Stats:
At 6 months, she was 16.3 oz, size 3 diapers, 6-9 month clothes. Some 6 months pants are too long. Not wearing shoes yet. She seems like she is gaining a pound a week.
Sleeping:
Lana is taking 2 naps, usually about 1.5 hrs, give or take 15-30 mins. Some days are better than others. Unfortunately, she is not sleeping thru the night yet. She goes to bed at 6pm (thanks to daylight savings time). She usually wakes up b/w 10-11pm for a dream feed. The rest is somewhat unpredictable. On the best nights, she only wakes up once to nurse and then will go right back to bed. But on average, she is still waking up twice a night. Her wake up time is 7am. She's better than an alarm clock.
Words:
She is babbling and says ma, da, ba, mmm. I don't think she has associated the words yet. Although the other day, she was crying in her crib and I could have swore I heard her say Ma...ma.
Lana loves to crawl and practicing cruising. Due to this, I rarely have any personal time as she requires constant monitoring. She learned to sit herself down from a standing position which is a God send as she was pulling up every 45 mins in her crib at night. Since she mastered this skill, these pull ups have been eliminated to only nursing time. Lana loves her Leap Frog music table and putting anything in her mouth. She especially loves everything she is not suppose to have i.e. remote control, cell phone, keys, shoes. Oh and she is fascinated by electrical outlets and cords. We have the safety plugs and when she is out and about, I have to remove the laptop cord and baby monitor and just wait to plug them in when she naps or goes to bed.
Food:
At 6 months, we tried avocado which she seemed to like, but after a few days, the novelty of food wore off and she started pushing food back out of her mouth. Despite trying often, she just didn't get into it. We gave it a week off for our Thanksgiving travels. When we got back, we tried again. She did start to eat some of the pureed food but only about 2 tsp at a time and she really got irked by sitting in her chair. At dinner one night last week, we were trying to occupy her and let her play with a shoestring french fry. It disappeared and I just thought she dropped it but couldn't find it. Chris gave her another one and this time we watch her eat it!! So we started just doing whole food and she is loving it! She has eaten banana, avocado, carrots, peas, and pears. I think she just prefers the independence of feeding herself. The dogs are really enjoying this as she does drop food on the floor and they patiently wait below her for treats.
Tricks:
Lana's latest trick is waving. I'm not totally sure she associates it properly but she gets a kick out of practicing her wave, sometimes waving at herself or the dogs, but mostly when we play peek-a-boo.
I'm amazed at how independent Lana is at such an early age. It's almost sad. Although, when she is grumpy or tired, she still prefers mama which is so sweet. She's such a happy baby. She just lights up any room she enters. All the nursery workers always love her.
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