6 months old

Where has the time gone? Our little peanut is much less of a peanut and much more of a big bruiser of a 6 month old. Every day she learns new things and changes. It's been so fun to watch.

Maddy had her doctor's appointment this morning. Our bruiser weighed in at 18 pounds, 3 ounces. She was 27 and a half inches long. With both of those stats she was in the 90th percentile. Yes, she is a big girl. A lot of people don't believe me when I say that she is 6 months old- they think she looks older because of her size.

The big thing that we need to do from this appointment is: MORE TUMMY TIME! Maddy doesn't want to put her arms out straight (like a push up) when she lies on her tummy. The only cure for this is to make her lie on her tummy more. The doctor isn't overly concerned with this as long as we make an effort to get her on her tummy more. Maddy has also been suffering from an upset tummy over the last week and a half or so. The doctor suggested temporarily putting her on a lactose-free formula to help her digestion. And finally, Maddy needs to eat solids. She is still not interested. She has reverted back to shutting her mouth tight when a spoon is anywhere near her mouth. She could be talking, talking, talking, but when that spoon comes near... she's like Fort Knox.

Maddy is doing more talking every day. Her favorite sound right now is: ma-ma-ma. We don't think she is associating this sound with my name yet, but she sure loves to yell it. It seems that this happens most often when she is upset or angry about something. For example, when she got her shots this morning, she was crying and kept saying ma-ma-ma-ma over and over. Or, she was bored yesterday as we were shopping, so she yelled ma-ma-ma while we were walking around. She wanted to make sure we understood just how bored she was. She does know how to say da-da, but usually this comes out as one single DA! We love that she is making more sounds that are beginning to sound like words. We can't wait for her to make the associations and be more deliberate in saying them.

Finally, we had professional 6 month pictures taken of Maddy on Saturday. I put two of my favorites in the post.