Evie - 6 Months!

Sweet Evie, my, oh my was this a big month for you! It started out when you rolled over from your back to your tummy (while swaddled) on November 27. From that night on, you have slept on your tummy. You rolled from your back to your tummy unswaddled on December 9.

You have been rolling all over the place and scooting. It's amazing how much you can move around the room without actually crawling--maybe you're just trying to keep up with your brother! A couple of times you've even scooted your whole body (except your head) under the pack 'n play or under our bed.

You're now sitting up on your own pretty well.

With all your developmental growth this month, we're no longer able to use your Bumbo seat or bouncer because you can fall out of them. You still enjoy your jumperoo, but not quite as much now that you're more mobile.


When you're upset, you'll get up on all fours and rock back and forth. Sometimes you'll also make a motorboat sound when you're upset.

When you get really excited, you get a huge smile and breath in and out through your nose really fast.

You're ticklish on your tummy, and especially on the sides of your neck under each cheek.


You wear Size 2 diapers and mostly 6 Month clothes.

You wouldn't take the only bottle I offered you this month, so I'm guessing we'll just bypass bottles and move straight to sippy cups.

You usually eat around 8am, 12:00pm, 4:30pm and 8:30pm with a 1.5-2 hour nap in the morning and afternoon and a 30-45 minute nap before your last feeding. When I feed you, you often grab at my face--at my chin, at my nose, but most commonly, you'll hang your hand from my lower teeth. Caleb did the exact same thing!

At your 6 Month checkup today, you weighed 16lb 11oz (58.28%), were 26.75" long (78.66%) and your head circumference was 16.5" (28.47%).

You're such a content and joyful little girl! And, man, do you love to show affection! Though you've initiated kisses in the past, this month it's gotten really sweet. When I'm holding you, and you're facing away from me or when you're sitting in my lap with your back toward me, you'll turn your head up and around toward my face and hold your mouth open until I give you kisses. You'll often reach up and hold onto my cheek with your right hand too. I LOVE THIS!!

You usually get excited whenever someone looks at you or starts talking to you. You'll get a huge grin and kick your legs a bunch.

Oh, precious Evie, your daddy and I adore you!


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