6 Months Old

Mikayla is growing quick and learning more everyday. She loves the view from sitting up whether it is in her playtoy, her high chair, stroller walks or just on the floor. It has become a new world to her now. She is also loving the new variety of food---cereal/fruit combo and vegetables. So far we have tried peas, squash, and carrots and she gobbles down every one....yumm yumm (at least the baby chub is still cute at this point).

She has also conquered holding the bottle all by herself which I love because it gives me 10 min that I can run around hands free and throw in a batch of laundry or do the dishes. She has become quite the rolly polly. Only after a minute on her back and she quickly flips over to her tummy but hasn't quite figured out that she can flip back over to her back. So a little help from mommy is needed once she gets tired of laying on her stomach. She loves to reach and grab at anything that is in front of her. And when she can't find anything within reach she will resort to grabbing her own feet and pulling off her socks which she loves to do. Her sleeping habits are frustrating at times. Generally she takes three short (30-45 min) naps during the day so you would thing she would sleep all night. We had a few great nights where it looked like she was headed in that direction but the last week has been more difficult with her waking up more than once during the night. So I know it is time to try some new tactics and help teach her how to fall asleep on her own.

So last night I laid her in the crib with her bottle hoping she would fall asleep. Went in later to check on her and the bottle was gone but she was still awake but happy so I decided to let her be and see what happens. So about 1/2 hour later I went in to check on her (knowing that she was asleep since I hadn't heard a peep). It was dark and as I looked at her sleeping I thought to myself "Is that a binky in her mouth?" (which she uses often to go to sleep with) After looking closer and almost laughing outloud I realized it was her sock that she had halfway in her mouth. Guess from now on she will be sleeping without socks. She is such a funny girl. But she did sleep all night until 7 a.m.