Luna Marina: Month Six

You'd think at some point I'd get used to time passing by so quickly, but it just isn't happening. I seriously cannot emotionally or mentally wrap my head around the fact that my sweet, happy, funny, smart baby girl is now half of a year old. HALF. A. YEAR, PEOPLE! WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?

It's so bittersweet. While I love watching her reach new milestones and get bigger, smarter, more capable and independent, my heart also breaks a little bit every time just because I know this is our last time getting to watch a little human this size accomplish all of these things for the first time.  I'm so fortunate to be in a position to get to be home to watch it happen and soak it in. Some days it's hard and I need a break, but most days I love getting to soak up the cuddles and enjoy all the small moments I have with these incredible kiddos.

So let's look at what six months looks like for this sassy little bebe. 

 

Weight: 19 lbs (89 percentile)

Length: 26.8 inches (80 percentile)

Clothing:  6-9 months, size 3 diapers. 

Teething: Two tiny little toofers on the bottom!

 

 

Skills: Sitting unassisted, standing assisted, scooting on her bum and tummy, jumping in her jumper, grabbing out-of-reach toys, chewing on allllll the things, gives kisses to mommy and daddy. Says, "hey" or "hi" in greeting (no joke) and said Daddy the other day. *wipes tears*

 

 

 

Sleep: Kinda sucks these days if I'm being honest. She's been nursing more at night. Can you say growth spurt? But her naps are longer (which was soooo nice for our travels over the weekend). She still mostly only naps if you're holding her, but will sometimes still crash in her swing or by being nursed down. 

AND new development, she'll only sleep at night if you're right next to her. So much for trying to do anything after she goes to bed at night. 

 

Eating: I just did a separate post about this here if you want to read more! 

Luna Likes: 

Mommy

Daddy 

Brother. 

The puppies. 

Her jumper. 

Playing with toys. 

Chewing on stuff. 

Being held. 

Music. 

Dance parties.

Peek a boo. 

Reading. 

Video chatting with grammy.

Bath time.

 

 

 

Luna Dislikes: 

Getting dressed. 

Long car rides. 

Being ignored. 

Being put down. 

Not getting to eat with the fam. 

When she can't figure out how to get her paci back in her mouth. :P 

This age is so much fun. I love watching her figure things out and enjoy mastering new skills. I love seeing her little personality start to come out. She's so much like Jack it freaks me out. Literally, all of her milestones so far are almost week for week the same as what Jack did too. Crazy! 

 

 

I mostly love watching her daddy and brother just totally dote on her and adore her each day. This girl has them totally wrapped around her fingers and doesn't even know it yet. (I'm sure she'll figure that out though. :P) 

She's the perfect little caboose to our family and makes us feel so complete. We love you, Luna Marina Dawn. Always be you, baby girl. We are so lucky to have you in our family! 

 

Newborn to six months. I cannot even believe it. 

Six month update

Half a year? Half a year!? Half a YEAR!!??

My little man has already been in this world for six months. It's nuts. It's insane. I cannot believe how fast the time has gone.

Okay, now that I've dealt with the shock of time not slowing down for me like I was hoping it so kindly would, let's chat about what life is like as the new mama of a six month old baby.

It's awesome.
It's scary.
It's fun.
It's EXHAUSTING.

Let's get right down to it, shall we?

Baby Stats: (length and weight are my estimates because I failed at making his six month check up so that won't be happening for another few weeks.)

Age: 6 Months
Weight: 18.5 lbs
Length: 26 inches
Clothing size: a mix of 3-6 and 6-9 months. Mostly the latter.
Diaper size: 3
Rolling over: yes
Sleeping through the night: HA.
Teeth: yes, the bottom two.
Favorite toy: His Goodbye Moon bunny rattle
Favorite person: Still me (for the time being. Although Daddy is a close second and he love, love, LOVES his Auntie who watches him during the day.)
Favorite food: breast milk!! Although he does love the taste of peaches too. We are still verrrry slow going with solids in our house.
Solids: As previously mentioned, yes. So far he has had: Oatmeal cereal, pureed carrots, pureed apple sauce, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, peaches, celery, cucumber and carrot sticks (just to chew on while teething). I don't think we'll do regular solid meals for a while yet.
Sitting unsupported: check.
Standing: With assistance.
Crawling: No. Tummy time is HARD, yo. Lots of rocking forward though while he is in a sitting position.

He drools constantly. (Thanks teething)

But it's all worth it so he can show off his two new pearly whites!

As I mentioned above, sleeping is still rough. Jack still does not do well during the night once we hit about 4 a.m. He has #2 bathroom issues and for some reason feels the need to go right then. Every single night. It's frustrating for all of us, including him. The more research I do on crying it out, the more I don't want to do it. Sure, sleep is like a magical unicorn - elusive and beautiful - and something it feels I will never see again, but something just doesn't feel right to me about leaving Jack to cry when something could be wrong. I am all for parents making their own choices, however. No mama-shaming here. I just don't think CIO is for us. I tend to follow his lead in all sleep areas, including naps.

Many of his naps look like this:

Sure, we may not be doing it "right" but in the meantime, I'm getting lots of baby cuddles. :)

Stats on me!

At six months post partum I'm pretty much feeling back to normal. I am still breast feeding so obviously I don't have my entire body back to myself but I feel a semblance of normal - aside from that whole no-sleep, walking-zombie feeling I have most days. I am also ten pounds less than what I was when I got pregnant. Woot! 

We are all also currently sick. Jack has been showing symptoms off and on (slight fever, cough, congestion) for the past couple weeks. As have I. Now Jack's aunt/sitter also has a cold. Bleh. Daniel had it for like a day and that was it. Lucky man with his immune system of steel!

It's unbelievable how much our live's have changed since Jack was born. As tough and as tiring being a mama can be, I am really loving it.

Now, I just really need time to sloowwww down for a minute, mmmmk?

Xoxo,

Sam