Dear Charlotte,
Baby girl! You are half a year old, oh my goodness how fast it's gone by. I blinked and it's March - where did February go? You change so much every day it's hard to remember it all, but I'll give it my best shot!
You had your first ear infection this month. The only way we knew was because you had a fever! The fever spiked, so you of course didn't go to day care. We took you into the see Dr. Moore and sure enough, you had an ear infection. You hadn't had ANY of the normal symptoms, so I was slightly surprised. She was prepared to run all sorts of tests because of your lack of symptoms, so we were both really relieved to find out it was an ear infection. Prescribed some antibiotics and you were good to go! You take medicine really well, I think you might think it's a treat! You take it straight from the syringe, no fuss whatsoever.
You also got your first two teeth! My goodness how fast that happened. The first came in on February 9th, and the second the very next day on the 10th! They're your front 2 bottom teeth. It made you a tiny bit irritable, but really not much. We gave you some tylenol for the pain and you were happy again.
You can sit up pretty well now, still supported but not much longer! We prop you up in your boppy every morning and you watch Mommy and Daddy get ready, with Crew laying right by your side. It's pretty cute. Sometimes you nod off to sleep, but most of the time you're captivated with watching us get ready for work. Lately I've started sitting you in my lap at my vanity while I put on my makeup. You love it, you stare in the mirror and bang your hands on the surface. You seem fascinated by my process, it's really cute.
The scooting has started! Well, more rolling/twisting, but you're getting there. When you don't want to try to scoot, you just roll back and forth until you've gotten where you want to be. The past week you've started picking yourself up like you're about to crawl. You still seem surprised every time you actually get into the crawl position, but we know it's only a matter of time. I keep telling you to slow down a little, you're only 6 months old! You are determined to figure everything out though.
On that note, you do not want to miss a THING! You can be fast asleep, and the second you realize there are people around, you pop up and start taking everything in. You're pretty quiet when you do it. The best example was when we were in church. You'd fallen asleep in your car seat on the drive over, and I was able to get you out of the car seat and wrapped up in a blanket in my arms and still keep you asleep. As soon as we got to our pew in church, boom, wide awake. You looked around and smiled at people and entertained yourself the entire time. Never fussed at all!
We've really expanded your food choices. You now eat mangos, pears, peaches, squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas and bananas! You definitely do not like the Gerber brand, but are a huge fan of Plum Organics. I am planning to try a few others, but first we need to get through all the Plum ones we have! They were having a sale, so Mommy bought quite a few of them. :)
We went on a Mommy and baby outing to Buy Buy Baby a few weeks ago. Probably the only time that will happen, because Mommy went a little overboard. But oh my goodness we had fun! :)
You are SUCH a happy baby. We tell you all the time, but you just smile and laugh and smile and laugh all the time. You are truly the best part of my every day, I love you so much little miss!
