Half a year! I can’t believe how the past six months have flown by. And I have this cute little munchkin to show for it.
Stats:
She’s now gaining weight steadily but she’s still a little peanut. She wears size 2 Honest diapers, and a mix of 3-6 month and 6 month clothes.
Eating
Baby Markers is now 100% formula fed. My supply continued to dip until we were down to 1 feeding a day right after she turned 5 months. We slowly weaned from that feeding and she now takes 5 bottles a day, 6-8 oz each. She always has an 8oz bottle right before bed. We have also introduced solid foods! We’re doing a combination of purees and baby-led weaning. So far she has tried avocado, sweet potatoes, banana, nectarine, butternut squash, peas, salmon and apples.
Sleeping
Still doing great on this front – goes down at 8pm every night and wakes up around 7am each morning, almost without fail. She takes 3 naps a day, on average 1 – 1.5 hours each. She seems to love her crib now, and she’ll play quietly when she wakes up from naps – sometimes for 20 minutes or longer. Nap training for us made ALL the difference!
Development
We are officially on the move! It took all of month 5 to master it but she’s got crawling covered and sits up on her own. She’s not fast yet, but each day she seems more proficient than the last. This week she has even started to pull up on things! Much to my horror, since this inevitably ends in her falling and bumping her head. We’re working on babyproofing now that she’s showing interest in electrical cords and other baby-hazards.
We also started music class, which Baby Markers loves! She’s enthralled with her teacher, the “big kids” and all the fun toys and instruments.
No teeth yet! You’d think with the constant chewing on everything we’d see something soon… but not yet!
Likes: independent play, crawling to get her toys, our dog Abby, walks and runs in the stroller, swimming, pulling up (especially standing in the crib!), when dad gets home from work, music class, big kids, swinging at the park, looking in the mirror, peekaboo
Dislikes: being held for too long, long car rides, delayed naps, pureed peas 
I know I say this every time, but this month has been my favorite!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I’m sorry, were you talking? I couldn’t get past the chompable thighs on that adorable little girl of yours!!! Nom nom nom.
Ok, done being creepy now. I look back at my year 1 updates and I said the same thing every month, “this has been our favorite month so far!”
grapefruit / 4923 posts
oh she is adorable. love that picture where she’s balancing on your knees (i think?). sounds like a fun month!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Gahhhhh!!! She’s soooooooo adorable!!!!!
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
Wowww she seems so ahead in her physical development! DS turned 6 months on 8/23 and still needs assistance in sitting up and can’t actively crawl anywhere, though he tries when he’s on his belly and can turn himself around in a circle!
She’s adorable! So far this month has been my favorite too.
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
Wow, she seems soooo much older than our boys. I’m with @Mrs. High Heels: that her physical development seems really ahead! (Or else the baby dudes are waaaaaaaay behind!)
I love her looking at the book! She’s so cute!
grapefruit / 4997 posts
She has gotten so big! What a pretty baby girl. I am inlove with honest diapers. I hope my baby girl drinks that well at 6 months. We’ve been on 4 oz for a while now, sometimes she will finish 5 oz but for the most part, it’s 4 oz. (she is 3.5 months)
blogger / cherry / 192 posts
@Mrs. Blue: @Mrs. High Heels: she is NONSTOP. I feel like she reaches one milestone and the very next day she is trying for the next. I certainly don’t know what is inspiring this in her, especially the pulling up! I definitely didn’t show her that – she was so wobbly at first that it just made me too nervous. I think she just has a daredevil personality. I kind of wish she would slow down – chasing her around is tiring and she rarely lets me hold her anymore. Cherish it until they’re on the move!
blogger / cherry / 192 posts
@mediagirl: @edelweiss: @Adira: @Kimberlybee: thanks ladies!
blogger / pomegranate / 3300 posts
I just have to say she is absolutely adorable.