thompsons: Colbie

Our sweet baby girl just turned 6 months old and what a fun age it is!

6 Month Stats:

Height - 26.5in (75%ile)

Weight - 17.4lbs (75%ile)
(as big as Colbie seems, I just checked back and saw that at 6 months Luke weighed 18lbs 15oz. Way bigger than baby girl!!)

Head Circ - 16.7in (50%ile)

I forget how much I love this age. It's the BEST! Colbie is such a happy baby, we are so lucky. Always content to chew on toys, smile and laugh at Luke, "talking" a bunch, doesn't cry unless she is really hungry or really tired, very focused and always learning. You can see it in her eyes. Love everything about it.

Plenty of rolls, if you haven't noticed. Just want to squeeze her!!!

She just started sitting well this week. She has been getting the hang of it since Christmas but now we can put her down and not worry too much about her falling straight back on her head. Better core muscles and control at this point it seems. Core muscles you say, yes, under all those rolls it does seem as if she has some! :) Shocking, I know.

She sleeps from 10-13 hours a night. Usually I will feed her 1x in the night/morning if she sleeps 13, but it has happened that she will sleep 13 straight without eating.
Naps 2-3 times a day. Usually one longer nap and two short ones. Very flexible with her sleeping. I can generally wake her up when I would like so I can time her naps to be with Luke's. Even if it is only 45 min of rest for mama, every bit helps!!
Been feeding her baby food & rice cereal since 4 months. She has liked/accepted everything offered thus far and is good at keeping it down. Doc said she is ready to move onto real food (mashed potatoes, soups mashed up, etc). Colbie shows a big interest in our food, more than Luke did.
Refuses to take a bottle. Although I did put some warm apple juice in one and she did accept that recently. So mom is strictly nursing this baby just like I did Luke.
She talks a lot "mamama" (first) now "dadadaa" mostly. So adorable!
No teeth yet but working on some I believe.
Such a happy, awesome personality. She has some spunk to her, but just enough! Very social and loves little kids, especially her brother.
Loves rough housing more than Luke did :). And love Itsy Bitsy Spider.
Has eczema like her brother. And lots of sores in her neck rolls because no air can get in there. Poor thing.

Spends lots of time in the exersaucer and LOVES jumping. Alli & Derek got her a jumper that you attach to a door frame and she gets some good air in it!