Happy 6 Months, Sweetums

Alaethia is finally taking her before-bed nap so I thought I’d update real quick. (She’s also finally better, thank you for your comments!)

I’ve been way too enthralled in my Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book that I haven’t had the urge to get online. That, and I’m afraid I’ll go into a random site and the end will be ruined for me. That site I linked in one of my previous blogs — the one they mentioned on CNN — was the real thing, pictures and all (which is why they probably took them down. I went back the next day after I linked it and it wouldn’t show the pics, then the site wouldn’t load at all.). So…I know who’s going to die since I saw the very first line when the site loaded. I’m on pins and needles, anxious to know when this character will meet their untimely death. *sigh* It’s been great so far; very action-packed. I can’t wait to finish reading it.

I’m writing mainly to document Alaethia’s 6-month-birthday :). (I shall update about this weekend later.) I can’t believe this little lady’s already been with us this long, and at the same time it feels like she was never missing from our lives.

My poor girl’s already had her first virus and has had at least 3 different colds. I’ve learned that when she’s at her fussiest, when her bottle nor rocking her will put her to sleep, slipping a blanket or wash cloth over her eyes will put her right to sleep. She never took a pacifier, which is great since this is the month I would have weaned her off it anyway. She maneuvers her walker with ease now that her feet lay flat on the floor. Her crawling is getting much better, but it’s still not a true crawl — yet. She likes to “feed herself” when it’s time to eat. She gets food everywhere so it’s a good thing she loves her bath time.

And separation anxiety? I didn’t know they could suffer from that at this age; she screams as soon as she loses sight if me. Even if someone else has her and she’s being walked around (which she absolutely loves), she won’t stop crying until I get her. Then she’s all fine and dandy as if nothing ever happened.

She’s still taking 4 ounces of milk, loves water in sippy cups, and is going through an I-don’t-want-to-eat-anything-stage. Before that though, her favorite food was squash.

She’s my only child who’s slept in a crib and before catching the Roseola Virus, she’d been sleeping anywhere from 5-7 hours a night (if she’d fall asleep at 2am — her usual bedtime), would wake for a bottle and diaper change and would sleep another 4 hours. Now we’re back to her waking every 3-4 hours, but we’ll hopefully get that fixed along with getting her to sleep earlier (she’s been crashing at 1am now. Mama needs more sleep!).

Her temperament is just wonderful. She’s even more sweet and beautiful than I ever imagined she’d be.