Brianna's 6-Month Check-in

Brianna's six month doctor's appointment was Thursday afternoon. She is now 16 pounds 4 ounces (72nd percentile) and  26.5 inches long (57th percentile). The doctor says she is very social, well adjusted and clearly very confidant. Matt and I were proud of that! She said she is very strong and right on track for her age.

At this visit Bri got three shots and the oral rotavirus vaccine. We did chose to vaccinate her with a flu shot as well. She didn't even cry for the first two! I was so impressed!

She was not, however, pleased with Brianna's sleeping habits (durr..) and said I am not to be feeding her in the middle of the night anymore, especially since she has two teeth and is now susceptible to tooth decay. She strongly suggested we sleep train her. I did not expect this, and frankly was less than thrilled with it. For anyone who doesnt know what sleep training is, it basically means we have to let her cry it out at night when she goes to bed, and can only go in after 10-15 minutes, pat her back to reassure her and leave the room. Since she has been getting up from 2-5 times every night to eat, you can imagine how difficult I expect this to be.

The first night, Bri slept from 9pm to 7am, making a liar out of me (lol). Turns out she had a fever from the shots and was pretty much out of it until 2pm the next day. The second night (last night) She screamed for an hour and 15 minutes. She kept gasping for breath, and I felt sooo bad! I ended up going in there every five minutes for the first hour. I picked her up, burped her each time (she had swallowed a lot of air with all that screaming) and put her back down. This was clearly not working, so I did not go in again, and she finally fell asleep after the next 15. I did not even attempt to go to bed until after she was very asleep. I am hoping tonight will go easier.

Milestones accomplished at 6 months:
1. Can sit on her own on a hard surface (like a high chair)
2. Can hold a toy in each hand & exert preferences over her toys

3. Can roll from back to front & front to back

4. Can scoot in a circle

5. Can feed herself a (melting) cracker

6. Can hold her old bottle for at least 30 seconds

7. Gets upset if a toy is taken away from her.

Next Up:

-Sitting on her own on a soft surface

-Crawling!
Love,

Catherine, Matthew, Bri & the doggies

Weekend and hanging out with daddy

Crabby babies are no fun. We took Bri around to see a lot of family today, that and day light savings didn't equal a lot of napping time for her. That brings us to now, she cried all the at home then after her bath- cried more. Then cried because she couldnt keep her pacifer in her mouth. It's been rough today, but on the bright side that's not normal for her. Hopefully she will get bed soon.

Yesterday was fun. While Catherine was working I took Bri to the auto show. We meet Clay and his dad there. It was a great time and she enjoyed all the shiny new cars. In other news she has cut her first tooth and has another one on the way. She rolls from back to front very regularly. She sorta scoots around in a circle and has not crawled or even gotten up on all fours yet. Shouldn't been too much longer.

Pictures to follow, not sure how to load them from my phone :)

-Matt