Our little nanette turns six months old today!
She is so sweet and lovely and we are really blessed to have such a happy little person in our house. We all love her to pieces--especially her brother who begs me to wake her from her naps so he can see her and play with her. This doesn't mean he doesn't torture her from time to time, but for the most part he dotes on her and spends half his day trying to make her laugh. It's so wonderful with two in the house. It was so worth it to go through everything we did to get her here. Not a minute goes by where I don't look at her and say "thank God we didn't give up."
She is still in our bed and still feeding several times a day. I haven't been keeping track of the number of times a day she feeds. I guess it's at least eight times a day or more. It's a lot! She should start solids soon or I guess she could if I felt like she needed to but with her dad away I think we'll wait a little longer. She seems perfectly happy with her feeds and so am I. That's not to say we haven't let her try a few things. She has tasted avocado and I caught her brother feeding her some peach yogurt one afternoon, which I bet she loved. But she hasn't been that enthusiastic about first foods.
She is growing well and her hair is lightening more and more each day and finally growing a little. No sign of teeth yet but I will miss her goofy baby smiles when she gets those first teeth. I love her shameless baring of the gums when she really likes something. It's adorable.
I hate seeing my kids grow up but at the same time it's wonderful seeing them explore their world and evolve in to little people with personalities. Already she seems to have learned how to turn on the charm and she knows what makes people smile.
5 comments:
Aw lovely post! That six months has gone by quickly huh?!
Do you do baby led weaning? As I reckon your blondie girl is a perfect candidate...especially if her brother has already started it with her ;)
With S I was eager for the six month mark to come so we could officially begin solids but with her and knowing how much extra work it is I'm in no hurry at all. I'm being lazy!
If she doesn't have any teeth yet and she's still growing well on your milk, you're probably fine to wait a little bit longer. She'll let you know when she's ready for solids on a regular basis.
I never kept track of how often Jack nursed either! He was in our bed pretty much until around 8 months. He had a bassinet in our room and would start out the night there but I liked having him all warm and sweet next to me. Plus, it was easier to not have to get up. He could just latch on by himself. (Talk about lazy!!!)
I what you wrote about trying to bring her here:
It was so worth it to go through everything we did to get her here. Not a minute goes by where I don't look at her and say "thank God we didn't give up."
That seems like the dream of so many couples who struggle with infertility, getting to that point, where the baby is there and all their efforts have paid off.
(I mean to write "I love what you wrote")
I actually put her crib in our room over the weekend so I could expand my options. I'm so tired I'm a zombie! She was a good girl until 6am and then last night she kind of got restless at around 2am and ended up back in our bed. There was a lot of that back and forth business with her brother too but eventually he was in his own bed. No hurry. I love having her next to me!
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