Leia Jasmine is now a little over six months old and so much has changed! She is growing and learning so fast. Having a child is a wonderful blessing and quite an awesome thing to be apart of. To see someone that you and your lover made develop into a functioning human being is a miracle within itself.
I remember when Leia was a newborn. She would stay up until 11-1am in the first month. She would fuss and cry while popping off and on my breasts. I remember waking many times in the night to feed her, which I still do, but I do it much differently now. In the beginning I thought my husband might wake up so I would bring in to the living area and feed her while using my Boppy. She used to feed for so long. I would sit there like a zombie with my head down because I was so exhausted. Even in the day time, most of our time was spent with her on my breasts, building up my supply, pacifying and then falling asleep there. Many times I wouldn't move because she would wake and I would start all over.
Now. six months later, there are no more hours of fussiness at night. If she does, it's because she's tired and doesn't want to go to sleeep...haha. But most of the time now when she gets fussy I can lie down to nurse her and she will fall asleep between 6-7pm. That is if we aren't out visiting family. That's a different story. She wants to be up all in the family action. When she refuses to sleep when we are out I just put her in my Ergo carrier and she will eventually fall asleep. I will walk around the rest of the time with her on me because she sleeps better that way instead of me trying to move her into a bed. Now, when she goes to bed at night, she wakes up every so often to nurse until late in the night and then sleeps for about 3 hours and starts waking again. I have learned that my husband can sleep through almost anything, so I put her in bed with me to nurse and sleep. I did not chose to co-sleep, co-sleeping chose me. It is the only way for me to get sleep. It also provides wonderful moments with Leia that I'll treasure forever. Sometimes I open my eyes and see her sleeping so beautifully. I think about how cute she looks. Not even a camera can capture the cuteness I see. Most of the time I can keep in her bed until around 7:30am. That number used to be much earlier.
Hooray for six months! She is doing so many new and exciting things! She talks baby talk and laughs hysterically. She rolls over all the time, especially when I am changing her, which turns into a wrestling match. She can sit up without me holding her! She wants to touch and grab everything! She already knows how to work her toys. I am so proud of her. It is so fun watching her do new things and experience the world for the very first time. She has been eating solids as well. So far her favorite is carrots, which I puree for her and then freeze. She also is still breastfeeding and thank the Lord for that because everyone and their mother has been sick.
What really hit me happened last night. Normally, every night I nurse her to sleep. Last night it wasn't working so I set her down for about two minutes. I went back, sat next to her crib and began to sing the Barney theme song. She loves that song! She became quiet as I repeated it a few more times. Before I knew it she was fast sleep. Never had I been able to sing her to sleep in her crib before. That is great improvement! I think six months is my favorite so far. I do miss many things when she was a newborn, mostly how small she was. But things are definitely more exciting now. I see how she reacts and plays with me. The way she looks at me and how she needs me melts my heart. That's all I need...to feel needed. She allows me to live for a wonderful purpose. I love her smile too, which I am grateful to see often. She is the greatest thing my husband and I have ever done. She is the greatest gift we have ever been given. She has joined us together like three unbreakable cords braided together. I am excited to see what more she will be doing, but I am cherishing every single moment because they are fleeting.
Leeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiia!
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