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Lucy - 6 months

Lucy is 6 months old!!  Oh my!  Crazy how fast is goes, especially  with the 3rd!  

Lucy is the sweetest, most easy-going baby ever.  Seriously, piece of cake kid.  She is always so  bright-eyed and always has a smile for anyone around!

What Lucy is up to:

-Weight: 11.6 at 5 months, 12.2 at her 6 month appointment.  She has moved from the 13th to the zero percentile.  While are kids are generally small and Addison wasn't even on the growth chart - Addison at least trended upward on her own curve.  Lucy's downward trend is not ideal, but I am confident she is totally fine.  The doctor just wants to keep an eye on her weight.  

-I started solids with her this week.  I debated about even giving her cereal given our diet, but I decided to go with organic baby oatmeal for a little while.  I am not going to give her rice cereal at all. I am going to move to table food faster than I did with Addison and Mya.  I am still a big fan of organic baby food squeeze packs.  Especially when our schedule is crazy, organic fruits and veggies are better than the table food we are eating!   

- Jabbering more and more!

-eyes are still blue - I am confident they are going to stay blue! Yay!

-Still swaddling!  Crazy!

-She can roll around, but is very similar to Mya in the fact that she is content to hang out in one place.  I am not complaining!

-Loves to sit in her bouncy seat and chew on her monkey rattle.  I almost got rid of the bouncy seat because Addison HATED to be put in it.  

-Still has cradle cap.  We have tried all the things people have told us. Nothing is a quick cure for us.  

-Eating schedule: Has started waking up on her own around 7:30 or 8:00
11:30 or 12:00
3:30 or 4:00
8:00 or 8:30
Spreading her feedings out have helped so that I don't always have to wake her up.  

-Sleep for 11-12 hours

-No longer crying when she goes down for nap or bedtime.  Maybe a minute or so here and there, but mostly just lays down and goes to sleep.  

-Likes to hold her paci and play with it. 

-Size 2 diapers

-Size 3-6 months clothes 

-loves watching her big sisters and TV...she will lay on her play mat and look up at the TV if it is on

-still likes traveling in the Ergo.

-Is still pretty flexible with her schedule.  Occasionally though, she lets us know if the schedule gets out of hand and she gets really tired. 

-sweet, sweet girl!!!




When you have older sisters that dress you up in baby doll clothes!



Hanging out with her friend Jack at Thanksgiving.  


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