Well, we knew this time would come...just didn't know it would happen SO FAST! Our little girl is 6 months and we (I) can hardly stand it! We are at the HALF-WAY point...eeeek!
McKenna is doing such big girl things! She is doing really well sitting on her own. She teeters at times, but for the most part she is flying solo! We have moved into sitting in highchairs and grocery carts! We moved to the "big girl" part of her baby bath tub. She has really started to play and manipulate some of her bath toys, so that has been fun. She hasn't strung her consonants yet, like BA-BA-BA, MA-MA-MA, but she gets them in there. You have to listen closely and carefully but she has used the B, D, F, and M sounds. She loves to jump and stand on your legs. She does NOT like to be craddled anymore. She likes to sit up and facing the world. She doesn't want to miss a thing!
A big change has been that we've moved her to a 4 hour schedule! She is still up by 8:00am and goes down for her first nap at 10:00am. She's up at 12:00pm, and then goes back down at 2:00pm. When she wakes up at 4:00pm she's up until her bed time at 7:30pm! She is still sleeping through the night beautifully (knock on wood/Praise the Lord) and naps well too! She has also broadened her horizons with food! I mix avocado or applesauce in her cereal for breakfast, and for lunch and dinner she'll have various combinations of sweet peas, sweet potatoes, green beans, acorn/butternut/yellow squash, carrots, pumpkin, pears, and bananas. She is also strictly on formula now! Mommy is done breastfeeding...thank you Jesus! :o)
McK has absolutely no interest in crawling. She is no where near getting up onto her knees. She still does well on her tummy, but no rocking back and forth or anything...so we'll see when she gets interested. Still no sign of any toofers either. She sure is a drooly little thing though, so I'm sure within the next 2 months we'll see little white teeth appear!
She is still doing well in the church and YMCA nursery and she will go to anyone who wants her. Not looking forward to the whole "stranger anxiety" thing. She loves to smile and we are JUST now starting to hear a little girl giggle. Up until now she really hasn't laughed outloud in the way you usually hear little babies giggle...it's been more of a back of the throat gurgle :o) But she loves to play peek-a-boo and be lifted high into the air...you'll get an actual giggle...it sure is a sweet one too! :o)
We took McK to her 6 month appt and it ended up being a "sick visit" so we'll have to reschedule her shots :o( When we took her though she weighed 16.7 lbs (a little about the 50%) and she was 26.5 in (75%). I know that while she's been sick (with NO apetite) she's lost weight...so hopefully we'll be back where we're supposed to be at her next visit.
She continues to be an absolute joy and I still can't get over the fact that we get to keep her.
