Wesleys six month update

Wesley is now six months old and man is his life flying. It still seems like yesterday that we brought him home from the hospital, and even though he cried a lot in those first few months it really has gone by quickly. He was definitely a colic baby from the start and for awhile the only thing that calmed him was feeding him. After a couple months it was easier to calm him just by holding him and boy has that been hard to break! Wesley also has eczema and dry skin pretty bad but it has mostly cleared up now that the colder weather has passed. For a while though we had to cover his hands with socks otherwise he would scratch. He still scratches whatever he can reach when he is frustrated, kind of just his own learned mechanism in our opinion. Most of the time he scratches skin that is not dry or irritated, so that is how Bekah figured out that he is just frustrated. Whether it be that he is hungry, tired, gassy, or feeling lonely, he scratches. That is why in many of his pictures you see him with scabs(our poor baby)! We clip his nails constantly but he still finds a way to dig in if he is mad about something. It works for him though because we end up holding him and he stops(haha!).
All that being said Wesley is starting to play on his own better. He loves to watch his older brothers, "bubbies" play while playing in his baby gym. He also enjoys looking out the window or being outside. If he does have a fussy moment we take him outside if possible and it calms him down. He looks forward to his evening walks with Bekah and also loves to watch her cook in his bumbo seat.
Wesley is also a fantastic eater! He started eating solids right at 5 months when his first two bottom teeth appeared, and cant get enough! He is already up to three meals a day and one snack. He has had avocado, peas, bananas, applesauce, oatmeal, and cereal snacks. He has not turned down anything we have fed him when he is hungry. He is also a pretty good sleeper. He does not usually nap more than four hours a day unless in a growth spurt, but he usually sleeps ten to eleven hours at night. He finally started settling into more of a routine around five months which makes life a little less crazy.
Wesley is rolling from his tummy to his back and sitting up with a little propping. He does not have much interest in crawling yet but we are in no hurry. He does like to stand, so maybe he will skip the crawling altogether! Our Wesley Boy(his nickname given by Quintin and Zachary) is growing so fast. At 17.5 pounds and almost 29 inches long we cant believe he is already six months old!!