6 months

Reid is officially half way to 1 year which is so crazy. He is such a good baby and we are so blessed to have him at this time. During all this COVID stuff, I could not be more grateful for his graceful entrance to this world before everything went crazy. He has made the time at home so much better. Here are a few things that may or may not have changed since last month. He is eating prettymuch everything we give him (mashed up). None of his teeth have surfaced yet. He is not sleeping through the night but will wake 1 or 2 times. He goes down for naps much easier than his brother and sister (even at their current age) which I am so grateful for. He does not require me to nurse him to sleep and goes down well when he is swaddled and in a dark(ish) room. Right now (in our new house) we have his bed set up in my closet because of the lack of windows and I feel like it has made him sleep in a little better. He's taking naps every 2-3 hours right now. He's in 6-9m clothing and size 2 diapers. He has a couple of red spots on his skin. One on the upper left side of his forehead and the other at the base of his left ear. They kind of look like "stork bites" and are not risen at all. They haven't changed since birth either so we are just watching them.

Jade cast update

Jade has been doing pretty good with her official cast. She's back to pushing her limits and being a crazy toddler again, but does baby the arm a bit which I'm happy about. The doctor ended up having to set the arm a bit when we got the cast. They did it while she was awake and without medication. They put the cast on and then pushed down on the arm to straighten it out. Of course she was not liking that and was crying "DONE PLEASE" over and over again. It was so sad to watch.  She cried for maybe 10 minutes and then acted fine. They did an xray after the cast/setting and you could already see it was better lined up. They also ended up letting us know she would most likely have it off in 4 weeks instead of 6. Another thing they mentioned is that it will most likely take up to a year for the bone to completely straighten out, but the cast was only needed for the beginning stages of healing I guess? So it should be interesting to see how her arm looks after the cast is removed. Luckily Jade isn't super excited about swimming this year because it would be a bummer trying to keep her out of the pool. We ended up buying this cast cover which we used in the bath and seems to work ok, but we haven't attempted the pool with it yet. That's pretty much the lowdown for now. I'll update more when her cast is removed.