So much has changed since she was 5 months old - I think the biggest thing is how great she has gotten at sitting up! This has always been one of my favorite milestones. She is just so content to sit and play with toys, watch her big sisters go wild all around her, chill while I do laundry, etc. I'm not sure what I'd say her favorite toy is, basically anything she can grab ahold of! For whatever reason EK was so great about not putting small things in her mouth which was wonderful since Harper had a ton of tiny toys. I have a feeling Caroline will not be like that at all! She does love her sophie giraffe, one of her rattles that has a teether on it, one of the big girls' wands that lights up. She's not so into listening to books and instead prefers to try to grab them out of my hands and eat them.
She has started on solids and is getting much better! Her first food was an avocado which she wasn't so sure about. She subsequently loved baby cereal so I started mixing a little avocado in there which she began liking a little more. It took her a good week to learn to swallow and not just push everything out with her tongue. Since then she has had bananas, applesauce, peas, carrots, spinach and rice. She was not a huge fan of peas/spinach but with a little applesauce and oatmeal thrown in she decided it was ok :) With the other girls I was able to steam solids and just start with those but Caroline hasn't taken to those quite as well but we'll keep trying!
One night she randomly rolled to her belly and slept through the night so we have continued laying her down on her belly for bed. While she still isn't sleeping through the night she has gotten much better, only waking once/night and I feel like it's getting closer to allll the way through the night, fingers crossed!
She still has no teeth, just a gummy little grin :) From what I can tell doesn't look like there are any brewing to pop through soon either.
Her temperament is still pretty darn relaxed, happy. Stranger danger is becoming a very real thing and it's so funny to feel her start to cling on when she senses someone knew. One of my most favorite moments of the day is walking into the door after work - generally chaos starts to ensue because everyone wants my attention all at once but Caroline starts flapping her arms and squealing and it is the sweetest ever!
Harper and Emma Kate love to make her laugh and sitting around our dinner table at night is never dull - often it's filled with H and EK telling 'jokes' in order to make Andy and I laugh which subsequently gets Caroline all giggly and it's just loud and wild :)
Harper had decided to be a rainbow unicorn but when we went to pick out her Halloween costume at target she saw Batgirl and hasn't looked back. Emma Kate has been little mermaid obsessed lately so I got her a mermaid costume and she found herself a wig at target too. I thought there was no way she would actually wear it but the girl LOVES it. We had the best time at Boo at the Zoo. Poor baby Caroline does not yet have a costume and got to hang out in the carrier the whole time. We're thinking she might be a 'caro-lion' or whatever else I can round up for her :)
At her 6 month appt she was 15.3lbs, 26''. Currently wearing mostly 6-9 month clothes and size 3 diapers. She has the sweetest smile and will share it with you if me or Andy are holding her ;)
