Mary's 6-Month Update

Mary turned 6-months last Thursday, and here is her 6-month picture collage:

We went in for her 6-month wellness visit today to get her stats:

Weight: 15 lbs., 6 oz. (37th percentile) **this was a big percentile drop from last time
Height: 26.4 inches (74th Percentile)
Head: 43.4 cm/ 17.09 inches (76th percentile)

As seems to happen to all of our children, they become long and lean with larger than average heads!

Mary's skills continue to get stronger, and it's fun to watch her little personality.  She is still willing to do some tummy time and play with her toys.  She is in love with the keys in the picture on the right.

She likes the bouncer for about 5-10 minutes at a time only.  I usually put her by our front window so she can look out at the bird feeder.  She really doesn't like to be in any sort of baby contraption (bumbo, bouncer, etc.) for very long.  She pretty much just likes to be held.  The only other semi-acceptable substitute is if you put her on the floor or couch and give her direct eye contact while talking to her :).    

Like her mother, she is not a girly-girl and does not appreciate bows :).  A few people told me that if I want her to wear bows then you need to start young.  So far it's not going well.

The newest thing we have been practicing is sitting up unsupported.  She can sit up for a few seconds without any help, but she does really well with the boppy pillow around her. She sat upright on the floor for quite a while today with the slight assistance of the pillow.

Sleep has been going well (knock on wood), and she has been sleeping 11-12 hours straight each night.  About twice a week she'll wake up crying to eat around 4-5am.  I feed her before bed, and she goes down awake and puts herself to sleep pretty quickly.  For the past week she's been waking up between 3:30 and 5 am, and I can hear her chatting to herself in bed over the monitor.  About 5-10 minutes later she'll just fall back to sleep.  If she doesn't cry then I don't go up there and assume she's not hungry, just in the mood to talk.  

     

Here's a couple more pictures of Mary being sweet and enjoying some face-to-face time.

I'll be starting to introduce some foods soon.  I'm going to stick with the baby led weaning strategy that I used with Owen instead of purees.  I'm just trying to get myself mentally prepared for the mess that comes with learning to eat :).