Today she is 6 months and 2 weeks old. Here are a few current things going on:
* At her 6 month check-up (June 15) she weighed 14lbs 14oz and was 26.5 inches long
* Kamryn still can wear 3-6 months pants. Well, they have to be shorts/skirts/dresses. She's too long for the long pants/jeans but too skinny to wear the 6-9 month clothes. She needs the 6 month or 6-9 month shirts for the torso length. She doesn't entirely fill them up around the belly or butt region but any smaller and they are too short length-wise.
* She's just moved last week or so to size 2 diapers.
* She's tried carrots, squash, green beans, peas, and sweet potatoes. Carrots are her favorite but she'll eat any of them. She's also had grapes and bananas in her mesh bag feeder.
* Per the Doc's instructions, we're learning to self feed. Kamryn loves it. She will hold these rice wafer things by herself and just chew on them. She's not great at feeding herself with the mesh bag feeder but will eat from it if you hold it. She loves any and all food we've let her taste. I hope that keeps up!
* The doctor also suggested (even tho I think she's too young) to try to drink from a sippy cup. Kamryn will drink water from it but no formula. That has to be in a bottle. LOL. I asked him if she can have anything other than formula or water and he said no. No milk till she's 1 year and juice is the equivalent of soda. So, no juice for Kamryn.
* On June 17th Kamryn started saying Mama. Well to be honest it was more like "ma ma ma ma ma" but I just get her attention and try to tell her that I'm Mama.
* We are still practicing on the sign language. After some advice from different people, we've decided to start with "more". Once we learn that an action means something then we will move on to other signs. Sometimes Kamryn acts like she's getting it, but other times she just thinks I'm silly and she laughs and laughs.
* Kamryn still sleeps all night long. *so blessed* Most nights (like 95%) of the time she will put herself to sleep at night. I sometimes still rock her to sleep (she is still my baby). Naps during the day are another story. She will not go on her own. You have to rock/bounce/sing her to sleep, and when she does fall sleep she doesn't sleep for very long anymore. She used to sleep for hours during the day but the older she gets the shorter the daytime naps become. If there is a lot of activity going on, forget about more then a 20 minute nap. Hoping that will get better soon. I've seen the affects of toddlers not taking naps. LOL
* Kamryn now refuses to sleep on her back. She sleeps in a million weird positions. She sleeps on her side, on her belly, with only her feet face down and the rest of her on her side, on her belly with one leg pulled up to her chest, and with her legs tucked under her and her butt up in the air. :)
* At her 6 month check-up I was asking about sitting up. She never would sit up for more than a few seconds unassisted before toppling over. So I was showing the doctor what I was talking about and asking if that counted as sitting....and that booger sat up for more than a minute. So of course, Doc said she's a "sitter". I was shocked. That's like the third time she's done something like that to me in front of the doctor. I think she like him and tries to show off for him :)
* Kamryn is such a happy baby. She loves to talk (babble) and laugh to herself. She says the syllables "ba" and "ma" and the occasional "da" but she just likes to make noise. She will talk to her toys and just go on forever. Lately her new thing is a random almost screeching laugh. Keith, Kamryn and I were all in the truck the other day headed to my in-laws, and as we pulled in the drive Kamryn just let out the very loud, very excited screech-type laugh. She started kicking her arms and legs and laughed. It was so cute. Loud, but cute :)
* Kamryn is also great at entertaining herself. Her favorite toys are currently her crinkle book (that's what I call it....I don't really know what it's called. But, it makes a crinkly noise when you touch it) and the plastic keys on the key ring. She loves to smack the book to make it crinkle. No joke, she did that from Vincennes to Washington (almost 30 solid minutes). Watch out if you're holding her and she gets ahold of her keys. She whips those keys up and down, up and down, up and down. I think she likes noise. And no! that doesn't mean she needs noise making toys!!!!!
* Kamryn is a pro at rolling over. We're still working on crawling. She can pull her legs up under her but she forgets to do anything w/ her arms. So, she kinda "moves" around but it's usually by rolling, scooting, or an occasional army crawl.
That's all I can think of for now. So I will leave with some pictures. (captions underneath)
Practicing crawling
Sitting in her new bathtub.
Kinda hard to see, but her first tooth (actually 2) came thru Memorial Day weekend. I was so shocked. And sad. I cried.
Happy Memorial Day 2010
First ride in the stroller w/o the carrier. She was asleep within 10 minutes :)
Getting ready to go to "school" the morning of her 6 month birthday!
6 months old. June 10, 2010
*Oops, I forgot the sign*
6 months old. 6/10/10
Sitting outside in her big girl cow chair
closer up...and kind of smiling :)
Ah, the "Jess glare"
Smiling....looking at Keith. She is SUCH a daddy's girl!
Smiling....looking at Keith. She is SUCH a daddy's girl!
I just liked this one :)
We get together with our Columbus friends every Thrusday. Which happened to be Kamryn's 6 month birthday. Too bad she was in a bad mood all day :(
She sits with her feet like this ALL the time! Especially in her carseat.
Trying to get a picture of her outfit I made for her. I made the tutu and matching headband just for her 6 month pics. We didn't get very many good ones tho :( Like I said, she was in a mood that day.
Trying to get a picture of her outfit I made for her. I made the tutu and matching headband just for her 6 month pics. We didn't get very many good ones tho :( Like I said, she was in a mood that day.
Daddy reading Kamryn her bedtime story.
Kamryn and I sitting in the hallway during a tornado warning. Thankfully, no tornado popped up.
Sitting in the doctor's office for Kamryn's 6 month check-up.
This is how I found her sleeping one night. Can't see too well because it's from my cell phone but her legs are tucked under her belly and her butt is in the air. LOL.
Kamryn's first pedicure. She did wonderful. She sat still till they are painted and just watched me. The hardest part was for her not to touch them till they were dry :)
Sitting in her bumbo while I paint her toes.
Another tornado warning. Sitting in the hallway trying to feed her puffs to herself. And of ourse, Jake had to supervise incase she dropped any.
First time eating in the high chair.
Close-up :)
Drinking from a sippy cup for the first time.
Big shot picking out her own bedtime story.
She loved it.
Again, sleeping with her butt up in the air.
Hanging out with Papaw on the tractor on Father's Day 2010.
Eating a banana from her mesh bag feeder. She loved it. If I pulled away, she'd lunge forward wanting more.
Sorry this one is turned funny. I couldn't get it to fix and be the right way.
Here is Kamryn eating her rice wafer thinies that she just loves. And she thinks its awesome that she can do it all by herself.
Haha...trying to eat and look up at the camera.
"Forget-about-it! I'm just gonna eat!"
She still looks so small in her high chair.
Still working on feeding ourself.
Another picture of my silly baby girl sleeping all funky. But hey, she sleeps all night long so she can sleep however she wants!
And some videos too....
Lauging and Tickle Time
Crawling attempt - Video#1
*WARNING - NAKED BABY BUTT :)*
Crawling attmept - Video#2
*WARNING - NAKED BABY BUTT :)*
Crawling attmept - Video#2
*WARNING - NAKED BABY BUTT :)*
God Bless,
Jess
