Eleanor:: 6 months!

Sweet Eleanor June has made it to her 1/2 birthday!

 We love this cutie full of smiles and funny faces. 

She is our happy little explorer. 

Stats:

Weight: 15 pounds 10.3 ounces (37th percentile)

Height: 25.59" (31st percentile)

She is in 6-12 month clothes & size 3/4 diapers

Growing, growing, growing!

Sisterhood:: For the most part, Zara's jealousy has subsided. Zara has started this cute thing where she talks for Eleanor & usually processes the dynamics of having a little sister & less attention from Mom by pretending Eleanor hurts her. She asks me to tell Eleanor to stop and answers for Eleanor in a high pitched voice. I think it is pretty cool.
Z also holds Eleanor and does not seem to understand what is uncomfortable for her. Siblings & boundaries, ha. But Eleanor has become part of everything and the more she interacts with Zara, the closer they are becoming.
I know Zara loves her so much because she is always concerned about where she is and what she is doing. & if I try to do something with Zara only, she wants to bring Eleanor along.

Food:: One big change for Eleanor this month was her sudden interest in food. Due to her desire for all of the food around her, we started her on solids. At daycare, they said she started banging her hands on the tables because she wants what the other kids are eating. She gets super excited when she sees food and throughout the month she has eaten more solids everyday. She is still only breast fed & about the same amount- maybe 35 ounces- per day.

Sleep: She does not sleep through the night. She wakes up 1-2 times per night. She sleeps in her bassinet until 2am and then I nurse her and sleep next to her. There have been a few times this month that I cheated and had a bottle ready so that I could get some sleep & it was nice. Throughout the day she takes little 20 minute naps & one nap that is a couple hours long. She always wants to be held when she is falling asleep and sometimes throughout her entire nap & you cannot get up or she will wake. I try my best to get her to sleep on her back which she does almost all the time  but she sure does love to roll on her side or belly.

LOVES:
Bath time! No matter what, she loves that water.

Being held. Always. Seriously do not set her down, haha.

Her sister. One day they were at daycare together & Eleanor was having a bad day. So they brought Zara over and she smiled and laughed :)

She has finally started to laugh and smile- mostly at Zara being silly.


OTHER THINGS::
She always rolls her wrists around. It is so cute.
E is doing better sitting up unsupported all the time.
Gets excited when Jonas comes home by staring at him and trying to talk to him & wanting him to pick her up.
She is always taking it all in- sometimes silently and sometimes practicing some sounds. & then she will grab anything and everything.

PLAY:: Eleanor is loving her toys more and more. She will sit on the floor or in her high chair and play for a long time. She especially loves her wooden stacking toy and her musical llama. It is a miracle & long overdue because I cannot do anything else holding her & this gives me some freedom.

Eleanor just wants to read her book::

Love you, sweet baby.