Swinging

Gwynn loves to swing, but she also loves to lick the ropes of the swing!  (See 2nd picture above).  We usually have to give her a pacifier just to keep her tongue in her mouth! 

7 months old

Once again the time flies by.

• Gwynn can sit herself up in an instant from any position.
• Gwynn can crawl quite well, but she still likes to scoot.
• She can pull herself up to a standing position like a pro. She first did it on her own in her crib one evening and since then climbs up on just about everything, including the couch and mommy and daddy.
• Gwynn loves playing with her playhouse she got for Christmas. She can crawl through the door and get to everything now.
• Gwynn finally has her first teeth…the two bottom ones. She was cranky many days when her teeth hurt and she stopped sleeping through the night for a while, but a few days before she turned 7 months it seems they didn’t bother her anymore and she got back to her schedule.
• Gwynn gets up at 6:00 or so (sometimes a bit earlier) and then takes a long nap around 8:00, then another shorter nap around 2. She eats at 6am, 10am, noon (baby food), 2pm and then we’ll feed her baby food around 6 or 6:30 followed by a bottle before bedtime, which is around 8pm. On the weekends her schedule varies a lot more, but she’s good about when she goes to bed and when she gets up.
• Gwynn loves her puffs. She is good at grabbing them with her thumb and index finger and stuffing them in her mouth.
• Gwynn is more vocal now. She isn’t saying any words, but depending on how talkative she feels she’ll babble what sounds like words (but they’re not).

Our little launderer

We are in a perpetual state of laundering at the Belcher home with two women and a fashion savvy daddy. On Wednesday Gwynn decided to help us fold some laundry – to mixed results.

“Hey, you have some nicely folded clothes. I’ll fix that for you”

“So warm!”

“I think I’ve got most of it out for you”

“There is no baby food on this anymore! What did you do with it?!?”

Attack of the leggings.

“Uh, what am I up to? Just trying to help”

Still growing…

On the move

Gwynn is quite the mover. When she sees something she wants, she goes to get it. If we put one of our iPhones on the floor she moves twice as fast.

Happy Birthday Pop!

For Pop’s birthday this year Gwynn made him a special present (with a little help from Mommy and Daddy). It’s a picture frame with Gwynn spelling out “I (heart) Pop.”

Happy Birthday Pop!

6 months

Wow…this past 6 months has flown by. I can’t believe Gwynn is 6 months old! We have truly been blessed with the best baby ever. We have our doctor’s appointment on January 16th, so the stats will come later.

• Gwynn is getting to be very mobile. She can scoot anywhere she wants to go. Putting her on a blanket and going to cook dinner is a thing of the past! She uses her arm to pull herself across the floor to something that interests her (usually the remote control, an iPhone, or the camera…not the hundreds of toys she has). When she sees something she wants across the room she’ll start panting and make a beeline for it. We’ll post a video soon…it is precious.
• We put away the bouncy seat and swing to make room for all of the new toys Gwynn got for Christmas. She wasn’t really into bouncing or swinging anymore anyway…she doesn’t really like to be strapped into anything anymore!
• She is trying a wide variety of foods now. I still make her fruit and some veggies, but we’ve started her on organic baby food from the store too. Her favorite is Garden Vegetables with Pasta…yum!
• Gwynn still has no teeth…we’ve been saying this awhile now, but we expect them to pop out any day.
• She is sitting up completely independently now…we just have to sit her up. She is very close to going from lying down to sitting though.
• If we stand her up, Gwynn will hold on to the couch or the side of the crib and support herself.
• Gwynn’s sleeping habits are still great! She got a little messed up with the Christmas traveling, but now we are right back on schedule. We usually put her down around 8 and she gets up around 6. It’s wonderful!
• Gwynn has to be the happiest baby around. She is rarely fussy (only when her teeth are bothering her or she’s hungry). It doesn’t take much to make her giggle and laugh and she smiles at anyone she sees (strangers in the grocery store love her!).