Wacko's Modern Life: 6 months

Emerson has officially been in our lives for half a year! She turned 6 months old on the 16th. We had her well check on the 14th (hers and Jackson's- boy was that fun!). Developmentally she is reaching all her milestones - she can sit unsupported, she can roll over both ways - she just doesn't care to all that often, she is eating well, sleeping well, napping well. The only thing she is not doing well is growing. Not too sure what is up with her, but she LOST 3 oz since her 4 month well check. She weighed in at 14 lbs 6 oz and was 25 inches tall. This is like 25% for both, I think, down from 75% at 4 months. Not too sure how she lost those 3 oz and it is only 3 oz, but still - in 2 months??? Of course, I am very worried about this, but Dr. Pielop says he is not overly concerned. He saw 3 other babies do the same thing that day, but we are going to do a weight check on Jan 11th when she goes for her H1N1 booster. I'm hoping that since she has a big jump from 2 to 4 months when she was in the 75%, that now she is leveling out. I have been praying that this is all it is and there's nothing more to it. Like I said, she eats well, doesn't complain/scream that she is hungry or anything, so I don't know what it could be. I had already planned on her starting to take 1 formula bottle a day since I cannot pump 12 oz to keep up with her and I'm only pumping 6 oz. She will still breastfeed in the mornings, evenings and at night and she will get one breastmilk bottle at school along with her one formula bottle. I'm was sort of bummed about this, but it is what it is. I made it 6 months with Jackson too before the stupid TAKS test got me - I was tutoring and had no time in the day to pump, so we say Jackson was the "one kid left behind" since it made my milk dry up. Maybe my body can only do it for 6 months, who knows, but right now I'm still feeding her what I can and supplementing the rest.

Emerson is the sweetest baby girl. She still loves being snuggled and prefers not to be put down. She sleeps through the night from about 7:30pm to about 5:00am. I would prefer she sleep just a bit longer, but I can't complain about nine & a half hours! She naps well too - I can just lay her in her bed and if she cries it is usually for only a minute or two. She takes 2-3 naps a day. Dr. Pielop said she could start eating small, soft bits of table food, so...
December 19th she had her first solid table food - asparagus & baked potato - LOVED both!
December 21st - avocado
December 22nd - blueberries
Looks like I won't have to be in the baby food making business too much longer!

She is an absolute joy to be around and she brings such laughter and music to our hearts. Her smile melts my heart. She has her Daddy wrapped around her tiny, dimpled little finger! Jackson adores her and ligths up when she is near. She has completed our family that I didn't realize was incomplete!