6 Month Love

Leighton turned 6 months old over the weekend! On the 19th to be exact. It still seems unreal to me that she's been with us for HALF A YEAR. I love this little girl so much...heres what she's up to!

Weight/Height: Still don't know, her 6 month well-check isn't until the first week of March, we will find out then. Im guessing 17lbs though! Wearing some 6-9 month clothes, but pretty soon will be exclusively 9 months! My healthy healthy girl :)


Motor Skills/Milestones: This is totally different than her 5 month post. She reaches for everything, grabs everything, shoves e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. in her mouth. Still just doing the fist grab, but she will use her thumb and first finger when she's playing with somewhat that has small pieces attached, and if theres a tag on something she WILL find it. Sitting is probably our biggest milestone this month! She's actually very good at it...but when she realizes she's all alone, or when she gets bored/tired...she just falls. Hopefully she will figure it out soon that just doesn't work haha! We did have one incident where she hit her head on the coffee table, it was rough, more on me than her haha..of course! Were now using a high chair, its the Chicco version of the one i showed in a previous blog. She loves it. At first she just wanted to play in it and chew on the sides (duh) but she seems to be getting over that now! One of the more annoying habits she's picked up is spitting, she sticks her large tounge out just lets it rip. One day she started doing it while eating..BIG no no, i don't want her learning incorrect eating habits early on {yes, I'm aware she's a baby, but this is the perfect age to start teaching them!} she used to stick her hands in her mouth when she ate, i would pull them out and say in my best "mom" voice..NO NO, no hands in our mouth when we eat. So i tried that when she spit her food out....no such luck. She just smiled that huge smile and i had to turn around so i wouldn't laugh! Well her favorite aunt Erin was over yesterday and using a little...force...(no we didn't beat her haha) there is no more spitting while she eats! Thanks Aunt Erin :)
Her first straw trainer sippy cup comes in the mail sometime this week, can't wait to start working on that!! So BIG girl. If you want to know why were using the straw cup instead of a regular one, just google cons to sippy cups. Don't feel like going there today! :)
Im positive we will have a crawler soon also, she's been pulling her legs up under her during tummy time. She crawl/scoots all over her crib..i give it a month or so before she's got it figured out.


Sleep/Independence: Praise the good Lord my baby is back! Literally, THE DAY she turned 6 months old a light switch went off in Leightons head and my napper has come home! YAHOO! One night i decided to keep her up until 7:30 instead of 7:00, it seemed like her early morning wakings were due to too much night sleep...shes just not a 12 hour sleeper, she's more on the 10.5 11 hour end, and thats fine with me too! So we tried it, and she slept till 7:00 the next morning. That morning I kept her up for 1 hour 15 minutes and put her down for nap...she slept 2.5 hours! I went grocery shopping during her next nap and she slept 2 hours while I was gone! So we are on day 4 of 2.5 morning hour naps, 2 hour afternoon naps, and 1.5-2 hour evening naps! We are so happy....and so is Leighton :)

Our schedule as of now:

7:00-Leighton eats
8:15-Leighton naps
10:30-Leighton eats
11:45-Leighton naps
1:30-2:00-Leighton eats
3:15-3:45-Leighton naps
5:00-Leighton eats
7:30-Bottle, then bed :)
10:00ish-dreamfeed

I know i said we were going to drop the dream feed, but i decided to keep it until our schedule was back on track...im sure we will drop it soon! :)

Eating: still going well despite the spitting incident! haha! she had a reaction to pears, so add that to the list with apples.going to talk to her pedi about it at her next visit! avocados are still her #1, butternut squash is the only thing that comes close. little vegetable lover. she still takes 5 bottles a day around 5 ounces each time, eats three meals of vegetables and fruits. PRAYING she will catch onto the cup soon and bottle feeding will become a thing of the past!

so far we've eaten:

avocadoes
organic oatmeal
butternut squash
sweet potatoes
peas
bananas
apples-rash
pears-rash

tomorrow-green beans :) I'm sure she will love them!


All in all 6 months is looking pretty sweet from where I'm sitting! Will it always be perfect? no. Will it always schedule out nicely? no. But my happy napping little girl seems pretty content in this moment, and thats all that matters :) Everyone always says that after the 6 month mark things start moving really fast, i can't imagine, i feel like 6 months was so quick, any faster and I'm going to miss something for sure! Good thing my sister has a tiny little one i can cuddle haha!

Enjoy the show...the rolls are thinning out ( you may not be able to tell but i can! )