Where oh where has the time gone? six months flew by like nothing! Tony and I were having a conversation the other day about how fast time seems to be going lately, I'm not sure if it's because we had a baby or if were just getting older and thats what happens? But either way these past six months have flown by!
This is my favourite baby stage so far. I live for waking Penelope up in the morning and seeing her smile so big, or reading her a book that she's picked out to read, and taking her for walks in her stroller while she watches the birds and leaves above her.
I have worked with children for almost five years now, I am an ECE (Early Childhood Educator), and I love implementing things I have learned into our daily routine. I think going to school for education has taught me how to teach her at each of her stages, because developmentally each stage of life is so different from the last.
The six month update video we filmed, I spoke mostly about the toys and things we have been using lately and I wanted to share some of those links as well as other ones we have been loving.
I wanted to share MORE on the blog, about her schedule, sleeping and that kind of stuff.
Milestones:
- Penelope can now fully sit up.
- Says Mum, Bella and Dada.
- Eats SOOO much! She will eat whatever we're eating.
- Teething, I can feel teeth but nothing has popped through.
- Not only can she rock back and forth on her hands and feet, but she can army crawl across the floor!
- She rolls around constantly, and is very fast! we have to constantly watch out so she doesn't roll off anything.
- She loves singing along to songs in the car.
- She only wakes up once to feed (around 2 am)
- She waves.
- Finally she bounces like a pro.
- She stands with a little assistance (her balance is still not there yet, but her legs are super strong).
Sleeping:
We went through a six month sleep regression recently and it was so hard! LONG nights and long days, and we had no idea what was happening at the time which made it even harder and scarier. Her sleep has sense returned back to her normal waking up once a night at 2 am for a feed, and then she's back to bed until 7:30-8 am.
Routine:
Wake up anywhere from 6:30 - 7:30 am
Change and read a book 7:45 am
Free time while mama gets ready for the day 8:00 am
Breakfast (usually 1 scrambled egg, a cookie, ands some little snacks she can use her hands to pick up which helps her develop her motor skills) 9:00 am
Bottle #1 and nap 9:30 am - 10/10:30 am
Wakes up and we play, learn to crawl 11 am
Walk with mom 12 pm
Lunch 12:30 pm
Bottle #2 - 1 pm
Nap - 2 pm - 3 pm
Walk or work out 4 pm
Bottle #3 - 4:30 pm
start dinner, go in bouncer - 5 pm
Bath Time - 5:30 pm
Daddy gets home, we eat - 6:00 pm
Hang out with daddy - 6:30pm
Bed Time - 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Food:
Penelope eats EVERYTHING we give her, she isn't too picky. The only thing I've seen her not like is blueberry yogurt, and her Oatmeal! lol but other than that she eats whatever we're eating.
Weight & Size:
She is so heavy to hold now, its getting hard to carry her for long. She weighs 20 lbs! She fits into 6-9 month clothing, depending on the brand she can fit into some 3-6 month clothing still.
Thanks for reading! Im going to be posting every month, until she's a year old.
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