6 months

Sweet, little Juliet is 6 months old today!  That's HALF A YEAR!!!  Wow.  She has reached some major milestones this month. First of all, she has started sitting up really well just in the last few days.  This makes grocery shopping/outings much easier because she can sit in the cart and I don't have to lug her big car seat in.  She has gotten the hang of eating solid foods and now eats about 3- 5 ice cubes worth of food for both lunch and then again at dinner.  Her favorite foods are prunes and bananas, but I have yet to find a fruit or vegetable she does not like.  She still nurses about 5 times a day.   Her first two teeth came in.  They are on the bottom middle.  The teething didn't seem to phase her one bit.  And my personal favorite milestone is that she has started sleeping through the night!!!  For a while she was sleeping from 8pm to 7 am, and just recently she has  been sleeping from 8pm to 8am (and I wake her up!).  We are ALL happier now that we sleep for long stretches of time.  :)  This month she has reduced her separation anxiety and is much more willing to let strangers (to her, at least) hold her.  She also reaches her hands out to be held when she is around someone she knows.  So sweet!  She loves to be naked, or at least have her socks off, so the Spring weather has been perfect!  She has really been noticing our animals.  She LOVES to watch them and reach out and touch them.  Also, Juliet has this huge smile that she makes when she is either really happy or cheesing for the camera (she already seems to know that is what she is suppose to do), and when she makes it her eyes practically disappear!

I would describe her as: observant, inquisitive, happy, interested, sweet, shy with strangers, and fun