6 months!

Date: Tuesday April 9th 2013

Stats: At her 6 months appointment she weighed 14lbs14oz (25%) and was 26.5" long (78%). She is still our tall skinny girl!

Clothes: She is wearing all 6 months clothes, and 3-6 months pants. She still can fit into 3 months onesies if needed but since all of her short sleeve tops are 6 months, she is rocking those right now. We are still in size 2 diapers.

Sleep: We are still not sleeping through the night but I've accepted it for now. Its been a rough 2 months but I am used to it now. She still goes to bed at 745 and is down for the night till 8am ish... but she eats at 11pm, 3am and 6am. (The 6am feeding is fixed as I feed her right before I leave for work) If she could just drop that 3 am feeding I would feel sooo much better. She is going to start eating food now so maybe that will help her stay full at night. I am now officially in the 1% of mothers who exclusively breastfeed there babies till 6 months. Wahoo! Feels great. I love those times we have together and that I am helping her grow!

Food: We just started cereal today... more on that in a later post.

This month we were really able to enjoy the outdoors. We took many walks, enjoyed grilling out on the deck, we even went down to the river for a long walk last Sunday  It was beautiful! We celebrated St. Patrick's day and Easter. We tried out our exercauser for the first time and Harper loves to bounce like crazy! She loves to sit and stand, supported, however she is able to sit unsupported for a few seconds. She then gets interested in something and wants to reach for it... making her topple over. So once she can realize how to balance herself and reach we will be golden. She loves talking/babbling/screaming for fun. She really entertains herself with her voice. Her latest sound has been a D... much to "dada's" enjoyment. She has learned the joys of throwing and dropping toys on the floor. She also is learning how peek a boo works. If she sees her paci she will grab it and put it in her mouth. We go through endless amounts of pacis when she is in her crib as she likes to drop them through the slats. Now when she goes down for a nap or nighttime we can watch her rolling and rotating all over the place. Sometimes we go in there and she is laying the opposite way or is sideways. I love seeing the joy on her face when I pull her shirt over her head. For some reason she loves that! She also loves kisses on her cheeks while I make loud puckering noises. She is very interested in everything/anything you have. She will stick her hand in your water cup, try to eat your banana   taste the foot of her teddy bear, etc. She still is mesmerized by teeth brushing.. maybe she will be a dentist? She is growing and developing every single day. Its just amazing. I may be a broken record but we just have so much love for her. I now understand why the Duggers have 21 kids!! Ok maybe not ...