12 Months of Ella// Month 6

Weight: 16 pounds

Height: 27.5 inches

Diapers: Size 3

Clothes: 3-6 months, 6 months, and she still wears a lot of 3 months pants.

Sleeping: Getting Ella to sleep continues to be a challenge. She either goes down really easily or it's an hour+ battle with lots of screaming. She wakes up at least once a night, but sometimes she is up twice. She takes 3 naps a day most days, but she is starting to transition to 2 long naps a day. She is still swaddled.. She sleeps in her crib during the day, but a lot of nights she is in her rock n play because we have such a hard time getting her to sleep.

Eating: She continues to be terrible at drinking a bottle if she isn't swaddled and going to sleep. So she drinks 4-5 ounces when going to sleep, and when she is awake and hungry she will eat solids. (We're doing a mix of purees and baby led weaning with her just like we did with Hudson) She is doing great with the purees and will grab the spoon as you are bring it to her mouth and pull it in.

Milestones: Eating solids. She is starting to sit up on her own. She can now hold her own bottle.

Likes: being outside/ jumping in the jumparoo/anything she can put in her mouth/rolling all the time/kicking both her feet at the same time/being in eyesight of people/baths

Dislikes: being left in a room by herself/having a hard time getting to sleep

Personality: Ella has become so smiley and full of life. She loves attention and having you play with her. She LOVES Hudson and she lights up when he plays with her. She loves to grab him and make him mad. She is always moving whether it is kicking her feet or rolling over. She is as curious as any 6 month old is, and she always wants a toy or something in her hands to explore.