she has changed so much in the last month. where to begin....
for starters, she is still eating breastmilk, both from nursing and from bottles. i have tried to introduce formula a couple of times now, and it really seems to disagree with her little system. she pukes it all up whenever we try, so for now...strictly breastmilk it is. i have made it 6 months already, so maybe i can make it the whole year. fingers crossed! we also have started her on cereal once a day. we did this for the first time yesterday, and as you can see, the diva wasn't super impressed. her doctor recommended starting with cereal then moving onto veggies. i am excited to see her reactions to different foods! we are taking our time with it though, and moving slowly to other foods. breastmilk is still the best thing for her.
our little chunk had her 6 month apt the other day, and she weighs 17 lbs 10 oz (77%), is 27 inches long (89%) and her head circumference is 17 1/4 inches (89%). it looks like she's going to be tall! she is wearing size 3 diapers and size 6M, 6-9M, and i just got out her 9M clothes. the 9M really fits her best for now, but she's kind of in that in between stage where the 6M is a little tight and the 9M is a little big. she has a TON of cute 9M stuff though, so I am trying to get her in some of it now to stretch out how long she gets to wear it all.
her sleep at the beginning of this month took a nose dive. she was up every hour and a half for what seemed like WEEKS. then oliver and i took a week long trip to mexico and my parents kept her, and apparently while she was there, something just clicked. now she's sleeping from 6:30PM-6:30AM with little or no wake ups. when she does wake up, you just pop in her pacifier (called a "boppy" in our house) and she goes right back to sleep. whatever you did mom and dad, it worked!! naps are still iffy....i have really been trying to put her down in her crib for naps, but its slow going. she's actually in there right now taking a nap, so i will count that as a small victory! at night we go through a bedtime routine of bath, swaddle, and nurse, and lay her down awake but sleepy. she has no problem putting herself to sleep at bedtime.
in physical development, she just recently started rolling more than one roll at a time. she can be in the middle of the living room and roll roll roll to the other side in no time. its actually really funny to see her do it, and sometimes she gets stuck in the side of the couch or in her crib slots. then she gets pissed! she also loves to bounce in her bouncer. she is working on sitting up unassisted--we still have a little ways to go on that. she can stand with help too.
i think we are entering a little of an attachment phase. these past couple days she hasn't wanted me to put her down and she's screamed when i walk away from her. the doctor said that around this age they start realizing mom is leaving the room--and she definitely does. (she just woke up from her nap as i type this and i've had to move her bouncer to where she can see me....shes keeping me within eyesight!)
her hair is coming in, and it looks like its going to be a light blonde. her eyes are still kind of hard to tell, but sometimes they look dark blue, green, and hazel. it just depends on the light. i did read that the eyes change the most drastically between 6-9 months, so it will be interesting to see what happens these next couple months.
she is a serious baby, always checking things out and studying the faces of people around her. she LIGHTS UP when her daddy is around, and also loves for me to sing songs (itsy bitsy spider and the birdie song are the favorites), loves to look at herself in the mirror, and loves bath time. she's not a fan of anyone messing with her nose or her neck rolls. she pretty much only cries when she's hungry or tired.
we love our sweet girl! happy 6 months ava!
