6.5 Months!

Jillian swinging at the park for the 1st time

Jilly and Daddy being silly at our Memorial Day Weekend cook-out

Flying Jilly

So summer is kicking my booty! I dreamed all winter that life would be so much easier once summer hit, but the reality is that a) we still have 4 kids b) even though you do wear fewer clothes in the summer, between towels and swimming suits, you still have as much OR more laundry and c) life isn't supposed to be easy. So I'm a little late doing Jillian's 6 month post.

Things Jilly learned how to do this month:

-roll over both front to back and back to front

-sit unsupported - she can sit for a few minutes now, but someone needs to be close because she likes to fall flat on her face

-scoot backwards

-eat baby food - she really likes cereal, she's had rice and oatmeal, but if we mix baby food with her cereal she will eat it - she's had apples, pears, prunes, and sweet potatoes so far. She's also had fruit puffs and loves those.

-GRAB at everything that comes within her line of sight

-put EVERYTHING that makes it into her hands in her mouth

-fake cough

-say "dada"

Another milestone - we have finally moved her to a crib! Over Memorial Day weekend we did some major rearranging at our house. Benson and Grace are now sharing the bunk beds in one room and Sabrina and Jillian are in the other room. Jillian is finally napping better and was sleeping through the night in her crib...until last week...

Jilly in the crib

Benson and Grace in the bunk beds

Sabrina and Jillian in their new room...yes it's a little crowded, but we make it work!

Last week Jillian had her first ear infection! At 6 months old...yuck! It started with Jilly running a fever the night of Friday, June 4th. She continued to run a fever all weekend and was cranky, miserable, not sleeping, and not eating well. So I took her to the doctor on Monday morning and he looked in her ears and declared them fine. That afternoon she finally started to act happier and she even slept through the night on Monday night. But by Tuesday afternoon we were back to extremely cranky, screaming actually, and she was up all night Tuesday night. She had her 6 month appointment on Wednesday morning and the doctor looked in her right ear, which is the one she's been pulling at, and said she has an ear infection. I was so relieved that there was something wrong that we could do something about! I had forgotten how frustrating and exhausting having a sick baby is. They can't tell you anything and they are SO needy and demanding. It still took a few days for the medicine to work, but yesterday and today we have had our sweet, smiley baby back! THANK GOODNESS! Except she has still been getting up at night. I'm going to give her one or two more nights and if she keeps getting up we are going to let her cry it out.

Jilly's hair is getting longer and sticks straight up on the top of her head, despite my best efforts to get it to lay down. Her hair is getting a little lighter and her eyes are still going back and forth between brown and green.

Other stats:

weight: 14 lbs, 14 oz - 20th percentile

height: 26 inches - 48th percentile

teeth: 0

For recording purposes:

Benson weighed 17lbs, 12 oz at almost 7 months

Grace weighed 15 lbs, 13 oz at 6 months

Sabrina weighed 16 lbs, 6 oz at almost 7 months