7 Months

7 Months!

-Rolling over both ways: Katelyn has finally mastered rolling over both ways.  She rolled to her tummy for the first time at night (heart attack for mom and dad since she used to not know how to turn her head to breathe! She has since learned, thankfully!)
-Food:  She LOVES sweet potatoes.  Everything else, she'll eat a little of and not be too excited for more (unless it's mango).  I often use mango or sweet potatoes to mix a little in with the other veggies just to get her to eat them. (this is how she got to love green beans and we're in the process of trying to help her at least tolerate peas)
-Sleep:  She has learned to sleep through the night!  (Sometimes).  It's not an every night occurrence, but when it happens, we fully enjoy it!  She goes down around 7 and often wakes up somewhere between 4 and 6 to poo and eat, and goes back to sleep until 7 or even 8 somedays!
-Kicking: Oh the kicking!  This little one LOVES to kick those legs and HARD!  Especially on the changing table or in the crib.  Sometimes, we lay a sleepy baby down and she wakes herself up to kick.  (See video)  And boy is she proud of herself for it!  Giggles and huge smiles often come with the kicks.
-Self Soothing:  It has happened!!!  Katelyn has learned to self-soothe!  Sometimes it comes with a little crying, but often, she lays down awake and rolls over to soothe herself.  I also have her sleep with a breathable blanket so she can play with that and cover her face all she wants and I don't have to worry about her suffocating.  I think these things combined together has led to the sleeping through the night.
-Chunkers!:  Katelyn is now in the process of outgrowing her 9 month clothes and is 20.2 lbs!  Growing girl!
-Babbling: Katelyn has gone from just "Hmmmmm"s to "mamamama" and once in a while a "Ba" or a "da".  We're still working on dada ;)  She often says the word mama but I do not believe she knows the meaning quite yet :)
-Warmth: Katelyn continues to love being warm.  The warmer she is, the better she sleeps and the happier she wakes up.

6 Months

6 Months!

Squeals: Katelyn often talks in a very high pitch squeal to communicate these days.  Especially when excited

New Giggles: When she's enjoying an activity and wants you to know she's enjoying it, yet it's not making her truly giggle, she does this little cough/laugh that we believe is her fake laugh :)

Food: She is LOVING her sweet potatoes and not a big fan of peas.  We've been combining it with rice cereal for her to eat it but she is not nearly as excited about them as she is with the sweet potatoes.  She often plays with the spoon after and wants to show us how she can get it to her mouth on her own.

Sleep: It's a toss-up between which nights she'll sleep incredibly well (7am-4am) and when she'll be up every hour (or somewhere in between although it's more often one extreme or the other).

First baby cold: Katelyn has her first baby cold.  Lots of snot and fussiness intertwined with her usual giggles and smiles.

Sitting Up: I'm not quite ready to leave her in the middle of the room sitting on her own as she still needs a spotter but is definitely improving on this skill an learning to balance as she reaches for toys on either side.

Rolling over: We finally have some rolls!  One day, Ty was taking care of her so I could take a nap and she rolled over for him!  She's been doing it here and there ever since.

Reaching: She is now into reaching and propelling her body forward while sitting up to get anything (but especially daddy's phone).  And of course, whatever object she reaches goes immediately into the mouth and waved around.
Busy Girl!: Suddenly this month, she has become a very busy little girl!  Constantly moving (unless she's people watching- she enjoys that too).  If you give her a cup, she will pull it up to her mouth and tip it up to mimic us drinking.  If you give her a spoon, it goes immediately to her mouth.  (well it may hit her cheek on the way but it gets there!)  It's so fun to watch her learn and pick up things we don't realize she's even noticing.

Self-Soothing: Katelyn is learning to soothe herself to sleep by arching her back and rolling somewhat onto her side with both hands up by her face.  Once she's asleep, she's back onto her back with arms spread apart as far as they go.  Silly girl.