Claire's 6-Monther

Claire in Daddy's tie dye creation he made her over the 4th of July at the cabin :)

This morning we took Claire to the doctors' again for her 6-month checkup!

Here are the stats:

Weight: 14 lbs. 15 oz. (30th percentile)
Height: 27 inches (78th percentile)
Head circ.: 16 inches (53rd percentile)

All of her percentiles have gone down. But she's gained 3 INCHES in height since her last checkup two months ago!

Once again, she got shots. That sucked as usual. She was a trooper. Cried for a minute and then was just fine! And was just fine the rest of the day!

Ok, and here is what she's doing right now:

1. She has been practicing the "army crawl." She scoots around on her belly. It's pretty funny!

2. She can sit great, with help, and for a few seconds sans help....we're working on that one.

3. She likes to eat sweet potatoes, peas (the frozen kind I make for her), carrots, bananas, pears, peaches, rice cereal, and...prunes. She's been a great eater so far!

4. Claire goes to sleep by herself! In fact, she doesn't fall asleep so much when I nurse her anymore, so I generally lay her down in her crib awake and she falls asleep on her own.

5. So, about 2 weeks ago, I decided it was time for her to sleep through the night :) So, I put Claire down at 8, closed her door, closed my door, and turned on the rain sounds on my alarm clock and slept. Set my alarm for 6am, went into her room, and found her awake and happy. Not sure if she woke up during the night, but this way, you can only wonder..... Did a few days of that, and now she sleeps like a pro! (except when she's not feeling too well, but that's not often) Actually just read that babies wake up between 3-6 times in the middle of the night, and it's up to the parents to leave them alone so they can learn to fall asleep by themselves. So, that's what I did :) It would've been WAY too hard to hear her crying....hence the rain sounds!

6. She jabbers on constantly. Especially when she's tired. Baby language I guess. She has definitely discovered those vocal chords!

7. Claire absolutely loves the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Patty Cake." She also loves hiding under blankets (JUST like her Mommy did when she was a baby). In fact, she'll put her blanket over her face and just lay there like that for...a lot longer than I'd like her to...I end up taking it off. I guess it's a good way to do "Peek-a-Boo" which is something she also likes!

8. Ok, getting worried about this....she is getting less interested in breast feeding and MORE interested in what I'M eating!!! She always stares at my food... She's getting so OLD!

9. Today, when I got out the camera to take a picture of her, she automatically started smiling--I think she'll be quite the poser.... I mean, this may have been a fluke, but still!

10. I cannot keep her nails cut short enough!! I have all kinds of sharp nail injuries (short-lived of course) from her gouging me!

11. Claire has always loved playing with blankets...in fact sometimes she buries hers
elf completely in it to the point that I ask her "Did you want to breathe any time soon?" She then proceeds to shake her arms and legs while covered, like a snow angel, ha ha!