Half a Year

I can hardly believe that my sweet girl is 6 months old today! Happy half-birthday Brooklyn! You are growing and changing so quickly and it's such a priviledge to be your mom!

At 6 months you:

-weigh 16 pounds 6 ounces (60th percentile) and are 25 inches long (25th percentile)
-depending on the outfit, you wear either 3/6, 6, or some 6/9 month clothing
-roll both ways and will mostly sleep on your tummy now
-speaking of sleep, you get tired earlier these days. You will often go to bed at around 8:30 and won't wake up till 6 or 7. You take a nap from about 9-11 or 11:30am and again around 1:00 or 1:30. Sometimes you will take a quick 30 minute nap in the early evening.
-you are still a great nurser and I can manage to make you wait 3 hours between feedings these days (usually), especially if we are out or you are occupied. You eat cereal/fruit in the morning and a veggie at night. We will now start a lunch as well.
-you love spending time in your exersaucer and are still pretty enthralled with anything your sister is doing.
-you smile a lot and laugh out loud too. You are very ticklish and have the cutest giggle when someone gets just the right spot!
-we will be dropping your bed down to the next level this month along with taking off the bumper pad. We will also continue to practice sitting up.
-you got your normal vaccines today along with a flu shot. Here's to hopefully having a healthy winter!