6 Months

The sweetest, happiest, most spastic little baby I know just turned 6 months old!

Look what I can do! Sit!!!

I know, I know, here I go again. But she is! The Monday after the six month mark I took her to work with me so The Husband could help put down wood floors at his parent's house, and as usual, she was calm, cute, happy, and made everyone's day. I had to take her to her 6 month checkup, but had to stop at Subway first. She made the customer in line and the guy behind the counter happy for the day and then made everyone (patients, parents, and staff) at the doctor's office have a better day. One of the receptionists almost booked her next appointment wrong because she was so absorbed in the cute. While I don't hope that her overpowering cuteness goes away, I do hope that she learns not to use it as a ticket through life. 

Om nom nom nom....decapitate....
giraffe...NOW!

Speaking of the doctor...this time I got to go twice. <sarcasm>Yaay!</sarcasm>. We went the first time Friday afternoon, but when we got there the receptionist told me that she wasn't six months yet, so they couldn't give her any vaccinations and she couldn't be seen. Um, then why was I scheduled for that day??? Lesson learned. We went back on Monday, sat for about 45 minutes, saw the doctor and left about 20 minutes later. I wasn't thrilled with the waiting, especially since we had an appointment, but I guess it wasn't that bad in the end. As of Monday, 12 March 2012, Chloe was 15 lb 8oz, had 42 cm head circumference, and was 25.5 inches tall. She has a case of dermatitis on her chest, back, neck, arms, and legs, but now that I'm using a better bath time technique it's clearing up. Right when she came in the room the doctor noticed that Chloe was teething...for real this time! She does keep her hands in her mouth now. She used to really only chew on them when she was hungry, but now it's all the time. Anything she gets into her little chubby hand goes into her mouth as well. The doctor also let me know that I can start feeding her meats now, which is exciting. I've been using a website, http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/, to plan out what to make for her.

I've had to go through and switch out her 3-6 month clothes with 6-12 month clothes. My mother-in-law has been particularly good at finding 9-12 month clothes that fit her well, so I figured I'd just have the 6-9 and the 9-12's out and ready so I have a bigger pool of clothing to pick from. I still haven't had to buy very many clothes for her, which had been a huge blessing. She's also at the point where we probably wont buy any more big boxes of size 2 diapers because she wont be able to wear them them soon. I'm glad I have a couple of packs of size 3 diapers from my first baby shower. It was funny though, no one got her any even-number sized diapers, just 1's, 3's, and 5's. I still hope to switch to cloth diapers one day, but the initial cost of them just doesn't elicit any happy dances. Maybe I'll do like it seems a bunch of people do and use disposables for Chloe and then switch to cloth when there's another baby (or two).

As far as skill development goes she gets better and better by leaps and bounds from week to week. She's gotten used to sitting (although she usually falls over after a while) and has been almost refusing to lay on her back. She can grab things much better than she could before and is much more deliberate with her hands. Sometimes she can calmly and nicely play with The Husband's beard and other times she grabs and pulls it like her life depended on it. I really like that she reaches out and touches my face now, and attempts to kiss me (well, that's what I'm calling it when she grabs my face and plants an open mouth on it and then closes her mouth, lol). She also asserts herself more verbally. Nothing concrete has come out of her mouth quite yet, but it's gotten louder and much more fun. 

"But you can't see past my shades,
 past my shades, past my shades"
~ B.o.B.

I brought this up to The Husband recently, but it really feels like taking care of her is easy. Easier than I ever thought it would be, at least. We do have an awesome situation though...we're married (and still like/love each other), we both love everything about her and want to be there for her, and we have an awesome support system of family and friends. She wants for nothing and gets a ton of attention from a lot of people and I love that all these people love her too and want the best for her. Life is good!