Shaylily

Shay's newest nickname is my title. I have called her "the sweetness" for so long. This little nicknamed just kinda happened and stuck. It is so pretty.

She is coming up on six months old. She hits these growth spurts it seems over night. She is now officially in size three diapers. She has pretty much outgrown size 6-9 month size clothes. She now wears size nine months or 12 months. I read in a book that at six months they are supposed to have doubled their birth weight. She has done that. Her birth weight was 8 lbs, and she is now about 17 lbs. Right on schedule. She is so pretty. She really seemed to wake up one morning and have grown, length wise. Her 6-9 month size clothes just did not snap at the bottom anymore.

I LOVE this age. She is so much fun. She is the smiley-est little girl. Sissy is the only one who can make her laugh out loud. Lysh with do some silly thing over and over and Shay will just laugh and laugh. She already just worships her older sissy. Her laugh is awesome.

Unfortunately, she is teething. This means irritability and waking up at night. She still goes to bed at 8:00, but she wakes up crying. Her mouth hurts alot. I still cannot feel anything in there, but she puts her fingers and her pacy on the right every time and just gnaws on them. Poor girl - and poor mommy. I do not like getting up in the night. I have started using teething tablets. They dissolve in water and she just drinks it out of a bottle. This seems to ease the pain and there is no numbing action. You cannot use numbing cream if you don't have a certain place to put it. I read that if you just rub it on her gums, it could go to her throat and numb it and she could not feel to swallow. ummm... scary. They did not having teething tablets with my first one, but I like them. They seem to work and are not harmful.

I am so blessed we have not had any sickness and only have to go to the doctor for check ups. That baby is so healthy. (other than some minor tummy aches - nothing that a little Mylicon doesn't fix) We go for her six month check up the first week of November. I am excited to see just how big she has gotten.
This is Shay in a BUMBO. It is the latest and greatest. I hated it. Took it back. It has a picture of your baby in the beach on the side. The problem with it is that you cannot put it on elevated surfaces. It has to be on the floor. She could very, very easily fall out of it. I did not see much purpose for that stupid thing. Shay needs exercise, so when it is floor time, I like to lay her down so she can kick and work out. It has a tray you can buy to go over the front, I guess so you can feed them in it? But, it is not SAFE for table tops or anything, so how would you do that? Yeah, it was a waste AND it cost $40.00. How many times do you really think your gonna take that baby to the beach??? If you go outside, just lay down a blanket or take the pack n play out there. It seemed pretty useless to me, just another baby contraption around the house. Shay did not like being confined in it, she just start kicking her legs, trying to move. It makes them stay immobile. IDK, I am sure other moms love it. It was like a lay -z- boy for babies. LOL!