Happy half birthday to my beautiful Ellie Bellie! The last six months have flown by and I can't believe how fast Ellie is growing up. I wish time would slow down and stop stealing my baby!
All she wants to do is go go go. She is moving and changing so much faster than he brothers did.
Height: 26.75 inches (birth: 20inches)
Weight: 15lbs 10oz (birth: 7lbs 5oz)
Sleep
Sleep, what is sleep? Sleep has been pretty terrible this month. I am living for my morning cup of coffee right now. Ellie has been waking up every two hours almost every night. I am hoping that this complete regression in sleeping is due to the fact that Ellie has had a cold and an ear infection this month. Ellie has started sleeping in her own crib this month. The crib is in our room but she is no longer using her dock a tot. She started rolling over in her sleep and she just needed more space to sleep.
I am still trying to work on a nap schedule with Ellie. I wasn't very good at getting the boys to nap on a schedule at this age and I'm not good at it now. I feel like Ellie should be napping twice a day but at this time Ellie naps at least once a day while the boys nap. This nap isn't really helping Ellie to learn how to sleep though because this nap is taken in my arms while I sit in the boys room waiting for them to fall asleep. I am lucky if I can get her to nap early in the mornings but this nap either occurs in her carseat because we're out running errands or in my arms again. I think I need to work on getting her to sleep in her bed for naps!
Eat
Ellie is still being exclusively breastfed. Ellie nursing several times through out the day and since she is waking up every two hours at night she is nursing that often as well.
Ellie's "Schedule"
6:00-6:30 Wake for the day and Nurse
8:30-9:00 Nurse
10:00-11:00 Nap (maybe)
11:00-11:30 Nurse
1:30-2:00 Nurse and then Nap
4:50-5:30 Nurse
7:00 Nurse and Bed
Play/Development
Ellie has had a big month when it comes to development. So what is new...
-She started to take a Paci, sort of at least for a couple of weeks
-Ellie celebrated her first Easter
-Started rocking on her hands and knees
-Started army crawling
-Started sleeping in a crib (in our room but still in her own bed!)
-Ellie got her first cold and got her first ear infection (first ever for any of my kids)
-Ellie loves watching/playing with her brothers. Now that she can move Ellie gets right into whatever Will and James are doing.
-Ellie will find and pick up any small piece of paper, lint or fuzz she can find and put it in her mouth. (I don't remember the boys doing this at all)
-Ellie got to ride in the cart at Target like a big girl
Dear Ellie
How has half a year already passed us by? I can't believe how you are changing. I want time to slow down so you can stay small forever! I am loving your personality. You are so happy all of the time. Even when you had your first cold and ear infection you would never know how miserable you were feeling because most of the time you were your usual smiley self. There were only three times when you cried inconsolably and that was when I knew I needed to take you to the dr to figure out what was going on. I feel like you want to be a big girl already. You remind me of Will how you master a skill over night. You started army crawling a little bit on a Saturday and woke up Sunday doing it like you had been scooting around all your life! You got a bed upgrade this month and are now sleeping in your own crib. It is currently sitting right next to my bed but you have your own space. Your sleep has completely regressed since you've been sick but I'm hoping you will start sleeping better soon! You got to ride in the target cart for the first time like a big girl and you were so excited and proud of yourself. Ellie we are so lucky and privileged that you are a part of our family! I can't wait to see what the next month has in store for you. You bring so much joy to my life each day and always bring a smile to my face!
Love you baby girl!
Mommy
Sixth Month Photo Dump
