Audrey - 6 months

This month was a dousy. There’s been a lot of tears shed and some frustration. Audrey and I caught the flu and just when I thought she was back to normal she decided to refuse to eat and it was a struggle to nurse and bottle feed her. I took her to the doctor and she ended up having a double ear infection. I felt awful that I didn’t bring her in sooner and on top of that she had lost weight from the last doctor’s appointment when we got her checked out for the flu. It’s been a very stressful month and I just hope that we are done being sick!

Sleep:

We decided to start sleep training this month and taking away the pacifier at night. Well that lasted about 3 nights and then she got sick. She started throwing up and at first I thought it was because she was upset but then every time she ate she would throw up again luckily it didn’t last long and by early morning she was able to keep a little bit down. We decided to give sleep training a break and to keep her in our bedroom until she got better. We gave her binky back to her but kept her unswaddled. Every so often she will give us a good night but more times than not she is up quite a bit, I’m hoping she is just catching up on what she lost and that it won’t last long. We have her doctors appointment in a few days so we will check on her weight and return to sleep training given the ok. Naps have been inconsistent as well, she likes to cat nap throughout the day instead of giving us a solid hour and a half nap. Our schedules on the weekends haven’t allowed us to get out much and we are pretty much house bound to work on her naps however Chad is going on a work trip in the middle of March and I need her sleep trained by then!

Eat:

I have no desire to start baby food however I know I need to soon. We will check with our doctor at our appointment but so far, I have peas and sweet potatoes in the freezer! She’s pretty interested in food when we are sitting down for dinner that it will be fun watching her discovery what she likes and doesn’t like. As far as breastfeeding we are still going strong! Audrey gets pretty distracted when brother is around and she’s trying to eat she tends to just want to watch him rather than eat. At the beginning of the month she was biting me pretty bad and I just knew she was teething, whelp still no teeth but I swear I see something sometimes.

When she decided to refuse eating and lost some weight I got pretty discouraged and down on myself. I know I can’t help her getting sick but it really affects me when people say she is tiny or small, I feel as if it is a reflection on myself since I’m the one feeding her.

Development:

Audrey finally rolled from back to tummy(February 7th to be exact)!! And now she is rolling everywhere. She still hasn’t sat up but she is trying so hard to. The other day she was in her rock n play and sat all the way up in it, almost scared me that she was going to tumble out of it. She absolutely loves to laugh at anything her brother is doing and will look for him in the room. She is also starting to play more with toys and loves the Oball. I’m pretty sure she’ll start to crawl soon as well. She has scooted but gets a little top heavy.

I cannot believe my baby is growing up so fast! This month was hard, difficult, trying but it was also rewarding watching all her new milestones