Happy 6 months Rayah!

Well, I missed my 5 month update on Rayah, so in the last two months there have been a few new things!

 

In March, I transitioned Rayah from a 3-hour feeding schedule to a 4-hour feeding schedule and switched her from 4 naps down to 3 naps.  So, she was nursing around 7am, 11am, 3pm, and 7pm with a nap at 9am, 1pm, and 5pm, going to bed around 8pm.  This has remained relatively the same, but she also has started on solid foods, so now she has her solid food at 7, 11, and 3 and then I top her up with milk after her solids and nurse her before bed at 7pm.  She is really liking her cereal and she has also tried pears so far & she often cries when I don’t feed it to her fast enough or once it’s gone and she realizes she’s not getting any more.   Sometimes she’ll also grab my pinky and try to control the spoon, pulling it towards her mouth.

Some funny faces Rayah likes to make are a furrowed brow, to suck on her top lip or curl it under her gums – she looks so silly when she does this!  She was also making me laugh as she did the splits in the air with her legs in her bouncy chair.

   

She loves to pluck her soother out of her mouth & then try to put it back in.  She is still VERY grabby & is always looking to grab anything and everything within reach!   She has also learned how to grab and pull her feet into her mouth, which she loves to do when I’m changing her diaper.

 

On March 9th, she rolled from her stomach to her back for the first time and on March 18th, she rolled from her back to her stomach for the first time!  She is now a rolling pro and loves to do it all the time.

In March, Justice got bronchitis, which Rayah then also got – so they both had really nasty coughs for a couple weeks, but thankfully they recovered fairly quickly.  It was kind of scary though, because there were times when Rayah was wheezing really bad and would cough up tons of phlegm that was in her lungs.

Rayah is definitely laughing and giggling lots and is very obviously ticklish – she squirms and squeals when I tickle her neck and belly – so cute!

At 5 months old, Rayah weighed in at 17 lb 13 oz and she now weighs 19 lb 10 oz (1 pound heavier than Justice at the same age!).  She is a BIG girl – lol!  She is wearing several 12 month old clothing already!  What can I say?  I make big babies.

After much crankiness and drolling, on March 26th, Rayah got her first tooth!  Her second bottom tooth followed shortly afterwards on March 31st.  It seems like she’s teething again, since she is constantly trying to shove things into her mouth, so maybe her top ones are also on the way?

Thankfully, Rayah has also been sleeping much better during her naps and at night.  She has had several 8-10 hour stretches and only feeds once in the night now.  I find this makes a dramatic difference for me to be getting some better sleep myself!  And to end this update, a few more pictures just to show you how cute she is!