6 Month Stats:
12 lbs. 10 oz.
25 inches long
Well, the biggest news with our sweet little Emilie at six months, is that girlfriend needs to gain some weight. And quickly. Her six month doctor's appointment showed that she has fallen off the charts in the weight department (and actually lost weight from her four month check up). I feel horribly terribly awful. Her doctor thinks that she may get distracted when she eats, and because she's so easy going, she doesn't really let me know that she isn't exactly full. This likely decreased my milk supply and since she's more active now, she is burning more calories than she is getting. Let's hope that's the only problem anyway. So now she's on a high calorie diet of breast milk, followed by formula with the addition of rice cereal and PediaSure. I am basically force feeding her around the clock. She'll go back for a weight check in a month, and if this solves the problem, we can move on with life as normal. Fingers crossed for that outcome.
Otherwise, life is moving quickly. I can't even begin to tell you how quickly the time is flying by. I know that I say that every month, and that it is the biggest cliche in the world, but literally I can't believe that my baby girl is half a year old already. Didn't we just bring her home?
That's not to say that we're not busy! Emilie has a lot of tricks up her sleeves these days as detailed below.
* She is sitting up for a few seconds at a time. I think the longest is only about five seconds, but she's getting stronger and trying to hold her balance for a little longer every day.
* Emilie remains the happiest little baby. She just smiles all day long, especially at Marin.
* She loves to "stand" and bounce and play in the excersaucer as much as she loves to be held and snuggle and smile up at whomever has the pleasure of holding her.
* She loves soft animals and toys, and sleeps with them every night.
* Emilie is reaching out and pulling for things all the time. She loves all books, but Marin has showed her how to feel all the textured pages of the books with furry animals and these are Emilie's favorite.
* She is sleeping much better. Probably because she is finally getting enough to eat. Ugh. Bad Mommy! Our little routine is bath, jammies, sleep sack, book, feeding, prayers and a little snuggle while I sing her "Let me call you sweetheart." Marin always kisses her goodnight before she goes to bed. We lay Emilie down awake with her paci and her lovies and she puts herself to sleep within minutes.
* Emilie loves to pet Norah, and feel her ears. Norah rewards her with kisses back.
* Like Marin was at this age, Emilie is quiet most of the time. When she does babble it is the sweetest little sound, but she doesn't talk just to hear her voice. I am pretty certain that she is just taking in the world, and will soon be talking up a storm; whenever her sister lets her get a word in edgewise. ;)
Emilie, you are a little love bug. Your daddy and I love watching all that you are learning and are delighted to see you change as you do something new all the time. We check on you at night before we go to bed, and watch you sleeping so peacefully snuggled up with your giraffe and blankies, on your side. Your sister is amazed that you are growing so quickly, and already asked me if you could have a sleep over in her big girl bed with her. I assured her that you'd jump at the chance someday. You are a joy and a delight, and we couldn't be more proud of you. We love you so very much!
12 lbs. 10 oz.
25 inches long
Well, the biggest news with our sweet little Emilie at six months, is that girlfriend needs to gain some weight. And quickly. Her six month doctor's appointment showed that she has fallen off the charts in the weight department (and actually lost weight from her four month check up). I feel horribly terribly awful. Her doctor thinks that she may get distracted when she eats, and because she's so easy going, she doesn't really let me know that she isn't exactly full. This likely decreased my milk supply and since she's more active now, she is burning more calories than she is getting. Let's hope that's the only problem anyway. So now she's on a high calorie diet of breast milk, followed by formula with the addition of rice cereal and PediaSure. I am basically force feeding her around the clock. She'll go back for a weight check in a month, and if this solves the problem, we can move on with life as normal. Fingers crossed for that outcome.
Otherwise, life is moving quickly. I can't even begin to tell you how quickly the time is flying by. I know that I say that every month, and that it is the biggest cliche in the world, but literally I can't believe that my baby girl is half a year old already. Didn't we just bring her home?
That's not to say that we're not busy! Emilie has a lot of tricks up her sleeves these days as detailed below.
* She is sitting up for a few seconds at a time. I think the longest is only about five seconds, but she's getting stronger and trying to hold her balance for a little longer every day.
* Emilie remains the happiest little baby. She just smiles all day long, especially at Marin.
* She loves to "stand" and bounce and play in the excersaucer as much as she loves to be held and snuggle and smile up at whomever has the pleasure of holding her.
* She loves soft animals and toys, and sleeps with them every night.
* Emilie is reaching out and pulling for things all the time. She loves all books, but Marin has showed her how to feel all the textured pages of the books with furry animals and these are Emilie's favorite.
* She is sleeping much better. Probably because she is finally getting enough to eat. Ugh. Bad Mommy! Our little routine is bath, jammies, sleep sack, book, feeding, prayers and a little snuggle while I sing her "Let me call you sweetheart." Marin always kisses her goodnight before she goes to bed. We lay Emilie down awake with her paci and her lovies and she puts herself to sleep within minutes.
* Emilie loves to pet Norah, and feel her ears. Norah rewards her with kisses back.
* Like Marin was at this age, Emilie is quiet most of the time. When she does babble it is the sweetest little sound, but she doesn't talk just to hear her voice. I am pretty certain that she is just taking in the world, and will soon be talking up a storm; whenever her sister lets her get a word in edgewise. ;)
4 comments:
Could Emilie be any cuter? That hat is insane! I want to kiss her cheeks!
I love that face!
That's my beautiful grandbaby!
Couldn't be cuter!!
She's so sweet. FYI, when Colin first came home they gave us a calorie supplement we could add to breast milk or formula. He turned into a chunk very quickly.
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