- Oh sweet girl you have turned a corner this month. You have become soooo much happier! We have loved watching you change over the past month because you went from a super fussy newborn baby to this happy, sweet, busy girl! You are so much better in the car and that has been life changing! We love your smiles and your laughter. You brighten our mornings and warm our hearts as night as you suck your fingers and drift off to sleep. I just can't get over what a sweet age this is. I love everything about it. You want to be held and loved on and you give the best smiles and I just adore you. We are sooo thankful for your health and that your fussiness has subsided.
- 6 Month Stats:
- Weight- 14 lb 5 oz (12%)
- Length- 26 in
- You drink between 5 (one of those feedings is just nursing) 5-6 ounces bottles. You still nurse every morning, then depending on my work schedule you take bottles for the rest of the day. My supply was not keeping up with your demand so we bought some Nutramigen (for milk protein allergy) formula. You always drink the breastmilk first then we will fix you 2 ounces of formula if you are real stiff and rigid and fussy. At night you always take a 3-4 ounce bottle of breastmilk then I will nurse you after that. It is our new routine and it seems to work well with helping you get full!
- You sleep from 7:30ish to 6:30ish (you are an amazing night time sleeper. I remember your brother waking up here and there in the night but you are a solid night sleeper)
- You wear your jammies then we put you in a zip up sleep sack we lay you in your crib and you went from having your paci to only sucking your fingers at night. You are going to be just like your brother with those fingers (except yours are on your left hand and it's your pointer finger and your middle finger)
- You generally sleep on your back or side. You have slept on your tummy but not very often.
- You wear 3-6 month clothes. You still wear size 1 diapers but we bought size 2 and I think you are definitely ready for some bigger diapers
- You are a great napper-- You take 3-4 naps. One nap around 8:30 (that one lasts 40 min to 1.5 hours), your next nap is around 11:30-12 and it usually 1.5 to 2 hours long, the nap is around 3 (it can last anywhere between 45 minutes to 2.5 hours), it is that nap that determines if you will take a cat nap before bedtime. It is about 50% of the time that you take one. If you don't take a cat nap you go to sleep closer to 7, if you do take a cat nap you go to sleep closer to 8.
- You have discovered your feet (you like to play with them when you can grab them)
- You still roll over to your tummy just fine but you aren't that great at getting back over
- You don't sit up unassisted yet
- You do not like stationary toys (ie the exersaucer or jumperoo --you last maybe 5 minutes before fussing)
- You seem most content if we lay you on the bed or floor and entertain you from above or around you. You also are just happy being carried around.
- You aren't the biggest fan of riding around in the stroller. You will be okay for a little while but then you want to be carried.
- You have a favorite toy and it's a Purse teether (you just love chewing on it and it does a great job keeping you happy)
- You love to put anything in your mouth! Any toy or object you can get goes in your mouth!
- We tried solids just once or twice when Aunt Cat was here and wanted to feed you. We bought some vegetable baby food and have just started you on carrots. It made a mess and stained everything and you seemed to like it just fine. We also tried sweet potatoes and you liked that as well. You eat it but don't seem too interested other than trying to grab the spoon and chew on it.
- You rub your eyes when you are tired
- You will sit in your bumbo but can stretch for things and could probably get out of it so we have to watch you closely.
- You loooove bath time. You are so relaxed and content during bath time.
- I think since you can grasp toys and hold on to them you have begun to like your car seat more. It seems like I can hear you playing with a toy and that has been a huuuge change for us. You used to scream the second we put you in the car seat so we are so grateful for this change!
- You celebrated your first Thanksgiving this month and got to hang with Ryan, Hayden, and Blake (Ryan just adored you and wanted to help with everything)
- You also went on a road trip to Atlanta to Stone Mountain and you did sooo well in the car. You took naps both ways and didn't scream at all. It was amazing! You don't nap well if you are not at home so you didn't sleep much while we were there. We just entertained you in between feedings and you did really well.
- You slept in your pack and play in Atlanta and napped in it and did surprisingly so well.
- You still take your naps in the mama roo and we swaddle you and give your paci (you are seeming to outgrow this whole process so it will be interesting to see if your nap routine changes next month)
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-- Weight: 14 pounds 5 ounces
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