6 months old on Christmas Day!

Sadie turned 6 months on Christmas Day. We were in Spokane the 21^st through Christmas Eve and then we flew back to Portland on Christmas morning. So far only one of Sadie’s monthly pictures have been taken at our apartment in Corvallis! I think that means we travel a lot. She really is a great little traveler, she sleeps in the car and seems to fly just fine (not like her Mom!).

We went to the Pediatrician on Jan 3 and Sadie weighed 16 pounds 7 ounces (55^th percentile) and is 26 and ¾ inches long (80^th percentile). Her head circumference is 16.3 inches (20^th percentile), poor girl definitely has my small head! She is getting to the end of her 3-6 month/6 month clothes and fits pretty well in a lot of her adorable 6-12 month clothes that she got for Christmas. That girl is seriously set for a while she got so much clothing! I love it! Sadie still fits into size 3 diapers just perfectly. And she is now wearing shoes more and size 2 fit her great.

We had two big changes this month developmentally! The first being that Sadie is now sitting up totally unsupported and she is so happy about it. Before when she was on her back it seemed like she was always trying to sit up because she wanted to see what was happening around her and now she can. She was sitting up pretty well the week before Christmas but really got the hang of it while we were in Spokane. Ahh she is getting so big!

The other exciting change this month was eating solid food. Sadie loves this too! She gets so excited when we put her in her highchair and put the bib on. She starts flapping her arms up and down which we have determined is her excited expression. So far she has had avocado, sweet potatoes, bananas and prunes. The prunes were not planned but apparently bananas cause constipation so prunes became her fourth new food! They have fortunately been working and I think we will try pears next.

Sleeping this month has definitely been a struggle. It’s always hard when travelling and we’ve really started to realize we need a schedule. So, Sadie had been going to bed between 8 and 8:30pm, waking up about 6 am to eat and then going right back to sleep until between 9 and 10am. Which is really great and we can’t say we’ve been too sleep deprived. However naps have been very sporadic and she gets pretty crabby especially toward the end of the day. So recently we’ve decided to make wake up time 8:30am, first nap time about 10:30 – noon, 2^nd nap time at 2pm and usually another short nap around 5:30pm. This has been going pretty well and Sadie’s naps have been much longer.

All in all, Sadie is a great tempered baby and we are having so much fun with her! She loves people and is willing to be held by just about anyone. Sadie is pretty chill and goes with the flow most of the time. It’s so wonderful to watch her grow and develop and we feel so blessed to be her parents!