Hazel is 6 months old
Wowzers, a half year goes fast. The Shins sing that “the years have seemed short but the days go slowly by” – for my last half year I’d say that the minutes have gone slowly but the days are just flying by. The days have gone fast enough that I’ve neglected to write anything here since the 5 month milestone and I’m even a few days late on the 6 month mark which Hazel hit either Monday or Tuesday….since she was born on the 31st I’m not sure whether she should get credit for 6 months on 11/30 or 12/1.
Hazel has changed a lot in the last month, but it is hard to point to any single thing. She hasn’t learned too many new tricks, but she’s improved quite a bit in the old ones. She’s a lot more focused, she’s able to entertain herself with her toys, and she’s gotten a lot stronger. Her eating habits have changed quite a bit as well as she’s caught on to eating the solid foods. The solid foods have been great for me because it means she actually eats when I’m taking care of her while Yenari is working.
The solids have had a downside though…the switch from breastmilk only to rice cereal, oatmeal cereal, veggies, and fruits has brought her digestive system to a screeching halt, going from many dirty diapers a day to none for many days. It got bad enough that we even brought her into the doctor because she hadn’t gone in about 5 days! Her doctor checked her out and said that she didn’t seem to backed up, but that we she start her on some prune juice or prune solid food and proceed on to child suppositories if that didn’t work. She actually seemed to like the prune baby food (gross!) but it didn’t quite ‘clear the road’, so the suppositories were the answer after she hit the 8 day mark…and once we went for it the action started up in seconds! She still hasn’t quite figured out pooping with solid food, so hopefully we’ll be seeing more stinky diapers soon.
In the last few weeks we’ve been busy taking Hazel on many social engagements. Hazel and I had a great time and Jeff and Sarah’s place for Thanksgiving – Yenari was working, but everyone there was really helpful in playing with Hazel. Luckily I’ve gotten quite good at eating while holding Hazel, so I was able to enjoy an incredibly tasty meal! Here’s the little lady all dressed up in her Thanksgiving outfit before we headed to Jeff and Sarah’s house:
That same weekend we stopped by to see Rebecca, Troy, and Ewan at there house. Rebecca took some great photos of Hazel and Ewan playing together – this was definitely the most interaction Hazel has had with another baby. Hazel was busy grabbing Ewans hand, checking him out, and wondering how a 4 month old could be bigger than her! Ewan was playing hard to get, or maybe just a little preoccupied with trying to jam his whole hand into his mouth! Here are the two lovebirds:
This Monday we took Hazel to the doctor for her checkup. She is moving right along in the growth department, measuring in at the 90th percentile for height and head circumference and the 75th percentile for weight. She was only at the 50th percentile for head circumference at her four month checkup, so her head has done some serious expanding! Though they’ve made mistakes in measuring her head many times, so maybe her head didn’t get so much bigger. She got a bunch of shots which she really didn’t like, but otherwise survived the visit without too much trouble.
And to finish it off, a couple more photos from the last month:
