{"id":24504,"date":"2014-11-19T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?p=24504"},"modified":"2021-02-12T11:02:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:02:29","slug":"kaitlyn-6-months-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/kaitlyn-6-months-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaitlyn at 6 Months Old"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three days ago Kaitlyn turned 6 months old. Today, she is leaving for college.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n That might not be entirely true, but the rate that time goes with a second child is mindboggling. You didn\u2019t think I\u2019d do an update post without professing my bittersweet sentiments about the time passing, right?<\/p>\n And while she may not be leaving for college, moves like this make me feel like she is still growing entirely too quickly.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n When this happened yesterday, I was hoping for a singular occurrence, but as I type, the girl is pulling up to standing on any prop she can find.<\/p>\n In other ways though, she is still very much my baby (yes, I know she IS<\/em> a baby).<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n She loves putting everything in her mouth and drool-soaked, open-mouthed kisses (which are totally disgusting until it\u2019s your child, then it\u2019s pure magic).<\/p>\n She loves her mama and wants to be everywhere I am. I\u2019ll put her down and just walk around the corner and she\u2019ll burst into tears and army crawl like a crazy baby after me. It\u2019s simultaneously the sweetest and saddest thing I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n But really, girlfriend wants to be with me all the time. And I won\u2019t pretend I don\u2019t love it.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Her 6 month check up isn\u2019t until Friday, but Kaitlyn is a little thing. I think she is just over 13 lbs, but is still decently long (26 inches – ish). I am nursing her 5 times a day (6:30am, 9:30am, 12pm, 3pm and 6pm \u2013 all \u201cish\u201d of course) and we have started solids!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n HA! Despite this particular face, it\u2019s been a lot of messy fun. I am working on a comprehensive post to share our experience thus far.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s see\u2026 what else?<\/p>\n She;s gotten better with the bottle and I try to give her one at least every other day.<\/p>\n Her schedule changes daily, but somehow it\u2019s working for us. The only constants are bath starting at 6:30 and in bed asleep by 7:10. She usually naps around 1:15ish, either for 45 minutes or 1.5 hours.<\/p>\n She wakes up at 6:30 most days.<\/p>\n She wear size 2 diapers and 6-9 month clothing.<\/p>\n She\u2019s had a few days of teething symptoms and I sometimes catch her sucking her thumb.<\/p>\n She loves her sister. A lot. They love each other actually and every ounce of my being hopes they\u2019ll stay close.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n She is generally a very happy baby, only crying when she is overtired or I\u2019ve confined her to a carseat. She really detests being forced to stay in one place.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n She pops up to all fours all the time, but her crawl remains army style (I posted a video on my instagram<\/a>).<\/p>\n She giggles when you tickle her side or kiss on her neck.<\/p>\n Her laugh sounds somewhat like a ahhhhaghhhh.<\/p>\n She squenches up her whole face when she smiles big.<\/p>\n She makes my heart so full.<\/p>\n