Lillian at SIX months

Sweet angel baby girl Lillian is SIX months old. 

Half a year with this baby? How can that be? I've said it once, twice, three times...she is an angel baby. Smiling all the time. We couldn't love her more!

Things about Lillian Lindley at SIX months:

- As of a few days ago, she just dropped a feeding from 6 to 5 times a day. It was time. She got to where she wasn't nursing for long at all....that girl was just over being fed so much. We switched her to a 3 hour 45 min/4 hour schedule and it did the trick! Her schedule: 5:30 am, 8:30, 12:20-12:30ish, 4:00, 5:30 (solid), 7:45-8:00ish then bedtime.

-She eats rice cereal/oatmeal around 5:30 pm. Will probably add a feeding soon, but she seems ok with just one solid feeding right now. I'm just not rushing things these days. Baby girl is loving her rice! She's also tried mashed bananas which she seems to enjoy. I am really trying to avoid giving her Gerber pureed baby food as much as possible. I'm going to make some of it myself and I really want to skip the whole pureed food all together and go straight to the mushed up food. I know that when we're out and about, its hard. But I really want to try. We are trying avocados next.

- At doctor last week, she weighed 14 lbs 14 oz. I will get her official stats on Wednesday.

- Wearing 6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. I've been buying 6-9 months for length. I can.not.wait to put her in all her summer smocked...and big brother matching stuff!

- Naps and sleep: baby girl is still not consistent really. She does consistently wake up at 5:30 am to nurse. And when she does wake, she eats....like she's starving. So I'm struggling with letting her cry it out. She always goes right back down until 8:30. I guess its working for us for the time being.

Naps are tricky too. She wakes after 30 minutes still. Like set your watch to it. But she will go back down for another hour atleast. It's just frustrating to have to run in there to put her back down. Two long naps a day and 1-2 cat naps at the end of the day.

- She has lots of new tricks. She can sit up for 1-2 minutes independently and play with toys. She has also started putting her right arm out to prevent falling over. This PT mom loves that righting reflex. She also can up on all fours for about 10-15 seconds. I really don't remember Hudson doing that this early. And I didn't teach her that...she just wants to keep up with big brother.

- Still loves to be held. And if she's not being held, she wants to be in eye distance of you....especially that mommy. 

- She is such a wiggle worm these days...into everything and loves discovering new things!

- Her hair is growing on the top and even has some wave to it! It looks like it will be a beautiful dirty blonde color.

She actually has enough to put a bow in it....little hair, don't care. We are now rolling with all the bows we can :)

- LOVES Hudson Lindley! They laugh at eachother all the time. It makes my heart smile really big!

- Lillian has the sweetest personality. She really is so laid back and go with the flow. And we needed that with brotherbear Hudson :)

Here is the angel baby at six months.

Love you to the moon, Lillian! 

Sometimes I want to randomly cry happy tears from all the love for you (and brother Hudson)