6 (and a half) Months

Sophia is 6.5 months already. The days can be slow sometimes, but the time overall seems to fly by. She is sitting-up really well and started solid foods a few weeks ago. Nothing I've given her has been refused. This is just like her mama (for better or worse).

She also started sleeping through the night. At about 6:45 pm she starts to get grumpy and is usually asleep by 7:00. Her wake-up is early (around 6:00), but I'd prefer that over a late night baby. She sometimes thinks it's OK to wake-up at 5:00 and make a lot of noise, but I ignore her until 6:00 because 5:00 is just too early. I'm a little nervous about the time change.

Stranger anxiety has set in a bit and she seems to have no tolerance for older men or women. Every time one of them talks to her, she starts screaming and crying. It's really sad. Hopefully her fear of the elderly will end soon. It's really unfortunate because they are usually the ones who want to stop and chat with her.

Sophia is a really great baby and I'm so thankful for that. I've started to talk to her about what we are thankful to Jesus for in the mornings when I feed her breakfast. She doesn't get it, but at this point it's more for me than for her. We are also working on being gentle and not pulling hair.