7 Month Update

I feel like in the past month Lila has become an entirely different baby. For one thing she is mobile. Last month she was shimmying in her wounded army crawl, but now she is full on ALL OVER THE PLACE. She just doesn't stay still for a second! Now that she's got her independence she's just seemed to blossom. Watch out world, Lila's on the move! She's also started solids this past month and that's a big milestone. No longer is my milk the only thing sustaining her, but at 6:30 pm every night she gets to play around with different tastes and textures (or once a week she gets a new taste and texture). So far she's eaten Sweet Potatoes, Rice Cereal, Apples and Oatmeal Cereal. Next weeks she gets Butternut Squash and the week after is Avocado! My freezer is full of food ice cubes I've pureed! She's gotten earrings and professional photos as well. So much!!

Weight: 16 1/2 lbs
Height: IDK
Head Size: IDK

Milestones: Pulls up on furniture and legs and walls and any surface she can find, cruises, balances with only 1 hand holding on, sits up on knees and balances on own, crawls on knees, crawls on one knee and one foot, eats 4 type of solid foods one time a day, earrings (not a technical milestone, but I care, lol), she still wakes up once (or twice) at night for a bottle (ugh), she is babbling a LOT more with definite sounds and syllables but none that actually mean anything (I have heard 'mama' and 'baba' and 'dada' but Jason and I both agree that they were random and not with purpose). I fully expect her to be walking in the next month or two :(

6 month update

My baby turned half a year old at 10:56pm. How did this happen? Wasn't it a minute ago I was holding a newborn and crying that she was safe in my arms? A day ago that I was feeling her kick? A week ago that I saw those two lines? Now she is 6 months old, halfway to a year, and she's becoming her own person with her own personality and I'm trying to keep the world from turning so I can have just one more second of her curled up sleeping in my arms before she decides she's too big for that anymore.

Weight: IDK, we visit the Dr next week when we get home.
Height: ^
Head: ^

Milestones: Army crawling at the speed of light or close to it without being hindered by silly things like pillows or walls, pushes self to a sitting position from belly, cut first tooth, gives "kisses" (aka, she opens her mouth wide and face plants onto my face) when I ask for kissies and pucker my lips. She's also pretty steady at sitting up and can stay that way for quite awhile. She still loves to stand and has gotten more persistent with trying to reach things to pull herself up on and can do it very easily if you give her your fingers to hold onto. Grasping objects and pulling them towards her are old hat. She's doing a lot of baby babble but no 'dada' or 'mama' yet (when she is hysterical I sometimes think I hear 'mama' but I refuse to believe that's real), though she says 'I-ya' a lot which might be her name? IDK, she knows her name since she turns when she hears it and we say it all the freaking time so it could be. She's very independent though and doesn't want to be held and cuddled (SAD FACE INSERTED HERE) but just wants to crawl and explore on her own. I'm proud and heartbroken. I'm sure those two feelings will just increase with time.

5 month update

Yesterday, Father's Day, Lila became a 5 month old. 5 months!! That's almost half a year already. This is madness.

Weight: 14 lbs 8 oz
Height: I don't know, no pediatrician visit this month.
Head: Same as above

Milestones: Can now sit up unsupported without bracing herself for a several minutes (about 10-15 if she is playing with something). Crawls backwards short distance. Crawls very very short distances forward. Holds feet constantly (especially for diaper changes, she's helpful that way). Separation anxiety (she will sometimes scream when other people who aren't Jason and I talk to her or try to hold her). Recognizes her name. "Kisses" people.

She's done things like bracing feet, standing while holding onto an object, dragging objects towards her, mouthing objects and her own hands, passing objects from hand to hand, etc for a few months now. I am preparing myself for her to start crawling for real this month and it's such a scary possibility.

4 Month Update

Yesterday my Lila turned 4 months old. How am I the mom of a 4 month old? Didn't I just give birth?

Weight: 13 lbs 5 oz
Height: 24.5"
Head: 15.75"

Milestones: "Talks," Reaches for and grasps toys and brings to self, Plays with hands and feet, Turns towards noises (especially our voices), Rolls over from tummy to back (04/26), Rolls over back to tummy (05/09), Holds self up in standing position with sturdy object (05/09), Holds self up in a sitting up position with hands without support (05/13), I'm sure there is more but I forget to write this stuff down.

Lila's also been "preteething" for a couple months now, poor thing. She drools over everything and will attempt to shove anything that can reach her mouth into it. I'm going through bibs like CRAZY. Her hair is now long enough that I can make small antennae like pigtails that make her look like Pebbles or Cindy Lou Who or a small alien. She still loves standing and her walker is her favorite toy because it lets her brace her feet, but now that she can roll she likes tummy time ALOT more. She smiles, giggles, laughs and coos alllll the time. Ugh, I love her so much.