DD Kimball Road: Watch Emma Grow

I know, I'm late with this post. January has taken its toll and I wanted to wait until after Emma's 6 month Well visit to have updated stats. Month 6 in Emma's life was full of tons of excitement and adventures!

We started off the month with her first two teeth! Two days after her 5th month birthday she cut both lower central incisors. She was drooling for months and really going to town with her teething rings, plus I could feel them coming in also....it was just a matter of time. Two days later I got bit for the first time.....it was so not fun. But she usually only grazes me with the teeth and it's never on purpose. Most often how I am hurt is because she grabs my breast and scratches them.

Since it was Christmastime we made a trip to see Santa and got the best Santa photo ever! She had no fear with him and it was awesome! We ordered new stockings and put up Emma's first Christmas tree complete with a little photoshoot. We had such fun celebrating Christmastime with her and she was spoiled completely! I know I haven't posted about the holiday's yet. Trust me, those posts are coming.

Another fun thing that happened was Emma's first official trip to Disneyland!!! We went during the holiday season because of the lights and decorations and just overall experience during the holidays. Stay tuned for that post as well.

Other than those teeth there weren't many developmental milestones to speak of. She has become a pro at rolling back and forth from back to tummy....and most times prefers to be on her tummy now. Funny how things change. She got a stationary jumper from Santa and loves jumping around in that! We thought that crawling was going to happen before the new year, but she just barrel rolls to get where she wants instead. She will push up completely onto her toes, but doesn't quite understand that moving forward happens on her knees. She's very close to sitting up on her own also. It's quite exciting to watch her grow, but bittersweet to think that she's growing so fast too. We are just enjoying all the things to come and going along for the ride.

This Month Stats:

Weight: 14 lbs 7 ozs (20%)

Height: 25.5" (38%)

Head: 17.25" (84%)

Updated weight: 15lbs (24%)

Last Month Stats:
Weight: 12 lbs 10 ozs (23%)
Height: 23.75" (26%)
Head: 16.5" (73")

Eat: Still going strong with the breastmilk. I had a scare with stress and pumping. I started to see a decrease in my supply so I started to take an herbal supplement but noticed an even higher decline so I stopped taking it. I think the decrease was stress related however. I still pump every two to three hours at work and usually bring home between 9 and 11 ounces. I think that she doesn't like to eat off the bottle because of a good day she will eat 10 ozs but most day's its about 7 so we rely on those night feedings still....which is fine with me as I love snuggling while she eats. When we are together she feeds on demand....and I will offer the breast every two to three hours. More often than not she will take it.

Sleep:
Sleep has been interesting this month I cannot lie. We have gotten back on track with getting her down, but keeping her asleep has been more challenging. I think it is coupled with all the excitement and much too much stimulation that this month brought as well as a dramatic decrease in temperature. She went from waking every two and a half hours to waking every 45 minutes to an hour and a half. Momma was going crazy! We stopped letting her sleep past 5 PM to combat the 9-10 pm falling asleep times because it was affecting her ability to go to bed on time. We are working on the sleeping at night, but our pediatrician said that we cannot cut any nighttime feedings or start a sleep schedule until she is well established on solid foods. Updated schedule:

7:15am - Wake/Breastfeed
7:30-9am - Diaper change/playtime
9-11am - Nap
11am - Bottle Feed/Breast Feed
11-1pm - Playtime
1pm - Bottle Feed/Breast Feed
1:30-3:30 pm - Naptime
3:30-5pm - Playtime, mommy gets home and feeds. We eat, read and sing.
Between 730-745pm she gets bathed, then lotion and pj's then we read a book or two or three. Then if she hasn't nodded off yet I rock her asleep. I feed her most often right before she goes to bed.
11pm-12am - Dream Feed

Diapers: Sill in size twos. Working through the last box from the shower and we utterly hate this brand. We cannot wait to be done with them and back to our beloved Pampers!

Milestones to date:

Bringing her home: July 2nd (1 day old)

First Bath: July 4th (3 days old)

First Holiday: Independence Day (3 days old)

Held Up Head: July 11th (1 week old)

Lost Belly Button: (8 days old)

First Walk (2 weeks old)

First Smile: July 27th (3 weeks old)

First Trip: Lake Tahoe/Carson City (5 weeks old)

Found her hands: (6 weeks old)
First Swim: (6 Weeks old)
Laughed Out Loud: Sept 25th (12 Weeks Old)
Rolled Over: October 28th (3 Months Old)
Found Her Feet: November 2nd (4 Months Old)

First Teeth: December 3rd (5 Months Old

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