Brooklyn is 6 months!!

HAVE MERCY time is flying by! How is this baby already 6 months old!
It is amazing how my confidence as a mother has grown with each kid. This time around it has been so much more enjoyable. I haven't second guessed myself or stressed about things...this infant stage has flown by.

FEEDING

I am so blessed to still be exclusively nursing. It is funny how pediatrician advice changes on things- when Austin and McKenna were 4 months they advised starting solids... now they say wait until 6 months. I was already planning on waiting longer then 4 months so that advice lined up perfectly for me. To date we have started baby oatmeal and are just in the beginning stages of some veggies and fruit purees (green beans, squash, carrots, prunes and sweet potato).

She takes bottles like a pro which means freedom for this mama!! 

SLEEPING

I have had all the different experiences with sleepers. Austin was terrible (still not his strong suit) and we had to let him CIO (awful, hated it, but it worked). McKenna slept great and never really had to be sleep trained.  Brooklyn has always been great about being put down and falling asleep on her own. Our issue arouse because she was waking up 45 minutes later and not going back to sleep. Around mid-April I had to let Brooklyn fuss it out a bit. She never really got to the point of hysterical crying and since she has figured out how to put the binky in her mouth on her own, she can self soothe with that. She usually starts the night sleeping on her side and now loves to roll over and sleep on her belly. Night time sleep has finally improved (1 feeding or no feedings!!). Day time napping is hit or miss depending on the day. Somedays she naps 60-90 minutes other days its 30-40 minutes. Those are long days. 

MILESTONES

April 2019: rolling in all directions and keeping herself awake rolling all around her crib, batting at things, picking up and reaching for toys, LOVES the swing outside and taking baths, first trip to Baltimore, lover her exersaucer and jumper

April 15th: first baby oatmeal, followed by carrots and green beans the following week

April 28-29: slept all night long! No wake ups!

May 6- sitting up all by herself