Happy Half Birthday to our Miss Madelyn! You have brought so much love & joy to our family in the past 6 months. Adding you to our family has been a smooth transition and I cannot imagine it without you.
Size:
You are a growing little girl! You weigh 17lbs 2oz & are 26.25 inches tall. You are wearing size 3 diapers & mainly 6-12 or 9 month clothing. I love all the rolls on your wrists & legs! They are adorable. You hair is still growing! It has thinned out a bit in the back but is about 4 inches long.
You are a growing little girl! You weigh 17lbs 2oz & are 26.25 inches tall. You are wearing size 3 diapers & mainly 6-12 or 9 month clothing. I love all the rolls on your wrists & legs! They are adorable. You hair is still growing! It has thinned out a bit in the back but is about 4 inches long.
Sleep:
We have
overcome the rough patch that we experienced during the holidays with your sleep. Your bedtime is between 7:30-8. You will normally wake up once and cry once and either put your own pacifier in or we will do it for you. Then you normally wake again between 4 and 6 and I try to coax you back to sleep but most of the time you are ready to eat. You go right back
to sleep and will wake up for the day between 7 and 8. You are getting a bit more predictable with
naps & are officially taking all of your naps in the crib (you were napping
in the swing prior :/). You pretty much will only sleep on your
tummy, even though I still put you down on your back. You roll over soon
after we put you down, if not immediately.
Activities:
You
LOVE your jumparoo! You play with
all your toys, watch what is going on around you, & continuously jump for a
while. When you are bored you give a few very loud screams out and let us know. You still like to play under your jungle gym
every once in a while but you pretty much roll right to your stomach and then
get aggrevated. You can
now sit up. I'll put the boppy around you in case you fall, but you'll play with the toys right in front of you. You also love watching your brother and he often spends time entertaining you & loves to help you jump when you are in the jumper.
Food:
You are
eating 5-6 times a day. You have tried
more solids this month including avocado, banana, butternut squash, sweet
potatoes & pear. I have been making your
food and you seem to like it so far. You are normally ready to eat & open your mouth continuously until you et full.
New things:
You are
sitting up on your own! You still tumble
over every once in a while but definitely prefer to be sitting up & looking
at your surroundings. When we were at the doctor and you were laying on the table, you were in a constant crunch position trying to pull yourself up to see what was going on.
You like to pull everything to your mouth including your bows, which is a new habit! I have been putting them on top of your head to keep the hair out of your eyes and also because they are harder for you to reach.
You want to reach for everything including my phone, my hair, my necklaces, and all your brother's toys.
You love to blow raspberries & make the loudest noises while you are doing it!
You had your first Christmas and we loved having you be a part of it this year. Even though you can’t appreciate it, yet you got your first baby doll for Christmas & I know you will love it soon enough!
You love interacting with your brother and he loves you! Every time he wakes up from sleeping the first thing he asks is "baby awake?" When you take your morning nap he asks about you often (we are working on staying quiet during this time) and misses you. He insists that you be present when we read books & pray before nap & bedtime. He holds your hand when we pray and must give you a hug & a kiss multiple times (he also insists on doing this on his way into his classroom each Tuesday & Thursday). He keeps you company in the car and keeps me informed on if "baby awake" or "baby nap." When you cry he'll reach over to you and tell you that it's ok ("baby otay"). He also enjoys dance parties with you and loves to play in your crib with you when you wake up from naps. He has accepted you from the first moment you entered our family and been nothing but positive towards you. Now if we can keep it that way when you start crawling & walking & playing with his toys that would be awesome :)
You like to pull everything to your mouth including your bows, which is a new habit! I have been putting them on top of your head to keep the hair out of your eyes and also because they are harder for you to reach.
You want to reach for everything including my phone, my hair, my necklaces, and all your brother's toys.
You love to blow raspberries & make the loudest noises while you are doing it!
You had your first Christmas and we loved having you be a part of it this year. Even though you can’t appreciate it, yet you got your first baby doll for Christmas & I know you will love it soon enough!
You love interacting with your brother and he loves you! Every time he wakes up from sleeping the first thing he asks is "baby awake?" When you take your morning nap he asks about you often (we are working on staying quiet during this time) and misses you. He insists that you be present when we read books & pray before nap & bedtime. He holds your hand when we pray and must give you a hug & a kiss multiple times (he also insists on doing this on his way into his classroom each Tuesday & Thursday). He keeps you company in the car and keeps me informed on if "baby awake" or "baby nap." When you cry he'll reach over to you and tell you that it's ok ("baby otay"). He also enjoys dance parties with you and loves to play in your crib with you when you wake up from naps. He has accepted you from the first moment you entered our family and been nothing but positive towards you. Now if we can keep it that way when you start crawling & walking & playing with his toys that would be awesome :)
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