The sleep department is still in dire need of improvement. We got the one solid night that I posted about, but unfortunately that was a lone occurrence. Rhys' typical schedule is:
Up at 7am, eat
Nap at 9am
Up at 11am, eat
Nap at 12:30 or 1
Up at 2:30, eat
Nap at 4
Up at 5, eat
5:30 or 6, cereal
7, bedtime snack (milk)
7 or 7:30 down for the night
10pm - quick snack while still sleeping
Wakeup call between 2 & 5am.
Luckily, she just wants to eat during the 2 or 3am wakeup and then she goes right back to sleep. I suppose it could be worse!
We started cereal a few weeks ago. I'll need to go back and find the pictures of that! I thought I posted it, but now I'm thinking maybe I didn't get around to it. She mostly pushed the food back at us for the first 2 weeks, but she's getting better at it. On a good night she takes around an ounce of cereal. I thought it might help in the sleep department, but it doesn't seem to make much difference. We have noticed that she is fussing a lot more when we put her down for naps, and she can go pretty long in between, so maybe she is starting to stretch her naps into just 2 daytime and MAYBE that will help her nighttime sleep. I told David tonight that I'm pretty sure at this point we won't ever get a full nights sleep again. By the time Rhys figures this out, Natalie will probably be getting the rest of her molars, and after that calms down Rhys will be getting teeth, and then after that...well, I'm not sure but it is always something!
We've also tried Banana, but she hasn't been a big fan yet. We tried a few times with just banana, and a few times I mixed it with her cereal. She liked the mixture better, but still gave us the sour face.
Rhys is getting to be quite mobile. She is not exactly crawling, but she isn't stationary either. She is up on all 4s, rocking back and forth and then she crashes forward. She scoots herself backwards, and she is QUICK! She spins herself in circles and rolls constantly from front to back. Neither of us have seen her roll back to front yet, and that frustrates her - a lot. You can tell by the cry that she is laying there on her back.
We haven't practiced sitting up too much yet. She is pretty determined to reach and grab things, so she usually ends up tipping over pretty quickly.
(Liam & his mama & daddy came by about 2 weeks ago. Rhys was watching his every move, and Liam thought she was pretty fun too)
Rhys has been really good about picking things up and getting them to her mouth. She grabs her paci and swings it around, chews on the edge, occasionally she will actually use it, but mostly she just plays. She likes to grab anything we are holding, or buttons on our shirts, or necklaces...pretty much she goes after anything in reach!
She has such a happy personality. If you smile at Rhys, you are almost guaranteed to get one back. And she giggles pretty easily too. I felt like we always had to beg Natalie to smile or laugh, but Rhys is just a happy camper.
Rhys and Natalie are starting to interact more and more. I'm sure the wars are about to start though. Rhys always grabs Natalie's hair and that never ends well. She also grabs Natalie's toys and Natalie grabs it back and yells "no Rhys, that's mine". Aye. Let the fun begin, huh?
(Natalie wanted to "hold" Rhys. After I set her up there, she told me "mama, take picture, Cheese!"...so I obeyed and took their picture. Doesn't Rhys look thrilled?)
We have a convertible car seat on order and are just about to make the switch out of the infant seat. Rhys is getting SO heavy to tote around!! The tricky part is that she's not really ready to sit in shopping carts. It also makes it a little harder to get everyone & everything out to the car. So, we're kind of holding off, but at the same time, I'm ready to get rid of the infant bucket and it's 9lbs.
We just opened our last pack of diapers that we were given before Rhys was born. Such a nice gift from family and friends!
Unofficial stats for the 6 mo mark:
Height: somewhere in the 24-25 in mark. She was awful squirmy when we tried to measure
Weight: 17.5 lbs - seems like she is tapering off a bit
Diapers: size 3
Clothes: some 6mo, mostly 6-9mo
We go to the Dr. on the 6th for her 6mo checkup.
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