Blake - 6 Months

My gosh...it's February, almost the middle of it in fact, and my baby girl has been six months for two weeks. SIX MONTHS!!That is half a year people! How is this even possible?  We had her six month check up on Monday and she is healthy, growing, and reaching milestones just as she should be.  They only comment the doc made was that she is a little bit petite (or perfect whatever.)  She was 26 inches long and 15.6 pounds (47th and 31st percentile respectively.) I don't feel like she is petite by any means, she's on her way out of six month clothes and into nine.

Physical milestones are right where they should be.  She has pretty much mastered sitting up on her own. She can go from laying down to almost sitting up on her own too.  She turned six months Friday the 27th and mastered forward army crawling by Sunday.  Up until that point she could only get herself to scoot backwards.  While this is all fine and dandy and she is happy to be able to move she is more content to be standing with your assistance.  She will cruise around in the walker for a while but even that can't keep her happy forever.  Girl just wants to go!!! I don't think she will be crawling for long.   If she could figure out how to pull herself up onto things she would.  It's really only a matter of time before she's running, which means we need to baby proof!!

We started her on solids this month as well, I was hoping that it would help to get her sleeping through the night, but to no avail.  She's just a terrible sleeper.  We'll get there I'm sure but man some days this mama sure would love some sleep. She does enjoy the food though! So far she has tried apples, pears, squash, carrots, and sweet potatoes.  She doesn't seem to really enjoy the texture of any of it but she does like the taste.  We've had the best response with the pears and the squash.  Her favorite is real bits of food in the food pouch.  Apples, strawberries, grapes, and she even gnawed on couple of green beans the other night.  I'm excited to try her on more, maybe if she ever gets any teeth.

Her smiles are the most contagious thing ever, and I hope and pray they stay that way.  I can't get enough of her whole little body just lighting up at things. She loves hitting her daddy in the face, and getting handfuls of mama's hair.   Her brother can make her giggle like crazy, she's got some serious love for that boy (I totally get it, me too!) He loves her equally as much, and has the best names for her.  He calls her Baby C, D, (like he is singing the alphabet), and lately has been referring to her as Baby Lala.  We love you so sweet pea!

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