Little Lermas!: Aubrey 6 Months!

Wow, an entire half of the year has flown by! I know I wouldn't say this every day, but as a whole I can't believe that Aubrey is already 6 months. We have had our fair share of "survival mode" days since her arrival, having two kids under two, but I must say it gets easier and easier as time goes on...and loads more fun! I feel like we have finally hit a sweet spot, getting into more of a routine (which is good for all of us!), and just having more fun with her. So here's to a Happy Half Year little lady!

Happy 6 Months Aubrey Lynn!

Personality:

-Your personality truly started to shine this month. Words to describe you: HAPPY, easy going, turn angry elf on a dime when you are mad, tough, not a cuddler, and crazy active (like NON-STOP moving...all the time!). More about a few of these...

-You are such a happy, easy going baby! As long as you are fed and aren't tired you are so chill and will smile that big gummy smile just by me saying "Hi!" When you are tired, you still become angry elf, but Mama can do that too, so I understand : )

-Chill baby being said, you definitely make your presence known! You are SO SO vocal, and love to "shout babble." Nothing is done quietly with you! Half the time I have to look at your face to see if there is a smile or an Angry Elf face to see if all the squealing is happy or mad!

-It is becoming more and more evident how NOT a cuddler or snuggler you are! Even before naps or bedtime you do not want to be held, lay your head on our shoulder, or rocked for that matter. Too bad...mama wants to rock you at least for 1 song : )

6 Month Highlights:

-You are more and more interactive this month, and love playing. I love being able to have you sit up in the Bumbo or Boppy and just play. You absolutely love the piano that makes music and lights up!

-You started sitting up for short periods of time (like 2 seconds) when you were 23 weeks, and just kept extending the time over the next month! Now, right at 6 months, you still don't sit for more than 3-4 seconds (unless you are in the Bumbo or Bobby) b/c you are flailing your body all over the place. I'm convinced if you just sat still for one minute, you'd probably be able to hold yourself up! Also on the motor development front- you aren't crawling yet, but I give it another week and you will be off! Since just before 25 weeks you prop yourself up on all 4's and rock back and forth!

-You really loved being in the jumperoo this month! You may be too short to touch the ground, but with a little pillow or blanket propping, you are one happy jumper!

-It's been fun watching your relationship with Bella grow and change over the last few months. You pretty much stare at her whenever she's playing, singing, dancing, whatever. When you are both on the ground, you try and scooch yourself as close to her as you can, mostly just to grab her hair or her face. She doesn't appreciate it, but you are smiling the whole time!

Oh how I love this one...it clearly epitomizes their entire relationship right now!!!

Sleeping: Right as you turned 5 months, you weren't napping much past 3pm and were just miserable come 5pm, so the 6:30 or 7pm bedtime just wasn't happening. We started putting you to bed around 5:15 or 5:30pm and that seemed to help a ton! I initially thought it would be your third short nap to get you to a 7pm bedtime, but nope you were out like a light! Since I have to feed you "dinner" so early (like 4:50 or 5 pm!), I still wake you up around 9:30pm for a dream feed. You then sleep through the night, waking up once in the early morning to eat (can be 3, 4, 5 or 6 am!). I then put you back to bed and you sleep until about 7:30 or 8 most mornings.

You take a morning nap about an hour and a half after you wake up, lasting about an hour, sometimes 1.5 hours. You then take an early afternoon nap about 2 hours after you woke up, lasting about an hour. Most days I try to get you back down in the afternoon around 2:30 or 3 for a quick power nap (usually about 30 minutes or so); some days it works, others not so much! And then of course there are still plenty of days where you don't love consolidated naps and take 30 minute naps at a time, about 4 per day.

Breastfeeding: You pretty consistently eat 6 times a day, with an occasional day where you eat 7 times. You have an early morning feed that can range anywhere from 4-6:30am, then 9 am, noon, 3ish, 5 pm, and 9:30pm. We wake you up at 9:30 at night because when we stopped doing that, you'd wake up multiple times during the night and that just wasn't fun. You take about 10 minutes usually to eat, and for the most part take both sides now at all feeds. You are VERY easily distracted so I can't nurse with the tv on anymore or it takes forever. And let's not forget how long feeds take when Bella is around! Aubrey just soaks up every little thing she does! Lots of pulling off, looking around, then going back on for a swallow or two!

Aubrey Loves:
-Playing on the play mat
-Watching Bella play in the playroom
-Musical toys
-Jumperoo
-Taking walks and being outside

Aubrey Hates:

-Being hungry or tired (yeah when that's the only "hates" list, you know you have an easy going baby!)

6 Month Stats:

Weight: 15 lb 3 oz (approx 25th percentile)

Height: 26 in (approx 55th percentile)

Teeth: 2! Your two bottom center teeth came through at 25 weeks!

Wearing: 3 month, 3-6 month, and a few 6 month things. The 3 month things are getting too small for the most part, but the 6 month things are still too big.

Aubrey's Firsts this Month:

-First time sitting without assistance @23 weeks
-First time propped on all 4's, rocking and getting ready to crawl @ 24 (almost 25 weeks)
-First teeth popped through @ 25 weeks

This Month in Pictures: