6 Months

Mia is 6 months old now. Time is going by so fast. It seems like just yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital and she changed our lives for the better! We had her 6 month pictures taken today. We used a new photographer and I'm really excited to see the proofs. Mia is sitting up unsupported. Of course now that she knows she can sit up she thinks she is supposed to sit up ALL the time. She is eating solid foods (well as solid as baby food can be.) She pretty much loves all her food but I think so far her favorites are carrots and bananas. She also loves to spit her food back out at us now. More often than not I end up wearing at least some of her dinner. She rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time today. Very exciting. Last but not least we have managed to successfully switch her from Similac Alimentum to Similac Sensitive formula. She is learning and growing so fast. I look forward to getting out of bed every day to see what she will learn and do next. Here is her day in pictures!

She started out all smiles on our way to Granny's

More giggles

Time to eat

Granny bought her a remote of her own so she would stop changing the TV channels

Wow, what happened?

Jump, Jump, Jumparoo

She didn't look to happy Granny was bothering her during play time with her new toy

She had a blast with this thing

Another new toy. Wow Granny, Thanks!

Playtime

Time to relax

Almost bed time

A little more fun before bed

My Couch Potato

My little girl loves to sit in the recliner. She is sitting up so well now that we can put her in the recliner and she will stay there for a good long while just having fun. She is fond of watching the Sprout channel from her new favorite place.

6 Month Check Up

Mia went in to see Dr. Hughes on Monday for her 6 month check up. She was 4 days shy of 6 months but I was off work so we made the appointment for that day. She weighed in at a healthy 16 pounds 3 ounces and is 24 3/4 inches long. Dr. Hughes says if her growth continues at it's current pattern she is on track to be about my height. That is fine with us! She is not yet rolling over from back to front yet but she tries so hard. I think she will master it any day. She is sitting up like such a big girl. She sat through her entire Dr. appointment with almost no support from us. She got 2 shots, one in each thigh and she didn't even cry. I was so proud of her. She made up for that later though. Her shots made her very fussy and she cried and cried for no reason. All I could do was hold her and rock her and try to calm her down. By the late afternoon she was doing better and almost back to normal. All in all she is a very healthy normal almost 6 month old baby girl. We are very blessed!

Active Baby

Mia has become so active lately. She twists and turns when you have her laying down to play. She never ends up in the same place she started. Not thinking about this I laid her on our bed so we could get ready to leave the house. I came out of the bathroom and this is what I saw.


I uncovered her head and she was just smiling. I couldn't help but grab the camera and get a couple of too cute pictures!

Fever

Mia was running a fever of 101.7 on Monday June 1st. After the rough start I had with a very sick little girl I probably panicked more than I should have. I called into work, called granny to let her know Mia would be staying with me, and called the doctor as soon as they opened. After some reassurance from the doctor that they didn't need to see her unless her fever got up to 102.5 and to give her some Tylenol I settled in for an interesting day. Mia whined all day and didn't really want to eat much but she was a trooper. She didn't have any other symptoms. Once Mitch got home she was still a little warm so we put a cool rag on her head. She loved it! I'm happy to report everything was back to normal the next day. We have no idea what caused her to spike a fever but no lasting problems so I'm grateful!

Is she there already?

Mia is learning to drink from a sippy cup. My first thoughts were "already?" and "my baby is growing up too fast." Still, she has a lot to learn but she really tries. She mostly thinks the cup is a chew toy but every once in a while she sucks on it and get milk. It really surprises her when she gets the milk. I am very grateful to have my mom watching Mia to help teach her these simple things!

Not a Baby Anymore!

I know Mia is only 5 months old but she is not a little baby any more. She is able to sit up in a high chair at the dinner table now. She did this for the first time Wednesday night at the Cracker Barrel. I just can't believe how fast she is growing and learning. She is just soaking up knowledge every day!