Six Months

Lola is now 6 months old. We have already spent half a year with our precious baby girl and we have loved every minute of it. She is so much fun and fills our hearts with more love than we could have ever imagined. It has been fun the last month to have her first fall, and first Halloween. I love watching her see things for the first time. Everything is so new and exciting. Its fun to watch her little eyes light up with excitement and when she's curious about something or not quite sure what to think, her tiny eyebrows raise with wonder. She is at the age where she pays attention to anything and everything. Grabbing it, eating it, and playing with it to figure out just how it works or what it does. She can now grab anything she reaches out for and gets it in her hands on the first try about 90% of the time. She is now grabbing at my hair and our food from the table, naughty girl! She loves her toys, especially the crinkle ones and she goes to town on any type of tissue paper. Christmas will be a fun one this year, as she could get wrapped boxes and be totally content with just the paper and bows! We took Lola to the Dr.s a week back and she weighed 14 pounds and 4 ounces and was just over 25 inches long. She is getting to be such a big girl! She has her 6 month check up next week which will determine her stats. She is now jabbering constantly and loves to squeal. She can be really quiet for hours and then doesnt stop talking when she has something to say. She is still rolling and still only to her left. She is getting close to learning how to move her legs while on her tummy and start to creep. She can almost officially sit up by herself. She does it now for a minute or so but then gets tired and just lays/falls onto her back. We purchased a Jumperoo toy last month and she LOVES it! She gets so excited when she sees it. She'll sit and jump in it for 20- 30 minutes and sometimes longer. And she gets this so-serious look on her face when she's focused on her jumping. It is the funniest and best toy purchase we've made so far! She is still exclusively breastfed for all her meals and also eats cereal with fruits or veggies for Breakfast and Dinner. We cant wait for the day she takes a bottle so Daddy and I can go out for longer than a few hours. I actually dont try the bottle as often as I should because I still really enjoy her and my time together when she nurses. I know it wont last forever so Im cherishing it now while she's still interested. She still takes 2-3 naps in her swing for 1-2.5 hours each nap however, during the last month Lola decided that she needed an earlier bedtime. It used to be around 8pm but for whatever reason she started getting more tired earlier and earlier and would get cranky, even hysterical if we got her into bed too late. I read that we should try putting her down 15 minutes earlier each night until we found the time that worked best. So we were starting with 8pm and after a week or so of some pretty long nights, we found that 6pm was the magical time for Lola. Any later than 630 and she can get so upset that she cant hardly settle down to fall asleep and then it makes for a long night with an over tired and hysterical baby who doesnt fall asleep until hours later. So 6 it is. She now eats dinner at 515, has her bath after that, then stories, nursing and she's in bed by 6. She sleeps 6pm to 4 or 5 am, eats, and goes back down for another 2+ hours. It has really worked out nicely and Dad and I are enjoying our special time together in the evenings. So that is whats new this month and as always Lola is a very easy going and happy little baby that we are so in love with and cant get enough of.