Letter to Sadie - 6 months

Dearest Sadie,

6 months old! That’s half a year! How is it that you’ve been with us that long. You still seem to me to be my little newborn but in reality you are getting so big and learning so much. This has been a good month, definitely your happiest so far. We finally got you laughing more which is great! Abby can really get you going and she loves how you laugh at her.

And those sisters. They sure love you.

And sometimes, they smother you.

You are starting to make other noises. Your new favorite is to blow bubbles with your lips. You do this constantly.

You are more interested in your toys and will hold them for a little bit before letting go and throwing them down. You especially like this fabric taggy ball that you can get your fingers into on the ribbon tags. And everything goes in your mouth, and you want to chew on it all.

You definitely seem to be teething but no signs of any teeth yet.

Your day time sleep is getting more regular with 2 or 3 naps every day, with the times more consistent. Which is so nice for trying to plan things. But then you decide to completely throw off your nighttime sleep this last week which has affected this nice schedule we had going.

Those nights though. Oh dear, you’ve exhausted your mom. The last several nights you have been waking up repeatedly all night long, some nights it’s been hourly. Before this awful change you had already increased your waking from one long stretch (usually 6 hours) and then 2-3 more times each night, to every two hours. Nighttime sleep has sure gotten harder.

You don’t seem to be too close to sitting up on your own yet, but hopefully we’ll be seeing that in the next month. You still love standing up on our legs holding our hands.

You absolutely prefer to be held all the time. You don’t really care for being in the wrap or ergo carrier unless you are tired and ready for a nap. I often end up with the ergo hanging down around my waist and you on my hip in my arms.

Overall, it's sure starting to get fun with you! This is one of my favorite ages so I'm looking forward to the next few months. Love you my girl!

Love,
Your Mamma

And some more cute Sadie faces

Letter to Sadie, 5 months

(Didn't get a great picture this time, forgot to take one until right before bed and you weren't feeling too happy by that point!)

Dearest Sadie,

You've definitely been a much happier baby this month which has made everything better. Lots more smiles and finally some laughs! You are especially happy when we first go to get you after you wake up. You also seem more interested by your sisters and will smile and laugh at them. They love this. They also still love to hold you and play with you on the floor. I usually have to restrain them a little because their loving can be a bit smothering.

You are getting better at rolling, both from back to tummy and tummy to back. You like to stretch your legs and stand up on our laps. You still much prefer always to be held but you are tolerating a little bit more floor time. I was able to put you down on your blanket for maybe 5 minutes during class at church before you got fussy and that was just amazing! But you still mostly want to be held. We have a exercise group we do once a week with some other moms and all the other babies sit so calmly in their strollers or car seats but you, my dear little one, unless I am lucky to get you asleep and down in your car seat, there is no way that you will sit by yourself that long. Still, every week we try.

Speaking of car seats, you still hate yours. Short drives have gotten better, a portion of the time you stay relatively calm with your pacifier and sometimes you  don't even need it! But mostly you still cry. Abby has the job to 'help Sadie' but she usually gives up after a few minutes.

You are more vocal these days, lots of gurgles and coos. Lots of bubble blowing and 'spitting' as Dad calls it.

You got sick this month, with bronchiolitis, which was definitely rough. We had a Friday evening trip to urgent care for both you and Rua for breathing problems.

Sleep has gotten better and worse. You are more predictable in your naps during the day and staying awake for longer intervals, closer to two hours at a time. But wakings at night have increased to about every two hours. Gone is your 5-6 hour stretch. Which does not help in getting your mamma more rested.

This has been a good month Sadie! I love you so much and am grateful to call you mine.

Love, Your Mamma

Jan 2017 pics

Park time

The girls loving on Sadie

ZOO!

Yep, this is Sadie

A calmer Sadie

                            

Just some cute Rua

Craft time

Abby and Rua

Childrens museum

Letter to Sadie, 4 months

Dearest Sadie

Four months, Sadie-girl! This has been a good month, a lot of improvements. You no longer are sad all the time! I still think you are fussy than most little babies, but you like your pacifier so that saves us a lot of the time. I still can't just lay you down on your play mat or in your bouncy chair for very long at all. You would much rather be held. So when you do let me I rush to shower, get breakfast on the table or whatever is it I'm trying to do in those brief few minutes. But you definitely have more happy moments. You smile is more frequent and seems more genuine, like you actually mean it now.

I think part of why you are still a bit sad is the fact that you seem to have already started teething. You are drooling all over the place and constantly putting your hand and my fingers into your mouth. 

You have started to coo and gurgle which is just too adorable. I love the 'talking' you do and Abby and I love to coo back at you. 

You've still got a huge fan in Abby, Rua too, but especially Abby. She is always asking to hold you and tries to help when you are sad.

Another cute thing you have started to do so clasp your hand together. Sometimes you put them in your mouth, but usually you just sit there holding those hands together. If there is some soft material near those hand, or if you are wearing a dress, you were grasp that material in your clasped hands.

And...you rolled over for the first time this month. You've been close for a few weeks now and I'd been just waiting for you to do it. And finally, about a week ago, you did it! And funny thing is I was sitting next to you and completely missed it! It was first thing in the morning, probably around 6am, and I had taken you out to the front room and had you on your back on the floor. Try as I might to stay alert and interact with you, I kept dozing off and having to shake myself out of it. Well, one of those times, I shook myself awake and looked down and you were on your tummy! In those couple seconds when I wasn't looking you had done it! I was a little bummed to have missed it, but you've kindly repeated it a few times since then.

You are still sleeping several naps a day, at least 3-4. So you schedule is still completely unpredictable which has made from some rough days when I've made plans and we are out while you are tired and cranky. And you no longer will sleep easily when we are out and about. So that's been rough. Your nights have gotten better and worse. You have been going back down easier when you wake up, but lately your 5-6 hour initial stretch isn't happening at all.

You are a great little eater and have had no issues at all with breastfeeding which is great.

You have started to lose you hair so it's getting kind of scraggly looking. Now to see what color it grows back as! You've got me hoping for a little redhead.

I love you my little girl, it's been a fun month! Keep those smiles coming!

Love,

Your Mamma