Thea is SIX MONTHS old now and I could cry every day about how fast she is growing. It is sad for me that my little baby is growing more independent every day and is no longer the helpless tiny baby that she was. But it is also so exciting to watch how fast she is learning and how her personality is developing. She is at such a fun age. She loves to laugh and can't help but smile. She actually plays with toys and understands what they do. She is sitting for pretty long periods of time on her own and just starting to realize she has knees to push on. Her daddy is her absolute favorite. Such a Daddy's girl already. No one gets her to laugh like Daddy.
***2 days later
With that growing personality, Thea is becoming a little more independent. She's such a snuggly, lovey baby BUT this week she has started not really wanting me to rock her at bedtime. From our very first night at home, I have sang her the same lullaby to sleep. Now that she's in her own room in her crib, I rock/bounce/walk her and sing for about 5 minutes and then lay her down usually still awake but sleepy and tell her goodnight. It's GREAT. I get my undistracted, snuggle, lovey time and she goes down, plays for 5-10 minutes, falls asleep all on her own, and sleeps through the night! THEN this week she decides to fight me when I try to hold her and sing. I put her down thinking when she's tired enough she'll fuss for me to come do our thing. But NO...she played for awhile and then just like that fell asleep. WITHOUT letting me love on her! Talk about heartbreaking for Momma.
I know the independence is a good thing and that she obviously still needs me for so much, but I have a hard time of letting go of these little things as they come. I was a little heartbroken the first time I gave her her first food too. She no longer needed JUST ME to feed her. She no longer sleeps in my room right beside my bed and she rarely takes naps where I could snuggle with her. So I love my bedtime time.
***5 days later
See what I mean about that Mom life busyness? =P As I was saying...I have a hard time with the change that comes with her growing up. A few tears escape pretty much every time we do something for the first time. But I also feel so proud to watch her master these new things. It's always as if she just decides she can do something and does it! So many emotions that come with Mommyhood. How have all you mommies out there survived all this time?! I feel like my heart will just grow right out of my chest every time I look at her.
Basically, this is just an update to say that I'm still mooning over here about motherhood and cherishing every single second because they are going way too fast already! Every day she's growing more, needing me a little less, and tomorrow she'll be off to college.
Here's some pics from over the last 5 months just because she's cute. =)
***2 days later
With that growing personality, Thea is becoming a little more independent. She's such a snuggly, lovey baby BUT this week she has started not really wanting me to rock her at bedtime. From our very first night at home, I have sang her the same lullaby to sleep. Now that she's in her own room in her crib, I rock/bounce/walk her and sing for about 5 minutes and then lay her down usually still awake but sleepy and tell her goodnight. It's GREAT. I get my undistracted, snuggle, lovey time and she goes down, plays for 5-10 minutes, falls asleep all on her own, and sleeps through the night! THEN this week she decides to fight me when I try to hold her and sing. I put her down thinking when she's tired enough she'll fuss for me to come do our thing. But NO...she played for awhile and then just like that fell asleep. WITHOUT letting me love on her! Talk about heartbreaking for Momma.
I know the independence is a good thing and that she obviously still needs me for so much, but I have a hard time of letting go of these little things as they come. I was a little heartbroken the first time I gave her her first food too. She no longer needed JUST ME to feed her. She no longer sleeps in my room right beside my bed and she rarely takes naps where I could snuggle with her. So I love my bedtime time.
***5 days later
See what I mean about that Mom life busyness? =P As I was saying...I have a hard time with the change that comes with her growing up. A few tears escape pretty much every time we do something for the first time. But I also feel so proud to watch her master these new things. It's always as if she just decides she can do something and does it! So many emotions that come with Mommyhood. How have all you mommies out there survived all this time?! I feel like my heart will just grow right out of my chest every time I look at her.
Basically, this is just an update to say that I'm still mooning over here about motherhood and cherishing every single second because they are going way too fast already! Every day she's growing more, needing me a little less, and tomorrow she'll be off to college.
Here's some pics from over the last 5 months just because she's cute. =)
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