Julia Update - 6 Months

Julia is six months! Besides her recent illness, she is doing great! This past month has been her best one yet. Our little miracle preemie just amazes us. She is now thirteen pounds twelve ounces. She has quadrupled her size since birth. That's astounding growth in six months. Her growth rate has slowed a bit which I think is ok. Otherwise, we would have a massive one year old!

I think her reflux is decreasing. She is allowing us to put her down! Wow! I can do dishes and cook when she is awake! What a concept! She has transformed from a fussy baby to one who is smiling and happy most of the time. She is still sleeping wonderfully at night. From about 8:00pm to 5:00am. Then she wakes for a feed and goes right back to sleep until 7:00am or 8:00am. Then during the day, she is very predictable and easy to soothe. She wakes up, takes a bottle, plays for a while and then sleeps after two hours or so. Her naps aren't very long, forty minutes or so, but she takes four to five of them.

Some of the things she has learned this past month... sitting while propped up, using her hands to grasp toys, playing on her stomach, talking (aka screeching) and she even rolled over once. I feel like our lives are getting more balanced, in order, routine and predictable... which is a good thing with a baby! We still are figuring her adjusted age to be four months. So although, technically she is six months which is when solid food is often introduced, we are going to wait another couple months. We want her to be able to sit well and be past her reflux before giving her that challenge.