Tanner is 6 months!!!

I cannot believe it has been 6 months since Tanner was born! It does not feel like it's been that long!!! He is such a sweet, happy, joyful addition to our family!  He is my little buddy. He gets to come everywhere with me and I love it! The girls adore him, especially Jenna! Ivy has been taking more and more notice of him lately too.  Every morning, Tanner and I snuggle in my bed and wake up slow after Daddy has gone to work.  Then, Jenna comes in my room and plays with us and entertains Tanner while I change Ivy's diaper. Then we all go to the kitchen for breakfast.  Ivy usually asks to hold him or goes to tickle him or gives him a binky, etc. or even just lays by him when he's playing on his mat with his toys.  Daddy gets to hold him a little bit after work. When Tanner sees him, his eyes are fixed on him pretty much until Andrew comes over and gives him attention. They are a sweet pair.  Tanner is a very sweet, smiley, mild mannered baby.  He likes to be held a lot. He likes to be in an upright position. He likes to stand and push his feet against things whenever anything is near his feet so he can stretch out and be in a standing like position.  He only cries if he's getting hungry, tired, or is uncomfortable, usually due to his reflux.  He has silent reflux. It took us a while to get him diagnosed because he has had all of the symptoms of reflux, but without spitting up.  Through some research I found about silent reflux, which basically means the acid comes up into his esophagus but then goes bcak down.  He fits all of the symptoms, not taking a full feeding because he seems to be in pain, arching a lot, not sleeping well, a mild constant cough, etc.  Poor little guy!  Once we figured it out, the Doctor had us start rice cereal a little early, which definitely helped, but then symptoms started to worsen again, and then they put him on an acid blocker medicine as well.  Which also seems to be helping. Despite the reflux he is still a pretty happy dude.  He is wanting to eat about every 3 hours. He was waking up every hour up until a couple of weeks ago, and now he probably only wakes up about 3 times in the night.  His body is starting to register an earlier bedtime so he is going to sleep for the night at around 8 ish or 9 ish instead of like 11. He also has figured out how to roll on his side to sleep.  When I put him in his crib, he likes to roll to his left to fall asleep.  He also used to want to sleep being held all night.  But he has been sleeping in his crib more and more I think because he found such a comfortable position! That started within the last couple of weeks as well.  He used to take short 25 min naps but now his naps are getting longer.  Usually about 45 min long with one long nap during the day which is usually around 1.5 hours, sometimes longer, sometimes a little shorter.  His body is just adjusting and figuring things out.  He is starting try to sit up.  He has tried avocado, banana, and applesauce.  When he isn't arching from reflux he is actually quite the little snuggle bug.  And he likes to give very big, wet kisses. :)  He is a great eater! He is still nursing and takes a bottle great too! We love our little guy and are SOOOO grateful to have him in our family. He is such a blessing. We are so thankful he is healthy and strong, and that he is growing well and his reflux is getting better.  He is such a strong, sweet, beautiful baby!
Here are his 6 month stats:
Height: 25.98 inches (21%)
Weight: 15 lb 2.9 oz (9%)
Head: 17.17 inch circumference (58%)

Happy and playing

Comfy and cozy sleeping