6 Months

At 6 Months Carly can:

• Sit up independently and balance herself as she reaches for toys. (She still needs to work on her auto-correction, sometimes it is a little fierce and sends her toppling in the opposite direction.)
• Stand on her own, as long as we balance her.
• Grasp a 2in diameter ball with her left hand and swing it around.
• Pick up rings and various other toys with both her right and left hand.
• Roll from her back to her tummy and from her tummy to her back when she WANTS to. (She reminds us by not doing it often that she doesn't do it as a trick like Jake.)
• Eat solid (puree) foods from a spoon.
• Scoot backwards, but we think she is really trying to go forward.
• Rotate around on her belly to get closer to you or a toy she is reaching for.

At 6 Months Carly likes:

• Looking at books and magazines.
• Ripping pages of magazines (She would probably like to rip pages of paper books; however, we don't let her try.)
• Playing her tiger piano, while singing along to her tune.
• To help her mom and dad in the feeding process, by helping to hold her bottle or the spoon.
• Playing with her soft blocks, dolls, balls.
• Putting her hands in her mouth.
• Beating on a computer keyboard.
• Butterflies

At 6 Months Carly loves:

• Petting Jake, she will even cough, jump, babble, etc. to get his attention.
• Bath time
• Playing in her Exersaucer and Jump 'n Go
• Jumping (in her Jump 'n Go, in your lap, on the floor, anywhere she is allowed)
• Seeing her mommy and daddy when she first wakes up. (This smile alone makes a bad day PERFECT!!)

At 6 Months Carly hates:

• Going into her car seat
• Going down for a nap. (She might miss something exciting)
• When she notices someone (anyone) walks away from her. (You can sometimes get away if you walk out of the room backwards)

At 6 Months Carly eats:

• She nurses and/or is bottled milk 6 times a day.
• 3 - 5 tablespoons of solid (pureed) foods

At 6 Months Carly has tried:

• Rice Cereal
• Sweet Potatoes
• Avocado
• Butternut Squash
• Green beans (so far only once, and she wasn't a fan)

At 6 Months Carly's Bed Time Routine is:

• Bath - usually by daddy
• Bottle - usually by mommy
• Bed
• Bedtime prayer - usually recited by mommy