Happy half birthday

Joy is 6 months old today. Happy half birthday baby! 

What Joy is doing:

 Got to love that mouth and sunshine eyes!

• Joy seems to still be working on teeth though nothing has come in yet, she chews on anything within arms reach. 
• Joy is rolling all over the place and loves sucking/chewing on her toes (or on whatever is nearest to her, in the case of the picture below: her dolly)

Eats: Nurses every 3 hours and has started eating solid food (once a day)

• Solid food:  Nothing too exciting yet, only rice cereal (and carrots once, which was hilarious to watch her eat because she actually gagged, her dad actually feels the same way about carrots). Next week I may start with some purees for real.  The first few times she wasn't really into it but last night she was quite excited to eat it. Sorry the video is so long (2+ mins), first time parents think that everything their child does is exciting so don't feel like you have to watch the whole video :-)

Sleeps: We have been doing some major sleep training with Joy now that we are back home.

•  Night time: Joy goes to bed between 6:30-7pm and wakes up between 6-7am. She now only eats once in the middle of the night (instead of 4 times like all summer). She goes to bed without her paci because when it falls out she wakes up. She still cries a little going down but not long and sometimes we hear a little noise in the middle of the night but it doesn't last long. 
• Naps: Joy still takes 3-4 naps and is doing much better at napping longer than 40 minutes. She loves per paci during nap time.

Weighs: Joy goes in for her 6 month appointment next week but I weighed her using my homemade method and she weighs:15.1lbs.

Likes: She still loves sleeping with bear and being swaddled (although she is getting strong and breaks out of her swaddle and then wakes herself up with flailing arms). Joy loves riding public transportation and people watching. She likes having books read to her and chewing on new toys.

Joy and her friend Elena (who is a couple months older so has mastered a few more skills :-)

Dislikes: Joy dislikes being left alone for too long even if she is in a good mood. I think we have a social butterfly on our hand.

Favorite event: Being back in her Hong Kong house and having her own room again (oh wait maybe that is her mom speaking :-)