6 Months!

Can you believe it??  Me either!  A half a year already.  Here’s what our 6 month old is up to these days:

• She is 27 inches long which is the 90th percentile for height.  She weighs 14lbs 15oz which is the 10th percentile for weight.  A tall skinny girl :)
• She fits in both 3-6 month clothes and 6-9 month clothes – but has to have the bigger size for her sleepers because she’s so long.  She wears size 3 diapers.
• She eats 6 ounce bottles every 3-4 hours throughout the day with Stage 2 foods in between at Breakfast & Dinner time.  On Christmas day she managed to get a bite of banana nut bread, pineapple and a spoonful of jelly thanks to both of her Grandfathers and her Daddy – girl knows how to get what she wants.  Thank goodness she didn’t have any food allergies as a result!!
• We went through a rough patch with her sleep this month.  After she got sick she got used to waking up in the night and went back to waking up once in the middle of the night.  Then she stopped falling asleep during her bed time bottle so I had to start putting her to bed awake which she hated!  After a week of letting her cry it out, she is now back to being laid down peacefully and sleeping through the night, thank goodness!
• She goes to bed at 7pm and is up around 5:30am.  She takes 2 naps a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
• She has been getting up on her hands and knees rocking back and forth, only a matter of time before she takes off!  On her belly she will inch forward to reach things and is constantly rolling back and forth.  She’s getting good at sitting up, but still not completely unsupported. 
• She loves to smile and laugh, it really doesn’t take much to get her to do either.  She’s very ticklish on her neck and thighs!  But she’ll smile just by saying hi to her. 
• The things she doesn’t like are when big brother holds her arms or legs down (stop laughing!), when she’s left in a room by herself or being ignored, riding in the car when it’s dark outside, and peas.
• The things she loves are Mommy & Daddy, laying in her infamous pose to watch everything going on around her, pears, chewing on anything she can, the bug that rides in the car with her, and getting lots and lots of kisses.
• I can’t believe she’s 6 months old and still likes her swing!  She loves to get in it and take little cat naps. 
• She says Dadadada all day long!  Just recently she has added Nanana to that…but no Mama :(
• She stopped taking a pacifier around 2 or 3 months old but now she loves to get ahold of the all rubber ones and chew on the opposite end of it! 
• She has learned what NO! means…she’s so curious now and wants to get into everything!  She unwrapped 2 presents under Nana’s tree (before Christmas!) and got in trouble.  And at home she loves to knock everything off her changing table when I’m trying to change her.  When you tell her “No No!” she freezes and stares at you like…ME????  Or are you talking to my big brother???

I think this is a great month for some comparisons!  It’s amazing how much she has changed from month to month!

And just for fun, here’s a picture of Maisy at 6 months and Ryder at 6 months.  (We thought Ryder had long hair!)

 

Even more proof of how fast time really does fly by!