Olivia's Baby Dedication

I'm running so late with this that I'm back-dating the post out of shear embarrassment, but here is a pic from Olivia's baby dedication at church.  We are so grateful to have the privilege of raising this precious child of God. 

It was a wonderful time with family and the girls were great!

Olivia - 6 Months

Stats?
Weight: 13 lbs 9 oz (5-10%)
Height/Length: 25.75 in (50%)
Head: 16 in (5%)
Clothing Size: 3-6 months and 6 months
Diaper Size: Size 3 at night, and Size 2 during the day
   
How is she sleeping?
We put her down for bed around 7 and it's best if she sleeps until about 8, but she won't always.  We've continued with the loose sleep training - it's going slowly and we don't get too many good nights yet.  We do still have to wake multiple times a night to pat and paci, but we've got her down to only nursing one time in the night.  I've had to come to a peace about the fact that other people's babies sleep through the night without any effort on their part and mine just don't.  With both girls we've had to work with them on that.  Naps have gotten better, but sometimes she still needs more than she will take.  Overall, I figure this sleep thing must get better in the next 3 month period, because that's when we decided to give Naomi a sibling... so I've got some hope.  :)  

How is she eating?
She still nurses regularly, roughly every 3 hours and she takes a bottle with no problem now (as long as it's at least room temp or warmer).  I let her play with a sippy cup once or twice and she knew what to do with it, but was quite startled when she ended up with water in her mouth.  We had started solids a little last month and she did okay, but that all went awry this month. The short version: it's just not happening.  We are trying to be patient.  I've talked to some of my mom friends about it and we may end up skipping purees with this one and just going with finger foods.  We'll see.  We'll do what works for this one. 

Doctor Visit
The doctor visit went really well and she got a good report.  I got to ask several questions that I had about some issues that we've been having - nothing that the doctor was concerned about, but some stuff that we will keep working on.  Otherwise, she's right on track developmentally.  She cried briefly for her shots, but was just fine after some comforting from mommy and we headed home and she took a nap.  We go back at 9 months and she actually won't have to have any shots then.  (Oh, and wow to the 50% on height - maybe she somehow got some tall genes in there.) 

What new tricks does she do?
We had a couple big developments this month.  She is now a novice sitter (1 month earlier than Naomi).  She has rolled back to front a few times.  Overall she is just getting a little bit more mobile, moving around in her crib and on the floor and such.  She loves the exersaucer, but her favorite toy on there is the one that freaks Naomi out and sends her on a crying jag, so sometimes I pull her out before she's really done.  She likes the rainforest toy, but Naomi has just about destroyed the rainforest a few times, so her playtime with that is a little limited.  She's playing with it as a type this since Naomi is napping.  She loves interacting with Naomi - it always puts a big smile on her face.  She loves swim lessons - just a happy little fish. 

General Observations?
I really wish these first teeth would come in already - this past few days has been a teething nightmare.  
She's always got a smile for people! 

Until next time... Enjoy!