Stats
17 lbs, 7.4 oz (75%)
25 1/4" (25%)
My sweet girl is 6 months old today!
Silly little Esther has been sitting for about 6 weeks, is practicing walking and now...is rolling over. Lol! She's got it kind of backwards and it cracks me up. It pretty much only happens when I put her in bed and she rolls onto her belly, often gets stuck, and gets super upset. The first time she did it she got so upset I though she was hurt based on the way she started crying. Nope, just on her belly (and spun 180 degrees...somehow!)
Sleep is a nightmare more often than not. Maybe I need to look into sleep training? I dunno. I didn't do it with the boys, and I don't do well with letting her cry. The thing is, the boys took good naps during the day. Miss Esther suuuuuucks at napping. I mean, seriously....30 minutes max. Occasionally she will sleep longer but when her sleep sheep turns off (after 45 minutes) she's up. I just downloaded an app on my phone the other day that will play white noise indefinitely. So far she's slept longer than 30 minutes....once. I'm thinking I need to do a combination of keeping her up a little longer between naps (so she's good and tired) and using that app on my phone. See if we can extend those naps. Longer naps less often, that's the goal.
Thankfully, sleep at night is pretty awesome.
Esther is definitely becoming very anchored to me. At this point there is only 1 person out there I can leave her with...and that's the lady that watches the kids while I do counseling. I guess I've left her with Miss Norma often enough now that Esther knows who she is. But this is creating problems. I had car trouble last week and left her with someone from church (ohmygosh thank God for that family...they sure helped me out!) and Esther cried until she passed out. Same thing when I left her with my mom last week. I'm getting worried about leaving her for court and when (if) I eventually start work. She's going to have a really rough time.
She still won't take a bottle buuuuuut....there's been some interest in sippy cups. I'm trying a few different kinds and she still won't sit there and drink much. She did manage to taste Micah's lemonade with a straw at a restaurant yesterday, so maybe I need to get more of those straw cups. At least there's interest there. I need to try it more regularly but I just...I can't remember to do it. Yet another thing that's going to be tough for her when I have to leave her at daycare. (Though, at the rate the job hunt is (not) going, she may be on solids before I start working.)
As for food...she wants everything! She will try anything that gets close enough for her to grab. So far she really likes lasagna, pickles, cheese, crackers, grapes, chicken and Cheetos. She does NOT like cottage cheese, eggs, or banana. I need to come up with a better variety of things for her to try. I grabbed a couple cans of fruit...she did NOT like the fruit cocktail but I haven't tried the peaches yet.
Esther got her first shoes a couple weeks ago. She still loves being outside and it's finally nice more often than not. The problem was, she wanted to walk around out there but the concrete was hurting her feet. So, shoes solved that problem. Earlier than the boys, for sure (but she also needs them more than they did!)
Esther's still working on walking. She loves being in the walker, and is finally starting to be able to move it forward a bit. There's a lot of backing into walls and getting stuck, still. I'm thinking it won't last much longer, though. The time she can stand on her own is getting a bit longer every day (it seems). Esther's also starting to be able to pull herself up, but only with my fingers. She hasn't really tried doing it with anything else. Know what? I'm okay with that. Kids get so much harder to keep track on when they really start moving on their own. So far, she still stays put.
Esther lost the last tiny bit of baby hair she had on the back of her head...but the rest is coming in pretty well. The bald spot on the back of her head is disappearing (thanks to sitting up and hair growth). Yay! But I had to say goodbye to her last bit of dark baby hair. Her hair is definitely darker than either of the boys' started. I mean, obviously Micah is a towhead, but even when Isaiah's hair first came in it was more golden than brown. Esther's hair is about the same color as Isaiah's is now. If hers darkens too, she's going to have some dark brown hair.
Speaking of her head...it's getting too big for her hair ribbons. I know I can get some more (when I have the money) but it's still sad that's she's growing out of her baby bows. Just like it's a little sad when she outgrows each size of clothes. But the hair bands are just a milestone that the boys didn't really have.
In the past week or so, Esther's really become fascinated with the cats. I'm talking full-on excited baby when she sees them. The dogs don't interest her as much, maybe because they've been in her face since the day she came home from the hospital. Those kitties, though...they're awesome. Of course, they run away if I walk toward them with her so I have to do a sneak attack. Except for Spots, sometimes he comes up to her and walks away with a few less strands of fur.
Other things she finds very exciting: Peek-a-boo, bouncing, "flying", and her brothers!
By the way, in size 3 diapers. In 9 month clothes, 12 month are fitting though. Also, I randomly realized her ankles and Micah's ankles are about the same size (as measured by my fingers). Esther's going to outweigh her big brother pretty soon!
Comparing...
| Esther | Micah | Isaiah |
| 17 lbs, 7.4 oz (75%) | 17 lbs, 3 oz (50%) | 20 lbs, 10 oz (90%) |
| 25 1/4" (25%) | 25 1/2" (25%) | 28" (95%) |
So Isaiah is still the undisputed king in the "big baby" comparison. Esther didn't grow a ton between last checkup and this one. I can't remember exactly when Micah's growth sort of...stagnated. I want to say around 6 months. Maybe Esther's going to stay tiny like her brother? Though, on the other hand, she's already trying to walk, and that's burning calories. We'll just have to wait and see.
