As with most tasks these days, this post is disjointed, written over the course of nearly an entire month! 

Dear Jonah,

Today you are six months old! Your first half year has passed in a flash, and it’s impossible to imagine life without you now.

The last couple of weeks seem to have been a little challenging for you, though you seem to be on an upswing as of the last three days. These are the possibilities we’ve come up with for why you might’ve been having a rough time:

1) You’re teething. I feel some rough patches on your bottom gums in the front. I think you’ll have a tooth cut soon.

2) It’s hard to communicate with us without words. We know you desperately want to talk to us, as you do it all the time, but for now, it’s all just sweet sounds and cooing and screeching. We love to hear your amazing voice, but we don’t always understand what you’re trying to tell us.

3) It’s a phase. You’re growing and learning, and doing that while maintaining a cheerful disposition all the time is hard!

Whatever the reason for your sometimes discontentedness, we know it’s only temporary. More importantly, you grow more loving, happy, funny, and joyful with every passing day.

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You are now just a week shy of turning 7 months old. We know you’re getting a tooth in the bottom, because we can see its beginnings! This explains a lot.

Right now you’re in your walker, which is a gadget you’ve really started to love. Mommy and I put you in it for handsfree time in the kitchen, and you scoot, gnaw, and laugh in it for a really long time (thank goodness). In short, it’s a lifesaver.

You roll over with reckless abandon now, rolling all over the living room like you own the place. You bang your feet and reach with your arms while you explore everything in your reach. Interestingly, the living room rug serves as an understood boundary for you, and you rarely roll off of it. I think it’s pretty cute of you.

You’ve been eating more foods, both in your high chair at home and on the go. You’re not so interested in picking food up, but you love to hold a spoon and try to find your mouth. Feeding you now requires two spoons: one for you to hold and one to feed you.

You’re a real wiggle worm when it comes to diaper changes. We’ll take it, since it doesn’t come with nearly as much fuss as it used to.

Speaking of fuss, you now equally love and detest bath time. You’re tired of reclining, so you insist on sitting up in your blue bath tub. It’s definitely time to move you to the big tub, but we’re waiting to do that in the new house: excitement!

We love you so much, Jonah, and every day is more interesting and more fun with you. You’re crying now, so I’ll cut this short.

All my love,

Mama