Believe it or not, Juniper reached her 6 month milestone today. 6 months!!! I am a little bit dumbstruck. She is such a little girl now - she's been sitting on her own for well over a month, and lately she's even been practicing some supported standing. For instance, check this out:
In celebration of her 1/2 birthday (and because we were specifically waiting for her to reach 6 months) we finally introduced some (dun dun duuuunnnn) SOLID FOOD today. We are trying out something a little different with respect to introducing solids - friends of ours recommended a book called Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby Love Good Food , and the concept seemed to make so much sense that we decided we would give it a go. Essentially, the philosophy is that you don't spoon-feed your child - you let her feed herself. So instead of pureeing all Juniper's food, we will cut things into manageable pieces (steaming it if necessary) and let her put it in her own mouth and figure it out. We started her with carrots and broccoli this evening, most of which ended up smashed on the table or tossed on the floor... though I think some made it in. Here is a little clip from that adventure:
And... what else is new? Well, two days ago, we took Juniper in for her 6 month check-up - she is now well over 18lbs. More importantly, however, she also got her first vaccine. This whole vaccination issue has been a tough one for us, but we finally opted to start her late (ie, at 6 months rather than 2 months), and we are breaking them up as well (ie, she just got her DaPTP/Hib on Thursday, and in three weeks she'll get her Pneumococcal conjugate - usually you just get them all together). We'll have to reassess when her 1 year shots are due. In any event, she took this first one like a trooper - she hardly even flinched, and there were no tears. I can only assume this was at least in part because of the healthy layers of pudge on her thighs!
Juniper is also making lots of new sounds these days - she's moved from her initial cooing to throaty warbles and purrs, lips smacking and clicking, lip buzzing/raspberry noises, and most recently, really high-pitched squeals. Here's a little montage of that progression:
OK, that's lots for now. More to come!
5 comments:
Food is much more fun when it's a toy. Smart baby. Happy 6 months, little one! Auntie Z is thinking of you fondly. :)
nice pictures and videos - I love that Clark turns around when you say "Hi gorgeous!"
Yes! She actually spiked the broccoli in disgust!
Ha ha - it's true... and did you see the look she gave the camera right before she did it?
Ha, too funny - are you two learning to speak fart?
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