Six Months Old

Wow, has it really been six months? Ellie is more and more interactive and entertaining each day. Tim was just commenting yesterday that for all the things we haven't done in awhile (hiking, going to a movie) we sure get to do some pretty fun things that we never could before, like watching our munchkin splash in the bath and blow raspberries!

It is true - we have never been happier (even with all the not sleeping).

Latest stats from her six month check-up:
Weight: 13 lbs, 6 oz. She has moved from the 5th percentile to the 10th! Yeah!
Length: 25 3/4 inches long. 50th percentile. You can't get more "average" than that!


How Ellie has changed over the past month:

• She is very good at blowing raspberries, in fact the spit flies when she does it now.
• Sleep has deteriorated... She is getting up 4-6 times a night now. She nurses two or three times and I rock her the other times. We are currently reading several "sleep solution" books and plan to implement some kind of sleep training in the next couple of weeks.
• Ellie has perfected sitting. She can sit without using her arms for support. She can now hold toys and play with them and sit up all by herself!
• She now eats some solid foods at each meal. Her favorites are prunes and pears. She also enjoys oatmeal, sweet potatoes, and sweet peas. She tolerates carrots, bananas, apples, and rice cereal.

Events of the last month:

• Ellie slept through the night twice, then her front teeth started moving up and that was the end of that!
• We took Ellie to the fair and she got to pet the animals in the petting zoo (we cleaned her hands really well after). She saw and/or touched the following animals: ducks, sheep, goats, a baby camel, pot-bellied pig, and a pony. She especially liked the pony. She kept reaching out for him.
• "Swimming" in an inflatable pool in the front yard. She wasn't sure at first, but then she got very excited and had a great time.
• Most evenings Ellie plays with the other kids who live on our alley. The moms chat while we wait for all the dads to get home from work. She especially likes watching Jamison, who is 13 months old, and he in turn likes to pull her hair... Tim and I think that they will be good friends as they get older.