6 month Meredith

Little Mer-bear, you are 6 months old and weighs 18.2 lbs.  You are in the 84th percentile for weight.  You are 26.5 inches long.  I noticed yesterday that your bottom right tooth has popped through!  You never crabbed about it or gave us any indication you were hurting/teething (except for 3 nights ago you woke up at midnight after having just nursed an hour prior and I let you cry yourself back to sleep thinking you just wanted to nurse for comfort.  Ugh, I was wrong....you were probably hurting a little bit b/c of that tooth).  You are also sitting up completely unassisted and will sit in one spot for what seems like hours, just playing with any little objects that we've put in front of you.  You don't roll over yet, but it is mostly because you just aren't too interested.  You are the most mild-mannered little girl in the world.  You like your pacifier from time to time.  You definitely recognize your mama now.  You give me all sorts of love.  When I pick you up your bury your head in my shoulder as if you are giving me a hug.  If you are in your crib and hear me walk into your room you turn your head as far as possible to see me, even before you've heard my voice.  When I get in front of you, your smile comes fast, your arms stiffen and raise up and down (hitting your stomach or legs) in excitement, and you squeal.  If I lower my face down toward yours, your little hands and fingers reach up to hold my face in your hands.  You then pull my face down to kiss me, a wide-open-mouthed wet little touch.  I am not sure if there is anything that feels better in the entire world.  Your sweet, soft hands...reaching up to hold my face, feeling it and studying it with your touch, and then pulling me in for a soft little kiss.  Sometimes I let you kiss me and you start to suck on my bottom lip like you would suck on your pacifier (I imagine?).  I just feel your little lips and tongue.  

Your brothers sure love you.  This morning (Saturday) your dad let me sleep in and I woke up to the boys screaming and fighting and then Benny crying.  I came out to find that they were fighting over who got to kiss you.  :)

We are all so in love with you, Meredith.  You are 6 months old - just like that.  



 

 



 






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