5 MONTHS
Sleeping Pattern: Addie woke up every 3 hours during this month. Practically on the dot. I was absolutely exhausted and so we tried the Ferber method of sleep training, where you let them cry it out for an allotted time before going in to comfort them but not pick them up. She was a determined little lady though and it seemed like it was working for about a week, and then she went back to her old habits and fought us pretty hard so we decided we would try again later. We also moved her to her pack-and-play again to see if that would help. And naps? Naps were completely non-existent unless in arms. Whoever coined the phrase "sleeping like a baby" clearly never met my child :)
Eating Habits: She nursed every. 3. hours. this month. (To match her sleep schedule, of course!) She also tried rice cereal for the first time on November 12 and LOVED it. She especially wanted to hold the spoon and loved sticking her hands in her mouth to play with it. We caught it on camera and just had to share it since she is so darn cute!
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Accomplishments: Addie rolled every which way this month, and would often do it with purpose. Once Alex and I were sharing ice cream out of a colorful bowl and she kept reaching for it so we did a little experiment and put her on the ground and the bowl about 3 feet away and sure enough she rolled end-over-end towards it and was so pleased with herself!
Discoveries: Toes were a great thing to suck on this month according to Miss Adelaide. She was also discovering more noises she could make and switched from screeching like a pterodactyl to doing "soft coos" instead.
Memories: When she had a poo-splosion and it was alllll over-running down her leg, in her belly button, and we go to open up the diaper and there is a single poo spot in her diaper. We still don't know how she managed that but it happened again a few days later! She would also cry one minute and then be giggly and happy the next. Going to the library to get books and then her wanting to hold them, when she gave me a kiss right on the lips back, Thanksgiving with our Ann Arbor friends, and when we would put her on the ground for tummy time and she would lift her arms up in the air thinking that would make her go forward...
6 MONTHS
Weight: 15 lbs 1.6 oz (29th percentile)
Height: 26 1/4 " (53rd percentile)
Head Circumference: 41.7 cm (33rd percentile)
Sleeping Patterns: She is sleeping better in the pack-n-play and actually started taking some naps during the day this month that were not in our arms-YAY! We also saw some longer stretches of sleep, but her schedule is so erratic that I never know when she is going to wake up.
Eating Habits: Addie ate her first "real" solid food on her 6 month birthday. It was apple sauce and she loved, loved, loved it! She also cut back a bit on nursing (so I think we may have went through a stinker of a growth spurt last month!) and now is doing about every 4 hours.
Accomplishments: She pushes herself all the way up on her arms and is starting to rock back and forth a bit on her knees. She also sat up on Christmas Eve!
Discoveries: Addie now does some really great belly laughs which come out especially when we play peek-a-boo around the corners in our house. She also is more ticklish! (see video below) She is starting to track where we go as well, which can be a bit of a hassle sometimes when we set her down on the ground as she wants to be held and walked around everywhere!
(side note-same pj's in two videos? definitely did not plan that one! haha)
Memories: She got sick for the first time-there is nothing sadder than a coughing, snotty-nosed baby. Auntie Lindsay coming to visit us in Michigan, when she listened to me sing one night before bed, Christmas in Kansas and meeting Mississippi cousins for the first time, opening presents, and looking at Christmas lights.
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