Andi Leigh is 6 months old today!! It is so hard to believe she is already half of a year old! And, on her 6 month birthday, she is experiencing her first snow! Yes, I said it, SNOW on October 29th! Yikes! Also, her G-Ma is here to visit, which she has thoroughly enjoyed!
At Andi's last appointment, 2 weeks ago, she was 12 lbs 8 ozs and 24.25 inches long! She is back in the 5th percentile for weight (after dropping to around the 4th at 4.5 months) and around the 12th percentile for length! She is completely in her crib now, naps and bedtime. It took a few days of Mommy just biting the bullet and putting her in the crib for naptime for her to get the hang of it! She was already taking her morning nap there, but I had been very reluctant to take her out of the swing for her afternoon nap because she did so well there! Let's face it, that 2-3 hour break is nice each day and I was really nervous to give that up, especially since that is my only real time to work! But, now, she is consistently napping 2-2.5 hours in the afternoon in her crib, just like she did in the swing, so the transition was a success! She is sleeping pretty good at night, most nights! She has learned to find her paci on her own, which has been really nice. Although, I will say there are still some times when I have to go give it to her. She usually goes down around 8:30-9pm...sometimes she needs her paci once or twice through the night, but that isn't every night...and wakes up sometime between 5:30-6:30am to nurse and then sleeps until 8-8:30am. She has had some random "off" nights where I feel like she is up every hour needing the paci, or a snuggle, or to be rocked/held. I can't say I know what those nights are all about, but luckily it is not often.
Andi is now getting mostly formula in her bottles, with a little bit of breastmilk mixed in. She is still nursing once a day, when she wakes up in the early morning. I don't know how much longer I will continue to pump because honestly, I can't stand that thing. But, for now, the process seems to be working and I want to keep being able to nurse her, so I need to keep up the pumping as long as I can take it!
"A" has finally started rolling back to belly! She did that for the first time on October 16th! She is going to be sitting by herself really soon! She is really close, but she just needs to figure out how to get balanced and she will get it!!
Anderson got cereal for the first time this morning and she did great! She actually seemed to take it in and there really wasn't a mess at all! I couldn't believe how well she did with the spoon for the first time ever! I will upload a video soon! I think she likes it, so we will see over the next few days how it effects her system and then soon, we will introduce veggies and fruits! I don't think we are going to have an issue with food for her...she seems to be quite the little piggy!!
As you can see, I have started kind of calling her "Andi". I still have a hard time with it, but I can write it/type it now, so it is a step! Randy calls her "Andi" on a consistent basis and most of the time, I still call her/refer to her as "Anderson", but I am starting to put "Andi" or "Andi Leigh" in writing! It is just hard for me because it is my brother's name, but I do think it is cute and I do love when other people call her that!
We are still enjoying every minute with our sweet girl! She is seriously such a happy baby and such a joy to have in our lives! If only I could slow down time just a bit...
