I found out a solution to this if you are willing to delagate or give the 6 steem they need for an account. I was also waiting over a month to start a second account for my son. After the month I decided to look a little further into it and discovered that you can use steemconnect.com to create new accounts almost immediately.
Here is a post by @timcliff with a great explanation of multiple ways.
https://steemit.com/news/@timcliff/new-tool-from-busy-org-create-new-steem-blockchain-accounts-with-steemconnect