Campbell is 6 months old!! I can’t believe we’re already to the halfway mark of her first year!! (Well, past the halfway mark– sorry I am a little late with this post.) Campbell is such a joy to have around. Everyone remarks on how easygoing she is and it is really true! We are all so happy to have her in our little family. We love you happy girl!

Stats:

• weight: 15 lbs, 11 oz (50th%–my dainty girl!)

• height: 27.25″ (90th%-future basketball star?)

• Campbell’s newest trick is rolling onto her tummy. She almost exclusively does it in her crib, which is a little scary since babies are supposed to sleep on their backs (to reduce SIDS). Technically she can turn herself back over but she isn’t very good at it– she always gets her arms in the way–and has been crying  a lot more at nap time. We have been doing tummy time around the clock in hopes that she will get better at going from tummy to back.

• Campbell is sitting up now, though she still flops over pretty easily.

• Naps: Campbell is down to two naps/day! She has one from 10-11:30 and one from 2:30-4:30.

• Bedtime: Her night routine has changed about a dozen times this month. The basics are the same: she eats at 7:30, goes to bed at 8, and wakes up between 7 and 8 the next morning. Because she was waking Sam up too early (he really needs to sleep until at least 8 to wake up happy), we started pulling Campbell out of Sam’s room and putting her in a travel crib in the hallway at around 11 when we went to bed. That meant doing a dream feed because moving her woke her up. But now I am able to move her without waking her up so we have dropped the dream feed (yay!). She has done great–sleeping for about 11-12 hours with no waking–most of the time. However, she hasn’t really learned to self soothe so if she is awoken too early, she isn’t able to put herself back to sleep. Hoping that happens soon, but she doesn’t suck her thumb or take a paci. We are trying to get her attached to a lovey!

• Campbell has a new really funny face. I call it her squishy face because she squishes her face up and breathes loudly through her nose. It is so cute. She often does it in an effort to get attention from us or strangers. (I have a lot of pics of this face because I love it so much!)

• Her other attention-getting move is shrieking at the top of her lungs. She is just like Sam at this age!

• Campbell has graduated from the bouncy chair to the Jumperoo! She loves jumping in that thing! She really likes the little toys and has recently discovered how to bounce in it.

• Our baby is a great little eater! We started solids shortly after her 5 month birthday. She took to the cereals right away and has gotten really into fruits and veggies too. She definitely has a preference for sweet foods (just like Daddy!). So far she’s had brown rice, oatmeal, and mixed cereals, sweet potatoes, apple sauce, bananas, avocados, green beans, plums, and baby mum mums (rice rusk crackers).

Oh, Campbell!! We love you so, so much!