6 months

Aliyah is half a year old!!!

This is what has started to happen this month....

So for better or for worse my kids now interact! 50% of the time its adorable. They make each other laugh and he takes good care of her. The other 50% of the time he's jealous or mad or just too rough so its an interesting time for us. And I fear it may only get worse once she's able to move around and grab his things but we're laying down the law now so hopefully he'll learn.

I'm disappointed in myself. She had an adorable blue dress and tights on for church and I meant to take the pictures before I changed her but I forgot of course and this is our usual attire so she's in her jammies again!

She's doing great. She now plays in her walker (Max loves to push her around) but she can move herself in it. She's sitting up pretty well, we don't leave her but she's getting there quickly. She had been rolling a few weeks ago but pretty much stopped that. The Dr told me she may just skip it now that she's sitting and will just start to crawl to get to stuff instead of roll. I'm not ready for her to be that mobile yet but we'll see. She is still pretty much on the same schedule. She still eats 5 times and I'm still nursing her when I can. She still has to get a little formula because I don't have enough anymore but she takes it ok. She still spits up ALLLL the time but we're just kinda used to it. I was hoping once she got into more solids it may stop but she just spits that up too, which is lovely colors! We've made it through sweet peas, pears and squash and of course the prunes in her oatmeal. She likes all of it. The Dr did tell me I can start doing a lunch meal now so we'll start her on 3 meals a day soon.

The naps are still up in the air. She tends to sleep in a lot (after nursing at 6:30 she goes back to sleep), sometimes until after 9am so if she sleeps in she doesn't take a morning nap till 10:30 or 11 but if she wakes up before 8:30am she often needs a cat nap too (usually just on a lap while Max is taking his morning rest). She still takes a long afternoon nap and depending on when she wakes from that she may take another lap evening cat nap. We prefer the 2 naps of course but deal with 4 if we have to. She does take her 2 regular naps in her crib because she won't let herself relax in her swing anymore, she just sits up and it won't rock.

Stats

Weight: 15,5lbs 34% Length: 26 3/8 70% Head: 16 1/4 17%

So....I asked the Dr if she was too thin since her percentiles are kinda off and the Dr says she's perfect. Kids are too chunky these days and she says once they start moving they thin out. Of course to look at her she's not long and skinny so its comforting to hear the Dr say she's ok and doesn't need to be all chubby like the other babies!

She still just loves attention and smiles at everyone and is just such a joy. We do love our little family very much!