Catching Up With Caitlin: Six Month Update

Six months old on 2/22/13

Last Friday I turned 6 months old! Half a year already, and Mommy and Daddy can hardly believe it! I got to stay home from day care for the day because there was a crazy snow storm Thursday and Friday, and then it turns out I got to stay home with Mommy and Daddy again today because there's another snow storm! I've been looking out the window and watching my neighbors play in it, and it looks like fun! Maybe next year I'll get to go out and play in it, too.

Six Month Stats
Weight: 18 lbs 2 oz (88th percentile)
Height: 26.75 in (85th percentile)
Head circumference: 17.75 in
Clothes size: 6-9 mos
Diaper size: 3 fits better, but Mommy and Daddy are using up my last box of 2's!

Six Month Habits
Eating: Nursing once at 7am, then 6-8 oz bottles of pumped breastmilk every 4 hours at around 11am, 3pm, and 6:30pm before bed. Breakfast of fruit and/or oatmeal cereal around 8am, lunch of veggies or fruit around noon, and dinner around 5:30 or 6pm. I just started eating some meat the last couple of days, and it's definitely not my favorite yet. I love most fruits I've tried, but I think my favorite is pear and apple sauce. Mommy puts a little cinnamon in it, and it's delicious!

Sleeping: Sleeping through the night pretty much every night now from 6:30-7pm until 6:30-7am.
Napping - 1-2 hour nap around 9am, and then either another 2 hour nap at 1 or a shorter nap at 1 and then a third nap around 4-4:30pm. I won't take a third nap at day care though, so if I take a short afternoon nap there, then I usually fall asleep in the car on the way home for 20 minutes or so. One day a couple of weeks ago, I didn't take an afternoon nap at day care at all, so when Mommy picked me up at 5:30pm I had been awake since 10:45am! I fell asleep in the car and Mommy moved me to my crib when we go home, and I slept all the way until the next morning!

Play/skills: I love to suck my thumb and chew on my lovey blankets, which are little blankets with an animal on them. I have a monkey and a frog. I also love to grab and chew on pretty much anything. If I can reach it, it's mine! That includes Daddy's nose and Mommy's hair and jewelry! I can sit up almost by myself, but somebody has to stay pretty close by in case I start to tip over. I also started rolling from my tummy to my back again, but sometimes I don't feel like doing it and I'll just cry until someone comes to help me. :) After practicing with Mommy for a while, I rolled from my back to my tummy once for the first time today! It was super hard work, so we'll see if I try it again soon or not! I still love to talk and have started making new sounds. My favorite right now is "b." I still love books, too, and my favorites right now are Global Babies, Baby Colors, and Baby Giggles cause they have pictures of other babies that are so funny to look at! Last week Mommy and Daddy got me my first movie, too. It's called Baby Signing Time, and it's soooo much fun! It teaches babies about how to use sign language to say things like more, Mommy, Daddy, and milk. There are little kids on it who are so silly, and I love it! I've watched every day since we got it (thanks to being stuck in the house with all the snow!).

Video of the Month
Check out this video of me talking to my friend, Caleb! Sorry it's kind of blurry...