6 month checkup

Ahhh...we are finally (knock on wood!) sleeping through the night. Just as soon as I compiled a list of 'sleep' questions to ask the pediatrician at our 6 month visit, Miss Elise started sleeping 10-12 hours straight a night. Thank goodness! Now that she has finally mastered rolling over, she has no more worries. However, sometimes she rolls herself into the corner during the night and gets herself a bit upset. Nothing that a pacifier and a minute or two of back rubs and butt taps can't fix! I'm up and back into bed in a flash!

Our six-month checkup went wonderfully. Elise is up to 14lb 8oz (25%) in weight, 25 inches (40%) in length and 16 inches (10%) for her head circumference. Guess she just has a cute, petite head like her mom! We were given the green light to cut Elise's gastric reflux medicine in half-- so far so good and to continue on with eating a meal or two a day of food. While Elise hated her next round of vaccinations, we were pleased to learn that her developmental skills are either at or have surpassed her age (not even adjusting back for prematurity!). We are currently working on sitting unassisted. As of now, we wrap a boppy pillow around Elise in case she topples over- which she does after a few minutes or if she loses her balance.

The food eating is going well. I've been making some of my own food otherwise Elise has been eating organic baby food. So far we have eaten and enjoyed green beans, peas, carrots and squash. Yesterday, Elise polished off her first full jar of food-- yummy squash! Soon we will be adventuring to the land fruits. If we continue at the same rate, she'll love each and everyone of them too!!!! I think all these vegetables are starting to make her hair grow!

Making friends

Elise and I took a road trip down to Columbus this past Monday to visit with my best friend Sarah, and her new daughter Riley. Riley is a little over 2 months old. This was the first time our girls got to meet. Elise and Riley bonded over their bottles of milk and Sarah and I got to catch up on the topic of motherhood. As for the girls, we are sure that this will be the beginning of a long friendship too!

Elise continues to roll-- now from both the front and back. It's not uncommon to find her awake in her crib 'practicing' her moves in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Elise still is not sleeping well-- even after our previous praises in her blog. She's up every 3-4 hours crying-- sometimes to eat and sometimes she's still asleep. We plan to discuss this with the pediatrician next week at her appointment. Maybe then we'll start introducing more solid foods (we are eating rice cereal 1-2x daily along with our bottles) and Jeff and I will be on our way to more Zzzzzzzzzzz's!

Still Rollin'

Elise continues to improve on her rolling. She can officially roll from her stomach to back either from the left of right-- all in a matter of seconds. Of course Elise finds this quite handy since she isn't a fan of spending time on her belly. We still have yet to roll from the opposite direction (back to stomach) but we are getting close. Our little girl is slowly getting mobile. She's enjoying all the wiggling and squirming around which makes it difficult to hold her at times. You never know when she's trying to jump ship!