Happy half birthday baby girl!
Size: This girl is staying tiny; still in size 2 diapers...3, 3-6, 6, and some 6-9 clothes. She is 13.25 lbs and 24.8 inches long.
Eyes: Her eyes have stayed mostly a deep blue, but now they also seem to have a gray/green/brown tint to them...not sure what color to call them yet, maybe hazel?
Hair: Golden brown still! I hope she keeps it because it looks like mine!
Sleeping: Her sleep schedule has stayed the same the last five weeks!!!!! That being: waking during the 6 o'clock hour, morning nap around 9am, afternoon around 2pm and bedtime around 7pm. And once she's down for the count at night she stays down 10+ hours straight which is heavenly! I am still so surprised she is doing so well at night and I know there are things that could arise and throw a wrench in that (i.e. teething, growth spurts, etc anything), but we are so grateful with how she's doing so far. Thank you Jesus!
I will add that there have been days where we've seen if she could be flexible with nap time, or nap place, and it has usually not gone in our favor. I don't mean to be a stickler about her nap times and place (crib), but we've tried and it is not the best for Ellie. We want a happy girl, so we try to stay as close to these times and place as possible.
Eating: Nothing has changed here; nursing and taking a bottle great! And still haven't introduced foods to her yet. Really there isn't thing stopping us, except the official go ahead by doctor (haven't talked to them yet), but we will be soon-very soon! I think Ellie is a little jealous of us eating, too so I think she will be glad to take part with us ; )
Milestones:
- A kind of hop, scoot, crawl is going on! She will get up on her hands and sometimes get in a full on plank for a few seconds, or she will get up on her knees/hands at same time and other times she will do like a sideways lazy frog hop type thing-hard to explain and it happens fast, ha. All I know is she is trying and doesn't like trying for very long-she'll start whining. Every day we work on it and we praise her for all her effort!
- Helps hold her bottle and sometimes she can do it all on her own for a moment
- Sits on her own for a couple seconds at a time
Likes:
- Being sung Patty Cake, Jesus Loves Me and The Itsy Bitsy Spider. I try to do the motions with her hands and she's a fan of that!
- Playing Peek-A-Boo
- Plastic containers and lids-hey whatever floats her boat
- Her exersaucer
- Talking to her toys while she's playing/sucking/chewing on them and she can get loud with her babbling-she has some good lungs on her!
- Being read to (I've been meaning to put this on her last couple updates, because she has liked this for awhile now. Yes she likes grabbing at the pages mostly, but she gets really intrigued by the pictures and looks up at you and smiles. It also seems like she is trying to figure out what you're talking about. Reading doesn't always last that long either, but it's a start)
- Looking at whoever is talking in the room, voices really grab her attention. And if you're the one holding her out facing the room and you start talking, she will turn/arch around to look at you
Dislikes:
- Holding still, she's a mover for sure
- Not being able to get the toy she wants or getting to you while you're sitting/lying on the floor with her. She tries crawling but she gets tired/irritated kind of fast
I feel like there are some things I'm forgetting to add to these lists, but these are the big things for sure! 6 months has come and gone so fast. I know her first birthday will be here before we know it. Ahhhhhh! It's still surreal sometimes that we are parents. Pretty much every day I look at her and ask, how did we get so lucky?! She is beautiful.
