At 6 months Bronson is 71cm tall (90th percentile) and weighs 9kg (80th percentile). Just for the record, Magnus was also 71cm and weighed about 8.5kg)
Well, this month has been a busy one with lots of firsts and Bronson’s very special Dedication. Bronson first sat on his own, got his first tooth, had his first Christmas, tried his first solids and went for his first swim!
So, to the first first – Bronson started sitting just after he turned 5 months old, thanks to Grandfather. He asked if Bronson was sitting yet and I said no, he won’t sit until 6 months. So Grandfather sat him up in his backyard and Bronson sat and sat and sat – didn’t topple over at all! Bronson was very proud, and I felt like a bad Mum who was trying to hold her little baby back! 
The first tooth came on the 15th of Dec with much ease, the dribbling had just started and while Bronson was chomping down on my finger I felt the little tooth – no pain or unsettledness (yay!). You can just see the tooth in the shot below.
The Dedication of Bronson Alexander Martin
This was a lovely day to celebrate baby Bronson and for Keryn and I to promise to bring him up in the ways of the Lord, to pray for him and to always do our best as his parents. Our wonderful friend Greg took care of the official proceedings for the day with an excellent message about the importance of family and parents leaving a spiritual inherritance for their children. Andrea brought an exciting word, that Bronson has been set apart for God’s purpose and a special task that he will have to stand up for. And was had lots of family and friends there to promise to support us along this very special journey with Bronson.
My First Christmas and Christmas Dinner
We had Mama, Dada, Jarad, Adele, Erika and Royce all staying for Christmas, which has made it a very fun time. Christmas for Bronson was all about the wrapping paper and watching all of the action with Magnus, Royce and Erika.
Bronson lying infront of the Christmas tree on Christmas morning with Magnus and cousins Erika and Royce
We had a good couple of hours opening presents in the morning, a quick visit from Aunty Rebe and Uncle Matt and then went over to Aunty Nic and Uncle Stephen’s place where Bronson met Uncle Toby for the first time. Then it was home for Christmas Dinner and Bronson tasted his first solids wearing a good old Christmas cracker hat!
He seemed quite keen on the apple but enjoyed chewing on the spoon more and wanted to hold it himself. I tried apple again for the next 2 days and the novelty had worn off and Bronson pulled all sorts of funny faces and wasn’t interested in eating at all. So i waited another week and he is starting to show a little more interest and eating a small amount of pumpkin and apple.
To celebrate Bronson’s 6 month birthday we went for his first swim at the pool. As always he was very chilled about the new experience and was happy to just lie back and float in the water and watch Magnus charging around the pool.
We are all making the most of having Mama and Dada staying before they leave this Thursday. Bronson has definately created a lovely bond with his Grandparents and has given them a million smiles to remember him by when they go back to Dublin. Mum and Dad have been enjoying a few evenings out and Bronson has been lucky enough to be rocked to sleep by Dada a couple of nights
As always, we have enjoyed having more of the family in town over the Christmas period. We have had a few trips to the beach to enjoy the great summer weather and a quick outing at the zoo.
With Uncle Toby and Aunty Rebe at the beach
