The Kraebbers: Hadley's Half Birthday

I'm 6 months old!

We celebrated Hadley's half birthday on September 23. Cant believe she is already 6 months old! It seems like she has crossed so many big milestones this month but maybe it only seems that way because I am behind in writing about them. We have also been very busy with travels, football and birthday planning that we haven't had much time to just relax lately. I love having this blog to look back at the things we were doing with Ally at this age and making comparisons. In some respects the girls are very similar but very different in others. Hadley is really growing into her own person these days and we can't imagine our life without her. Here are some highlights at 6 months:

Began sitting solidly on her own about 2 weeks ago.
Has tried almost all of the Gerber first foods. She is consistently eating one "meal" per day at dinner time with us. We have been giving her rice cereal with a half serving of a fruit or veggie. Favorites are rice and peas or oatmeal and peaches. She has also been working on feeding herself bananas, pancakes, cheerios and yogurt melts. It keeps her hands busy even if nothing gets into her mouth.
Prefers to be nursed rather than bottles and has not yet had any formula. She typically takes 3 or 4-4 ounce bottles during the day but sometimes she just snacks and only takes 1-2 ounces at a time.
Can spin herself completely in a circle when laying on her belly and loves to inch herself all over the place. She started pulling her knees under and can push way up onto her hands. It wont be long before she figures out how to get that big belly off the ground.
Loves to make noise, especially loud yelling and laughing. She thinks everything is funny and really screams when you kiss her belly or play peek-a-boo close to her face.
The bouncer is her preferred place to hang out and its even better when Ally plays with her while she is jumping around. Bad thing is she poops every (EVERY) time she sits in it and jumps!
Has a super strong grip and likes to get in close to your face to squeeze it or pull hair.
Warm weather has allowed us to spend a lot of time outside going for walks.
Started wearing socks for the first time last week and learned how to pull them off quickly.
Wearing 6 month or 6-9 month clothes for the most part but the one piece outfits are starting to get too short.
She hates, hates laying flat to nap during the day. She takes 20 minute cat naps at day care and is near impossible to lay down on weekends. She only naps well on someone or in her car seat or swing. Its a problem that we just haven't figured out how to fix. Day care also now has a strict no blankets policy so that isn't helping since she likes to have things in her hand.
She is a very light sleeper as well so the slightest noise wakes her up. Doesn't seem to be an issue at night.
Always cat naps in the evening around 8/8:30 then sleeps at night from 9:30pm to 6:30 am on weekdays and until 7:30 on weekends.

Key differences from Ally:

Likes the pacifier
Loves to nurse, not even interested in holding her own bottle or really even drinking from a bottle if she doesn't have to
Very snugly
Gets jealous when I hold other babies
Much better in the car unless she is hungry
No ear infections or really anything more than a runny nose for a day or two

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