back to the old grind we go. Boo!
We are trying to stick to a schedule these days. We are up around 8am, eat, play, and then down for a nap about 10am. Beckett is not a long napper at all. Maximum sleep during the day is 45 minutes. If he goes past 45 minutes, it's a miracle. Usually he sleeps 25 minutes. He wakes up fine, and is happy for 3 hour stints, so I can't complain much. At night, he's great. Only waking up once to eat and back to bed he goes. He eats a full meal around 11:30am, plays and back down for another nap around 1:30pm. After he wakes up from this nap, he usually won't nap again until about 4:30pm, and for some reason, this nap is harder for him to get into deep sleep. It seems that if I put him down he wakes right back up. Sometimes we just get in the car and drive. That always does the trick. Mind you, he hated the car in the beginning, but loves it now. After this nap, he eats again and plays with his daddy, whom he loves! When Jarrod gets home, Beckett lights up. It's so adorable. He goes to bed anywhere between 8:30 and 9pm.
This will mark Beckett's first Halloween. He's going to be a monkey. I tried his costume on this evening to see if he had grown into it a bit. His hat is still a little big, but I may put some stuffing in it to make it stand up like it's supposed to. Other than that, it fits like a glove. He doesn't mind it at all either. I've been putting hats on him since he was itty bitty, so he doesn't mind them at all.
He's starting to get up on all 4 and doesn't rock, but just stays like that and then all of a sudden, he belly flops and starts rolling around again. He loves to sit and play with his toys too. He's a good baby and we are so lucky. He's hit all of his milestons on time and is solid as a brick. He weighs a hefty 20 pounds and is well over 26 inches. We are looking into a new car seat since he is painfully close to the weight limit in his current one. Honestly, I can't wait for him to be in his new car seat. It's a pain to lug his carrier all over the place and it's a pain to get him in and out of. I'm hoping the convertible is much easier.
Beckett went with me to 2 weddings this month and was a trooper. The first one was a local wedding, but we were there all day, and he did great. The 2nd was out of town and also the very next day from the 1st wedding. It was also a very long day. Jarrod wasn't able to go to the 2nd wedding, so it was interesting being in the wedding and juggling Beckett at the same time. My folks were there, but my dad was officiating, my mom was singing, and I was matron of honor. Luckily, my brother was there and got to spend some quality time with his nephew which he absolutley loved. It was a fun time. We then headed to Lindsborg for a few days until Jarrod came home and then we went back to Manhattan. It was a long, but quality week for Beckett and me.
We don't have many plans for this fall and winter. We have done so much traveling this summer and early fall, that we are just wanted to be home for a while. Jarrod and I have started going to the Methodist church here in town more and we are really enjoying it. We wanted to have Beckett raised in the church and know that this is an important aspect to our lives. Jarrod and I come from different denominations, so we agreed to step out of our comfort zones and try something new. Jarrod is Catholic and I am Lutheran. Yes, they are pretty much the same, but we decided to try the Methodist church. Jarrod's mom is a member there and so we thought it would be nice to have Beckett's grandma there too.
Well, hope all is well with you and yours! Happy Fall and Happy Halloween!
Love,
Megan, Jarrod, and Beckett
