Every day I fall in love with her more and more. Just when I think- that there is no way to love anything more than I love my little monster, she does something that makes my heart grow bigger. Like I have said before, she has never been a cuddle bug. She is always "go go go...and don't try to hold me down with your hugs and kisses." But I get those rare moments that she will stop and let me kiss her like crazy and smile back. Or she will put her head on my shoulders and just hug me. I melt. We are so blessed to have such this amazing little girl in our lives.
Her 6 month appt was Monday. She is 20lbs, 28 inches and is in the 97% for her age . We saw a different doctor at the office and I loved her. She was immediately surprised how big Makenna was for a 6 month old. She couldn't believe that she was crawling already... Which she has been a pro at for about a week now. She also never heard of baby led weaning but was interested and said she was gonna look it up. Kinda weird that she was the second doctor that Ive seen that hasn't heard of it. It makes so much sense, I am surprised more people don't do it.
Makenna is starting to mock sign language also. Its so cute. She will do the sign for "milk" which is opening and closing your fist, kinda like you are milking a cow. She hasn't really used it to ask for milk but she is getting the motion down. She understands it when I do it right before I feed her though. It wont be long.
Speaking of things happening quick- she is a stubborn and determined little thing. She has gotten very good at pulling herself up on things and standing. She stands at the couch, in her crib, walls, boxes...anything she can. She has figured out how to sit back down and tries to transfer from one object to another. We cant stop her. I tried to slow her down because I was worried she would fall but she is actually really good at it. She has only fallen a few times and didn't get hurt, she usually catches herself. Pretty soon she will be walking, then we are all in trouble! Here are some videos of her in action...
The playroom is now under construction. I'm so excited! But since we have to walk through that room to go up the stairs, we are back in the spare room downstairs. We moved her crib down this time instead of having her sleep in the pack n play. So far, its a huge success. She was having trouble sleeping upstairs. I'm not sure if it was the new environment or the fact that we aren't in the same room, or that its a bit cooler up there, even with the space heater. She would fight me when I tried laying her down and would wake up every hour n a half to two hours- which is worse than when she was a newborn. So far, since we moved back downstairs on Saturday she is back to every 4 to 5 hours. Sometimes more. I am pretty excited about that. I was stressed and overtired with the lack of sleep.
Off to chase my little monster...
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