My little girl has grown up so much this past month, I can hardly believe it. I can't believe how much she has learned and grown these past six months.
{Jon is always on 'Olivia-duty' while I bathe the others at night}
At six months old, Olivia weighs 17 lb 12 oz. She wears all of her 6-9 month clothes (while still wearing a few of her 3-6 month and a few 9-12 month items that I love).
7:15 am Wake Up
7:45 am Breakfast (1 Tbsp rice cereal + 1 Tbsp fruit)
8:00 am Bath time (in the baby bath in the kitchen sink, so that I can either empty the dishwasher or make the other kids breakfast while she soaks)
8:45 am Bottle (4.5 oz)
9:00 am Nap #1
9:45 am Awake
11:15 am Lunch (1/4 slice of bread)
11:45 am Bottle (4.5 oz)
12:00 pm Nap #2
1:30 pm Awake
2:00 pm Snack (Gerber Graduates or Yogurt)
2:30 pm Bottle (4.5 oz)
3:30 pm Nap #3
4:15 pm Awake
5:00 pm Bottle (4.5 oz)
5:45 pm Dinner (1 Tbsp veggie + 1 Tbsp fruit)
7:15 pm Bottle (4.5 oz)
8:00 pm Bedtime
11:30 pm Bottle (3 oz)
3:30 am Bottle (3 oz)
These of course are all super-flexible, it's just a rough idea of how our day goes.
Olivia didn't start enjoying baby food until I introduced fruit. It used to be a bit of a struggle to get her to open her mouth for food, but if she knows she's eating fruit she more than willingly opens it. I now always alternate between bites of fruit and bites of whatever else she is eating to keep her guessing. Her absolute favourite food is yogurt.
I'm super-thrilled to say that she is NO LONGER A SPITTER! WAHOO! You have no idea how nice it is to not have to worry about being puked on! The combination of Playtex Nurser with Drop-In Liners bottles, Similac formula, and age have been miraculous. If I change formula for even one bottle, she'll spit some of it up with her burp. However...we have replaced spitting with drooling. Wow, is she ever a drooler! Much better than being a spitter though!
Olivia sits very confidently, and if she happens to fall over she seldom cries about it. She still does very well with her tummy time, but doesn't know how to roll from her tummy to her back so when she gets tired she cries. Because she enjoys being on her tummy, she's really starting to get the hang of spinning around to reach toys all around her. She's even starting to realize she has knees.
She always plays toys with two hands, and really likes to try to grab small objects, like a button on a shirt or a necklace that I'm wearing.
She absolutely loves Matthew and Kayla. She is constantly watching them, and giggles when they pay even the slightest bit of attention to her. She is tolerant of Nathan. He likes to smother her all the time, which she gets tired of.
{First time in a regular bath. Kayla was quite excited to join her, but was less-so after she saw Olivia pee.}
Olivia is pretty frustrating at night. She goes to bed amazingly well (most of the time), but as soon as her soother is pulled/knocked out, she cries. So annoying! I haven't made her drop any middle-of-the-night bottle yet because she needs those calories. I have tried increasing her day-time bottle amounts, but she will only ever drink 4.5 oz. As soon as she can tolerate drinking more at each feed during the day, then I won't mind to drop a night bottle. She often (twice a week?) ends up in our bed because then I don't have to get out of bed to tend to her.
She has done really well in the church nursery so far, and has successfully fallen asleep in a volunteer's arms each week this past month, which is great! It keeps our Sundays on schedule which is so nice.
{Is she too young to lick whipping cream off a beater?}
Olivia doesn't mind being in her carseat, but she hates being put in the car if it's not where she wants to be. She also doesn't quickly fall asleep in the car, which is both nice and not-so-nice. Nice when I want her to be awake so that I can have her nap in her own crib, but not-so-nice if we're going somewhere over her nap time and I need her to at least get a bit of a nap in.
When Olivia is excited to be held by someone, she gives that person a huge kiss by putting her open mouth on their face somewhere and sucking/licking it. It's really gross, but really cute. She also likes to cuddle into you when she's glad she's being held.
It's a little bit sad for me how quickly she's grown up, especially because Jon and I think she'll probably be our last. I realized over New Years (which we spent on Mount Seymour for their Family First Night), that four kids fills up all of our hands (obviously, right?!?). If we had another, it would ideally be close in age to Olivia but that would mean Matthew and Kayla are still pretty young...and that's too many kids for our hands to manage. I like getting out and doing things, and that gets less manageable/convenient the more children we have. Not to mention the increased financial cost of adding another child and keeping me out of the workforce for even longer. And not to mention that we already have the kids sharing bedrooms upstairs, and with the way the housing market is right now there is not a chance we'll be moving anytime soon. I've been testing out my emotions/thoughts by selling off the baby items that we'll definitely never need (duplicates from having twins). So far, it feels nice to free up storage space. Anyways, no permanent decisions have been made, nor will they be made for a while. :)
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