6 Month Update

Harper

15 pounds 1 ounce (30th percentile) 

25 3/4 inches (49th percentile)

Harper's laugh is infectious.  It often starts with a sly smile and then develops into a full belly laugh.  She is extremely ticklish and cannot control herself when you blow raspberries on her stomach or neck or get your fingernails near her feet.  When she is well-fed,  she "ooooo's" with perfect Cheerio lips.  She loves pat-a-cake and peekaboo.  She is a very content girl and entertains herself with the tags on her animals and toys.  The rubber goldfish in her bathtub is very frightening at first.  After back-paddling with her hands when she sees it, she decides to eat it or laugh at it instead, but is still frightened and confused when it squirts water at her.  It also took her a few tries to get used to my parents' and sister's dogs.  She screamed in terror when we first put her next to them, but by the end of the day, she was petting them.  Almost every new food is met with hilarious looks of disgust initially, but then she eagerly oooo's for more.  She still hasn't warmed up to avacodos or peas and will not swallow them; she just lets them dribble down her chin.  Bless this child who has pretty consistently slept 7pm-7am since she was 2.5 months old (we had a rough patch, but I think we are over it). Harper makes my heart full! I tried to narrow down our videos to these highlights.  I can't believe how she changed over 3 months!

Allie

14 pounds 13 ounces (25th percentile)

26 inches (59th percentile)

This little lady is wants so badly to be mobile!  She is always in motion: lifting her arms and legs off the ground like Superman, doing multiple rolls across the floor, trying to squirm out of the Bumbo seat, and when she is strapped into her bouncy seat or the stroller she kicks and flexes her triceps like in the video below. When placed on the ground, she almost immediately flips to her tummy and looks like she desperately wants to crawl.  The kitchen counter and floors are soaked after her baths because as soon as she hits the water it is her time to make as big a splash as possible.  When she wants out of her crib she starts doing pyramids with her head on the mattress and perfectly straight legs and back.  She is still waking up two or more times a night, but we are working on changing that!  This little lady doesn't go a day without her workout or filling her mama with joy! She frequently lights up the room with this joyous cackle (sorry I can't figure out how to flip this video):