(Posting nearly 3 months late... that's what happens when you hit save instead of publish!)
Hugbug is 6 months old! I am in shock that my little bug is already 6 months old. That flew by! People say time starts flying when you have kids, and they are not wrong. We zip through hours just being silly "talking". It feels like moments. So we're taking every single second we can to enjoy our time as a family- the big things get done, like bills and food, but my OCD style cleaning and organizing has gone the way of the dinosaur.
With this big milestone we are also hitting some smaller ones: movement, eating, talking! Bug is mobile... she doesn't crawl or walk or anything, but she can no longer be left on her playmat for a few minutes to run to the bathroom or check the mail. She scooches EVERYWHERE. Her favorites are to eat Daddy's laptop cord or pull the downstairs diaper station bucket off the coffee table shelf. Or open presents under the tree (at least those are gone now!) to eat the wrapping paper. We made it 6 months exclusively breastfeeding/pumping! It is such a rush to know I was solely responsible for feeding my baby that long (again, I'm pro-feeding, however that may be). I'm actually really sad that she's moving on to solids (even if we are taking it slow and hoping to continue nursing for as long as she wants).
We started with pulverized oats in breastmilk. She either loved them, or the spoon. I'm not sure she got much, but she's just starting out and all the wisdom is saying it will take awhile before she really gets too much in and down. Either way, we all had fun with it. And now there's sort-of-words. I may be first-time-mom silly for counting it, but she is saying MommaMomma! And even if it really is ma on repeat, she will say it on command and to me only, so I'm counting it as a win!
She's still not really rolling, and only sits when you sit her up, but the time upright before she topples is great- she LOVES it. We also tried our first back carry this weekend, a ruck, and she was so excited. She just kept laughing and laughing. Last night I took advantage and baked some cookies, during which she decided my necklace was a leash, so Hubs had to come to my rescue. Again, apparently this was super funny. Lesson learned- no necklaces with back carries!
So we move into the new year, healthy and happy and looking forward to more new and fun adventures with our little Hugbug!
