6 months!

As of Monday when we went for the 6 month check-up, Princess Savannah is officially 16.5 lbs. and 25" tall - the 50th percentile for both measurements. She scored 99% on her skills exam - turning her head when she hears your voice, rolling over and sitting up with support (extra credit for sitting up on her own - she's an over achiever already), the only thing she doesn't do consistently is pass toys or what not from hand to hand, they usually go to her mouth first.

Medically, she checked out perfectly and got the last round of her first set of vaccinations as well as the flu shot. She screamed with the shots but the tears only lasted a few minutes, thankfully she isn't due for more shots until her 9 month appt. in March.

Now that she's 6 months old she is able to start on solid foods. So far she has had rice cereal, oatmeal and bananas. She tolerates the cereal, seems to like oatmeal and LOVES bananas! Aside from the solids she's still exclusively breast fed, yay mom! We know she's allergic to cow's milk, as was I at her age, so as long as things continue to go well we'll keep at it.  I've never put a timeframe on how long I'll nurse her since I don't want to beat myself up over it if I don't make it to a pre-determined date. There are days that I dread pumping but overall I rather enjoy my twice daily 20 minute breaks from work, I've come to think of it as "me" time.

We, well, really more I, have decided to try making her food. It isn't an organic thing, it's more of a cost savings thing and dare I say, more "green." Those little jars might seem inexpensive but they quickly add up, after I pureed and froze them, the 39 cents/lb bananas I purchased yielded at least 8 meals and left only peels to throw out. It will be a bit time consuming since we'll have to steam or bake everything except bananas and avocadoes but I think I'm willing to part with 20-30 minutes of my time a week, after Savannah is in bed of course. :)

She still isn't sleeping through the night but I'm holding out hope and praying that she'll surprise us sometime soon, perhaps even a New Years Eve miracle? She goes down fine, but we run into problems in the middle of the night when she wakes up screaming and is inconsolable for 30-45 minutes, she isn't hungry, doesn't need a diaper change, isn't running a fever. As hard as it was, I let her cry it out (CIO) the other night - she cried for 45 minutes. I didn't intend to let it go that long but I just kept giving her another 5 minutes. She eventually wore herself out but only slept for half an hour before she was at it again. I couldn't stand the thought of tears streaming down her face for that long the second time around so I went in and scooped her up, un-doing whatever strides we made the first time around I'm sure. Oh well, six months of this has taught me to get by on less sleep.

6 month birthday...

From SGN - 7th month

From SGN - 7th month

First time eating rice cereal...

From SGN - 6th Month

From SGN - 6th Month

curious pups

From SGN - 6th Month

I'm almost too embarassed to post these next sets of pictures, we had just returned from being out of town for Christmas and it's quite obvious that the house was in total disarray.

First time eating oatmeal...

From SGN - 7th month

From SGN - 7th month

First time eating bananas...

I took it to be a good sign when I held the banana close to her and she lunged for it.

From SGN - 7th month

From SGN - 7th month

This is a food mill that we got James' dad for Christmas, when he heard we were going to make our own baby food he insisted that we take it home with us since it says on the box that it's ideal for baby food.  Clearly Savannah is interested.

From SGN - 7th month

From SGN - 7th month

Yummy!

From SGN - 7th month

From SGN - 7th month

She loves to grab the spoon

From SGN - 7th month