Just a quick update…we had Ashlan’s 6 month appointment on the 8th even though she turned 6 months on the 3rd. Her weight was 17 lbs 3 oz, which is in the 75 percentile, and her height was 27.5 inches, which is in the 95 percentile (which the nurse measured twice just to make sure)! I knew she was tall because she just looks long and skinny but I can’t believe she is taller than 95% of the girls her age! Must be from the Denning side because she certainly didn’t get it from me, haha! And there was no crying again after shots (I was distracting her), she’s a tough little girl!
Ashlan has been starting to use the sippy cup on her own and can even put her own bottle in her mouth! We found out by accident about the bottle a few days ago, actually. She was getting pretty cranky in her high chair after Dan and I had had dinner. I had warmed up her bottle (I always pump later at night before I go to bed so I can get more and then she gets the bottle from the previous night) and set it on her high chair tray so we could give it to her. She lunged forward and grabbed the bottle with her two hands, tipped it, and put it in her mouth and started sucking! She was able to feed herself the majority of the bottle before we had to tip it just a little farther so she could get the final ounce. We were so proud of her! I think it could have been because we started introducing the sippy cup a few weeks ago. We only started giving her a regular bottle at night about two months ago when we had to warm up breastmilk for her rice cereal and oatmeal anyway. She got the hang of the sippy pretty quick, she just still needs a little help at the end. But last night she fed herself her whole bottle (tipping included!), all I had to do was remove it from her when she was done. She’s growing up so fast!
And I finally reached pre-pregnancy weight, yay! My pants actually feel a little looser too. I’m thinking that’s because I’m running so much and then when Ashlan falls asleep in the stroller, I do lunges while pushing the stroller until she wakes up on her own. I actually want to lose another 10 lbs but we’ll see if that happens. I can tell you this though, my biceps are the biggest they’ve ever been in my life despite not doing any weight training exercises. I guess that’s what happens when you lug around 17 lbs most of the day!
Haven't taken many pics this week, probably because I took 65 over our 3 day vaca last week!
Watching mommy prepare food.
Her new favorite toy.
I actually took this picture upside down, which is why her neck is cranked...from looking at me.
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