{Emma} Six Months

Comparison, week 3 through six months.

Summation of trying to take pictures of you girls together.

Happy, smiley girl!

Snort face!

Rumparooz cover model.

Sister, sister.

A little bit about you this month:
• You have one tooth! Your bottom right front tooth came through on April 22nd.
• You sit independently and hardly ever fall backward.
• Your favorite thing to do right now is sit and explore your toy basket, pick a toy and throw it, then bend over as far as you can to reach the toy you tossed.
• You fold yourself completely in half to grab things when sitting and standing and are able to straighten back out without assistance.
• You want to explore everything with your hands.
• You love to bounce! Bounce in your bouncer, the Tyke Town bouncer, or on our laps. Bounce, bounce, bounce.
• You throw yourself to your hands and knees, but don't stay there. You flop on to your tummy from each side to reach toys; you also rock back and forth to throw yourself completely forward onto your toes to get to your tummy - usually to reach something you want.
• You bring your knees and your chest up, but you can't quite do it together and get your belly off the floor.
• You spin around to get things you want, whether it be a toy or to see the TV! Stinker!
• You like to fling yourself backward and look at things upside down.
• You are still very silly and giggly when you are tired. You get very active and silly when you're just about done and ready for a snooze.
• Daddy and Lily call you "Wormy Buns" and it has stuck.
• You absolutely love to stand and dance! Music makes you squat up and down and up and down.
• You nap really well in your crib but still want to snuggle with Mommy by 1am every night.
• You pull off glasses, grab hair (especially your sister's), give huge neck hugs, and are very into textures.
• You randomly wave! Doubtful that it is on purpose, but it sure is cute.
• They call you "the happy, easy baby" at Tyke Town. You are perfectly happy playing alone for a while now that you can sit, so you either sit and play, bounce in the bouncer, or are held (facing outward, of course - you sometimes get mad that it's close to nap time while you're there.)
• We are experimenting with solid foods. You still have an intense gag and tongue thrust reflex if we try to feed you at all, so we will continue with "Food before one is just for fun" and do Baby Led Weaning. Thus far you have had English cucumbers, sweet potatoes, asparagus, and watermelon. You actually get a fair amount into your mouth on your own if you're in the mood! If we try to feed you, or spoon food into your mouth, you immediately gag and spit everything out. At this point, you really could take or leave food. You are very interested in what we are eating and definitely grab for it, but you're not clamoring for more. It's all about play!
• My favorite thing you started doing this month: you scrunch up your nose and baby snort!

Six month stats...
Height: 27" (90%)
Weight: 18lb, 14oz (90%)
Head Circumference: 45cm (>98%)
Diaper Size: Size 4
Clothing Size: 9 & 12 months, pushing the toes of 9 month sleepers.
Nicknames: Wormy, Wormy-buns, Emi-bean, Monkey, Emi-buns

Six month milestones...
Road trip to Chewelah: Easter
Bottom right front tooth: 4/22