6 months old

I can't believe our little Mae is already 6 months old! That was scarily fast! We just had a little tea cake to celebrate her half birthday on Good Friday last week. Today Mae had her 6 months needle, tough kid she didn't cry much. She now weigh 8.2 kg, 66 cm long and has a head circumference of 45 cm. She's doing well for her age, a bit of a chubby baby hehe. Some updates in the past two months:

1. Mae started solids! well rice cereal for now. We started a couple of weeks ago. At first she was keen on the rice cereal but I think she's bored now. Even if I mixed in apple purée she doesn't eat much of it. She has tried some banana and avocado but she doesn't like it either, maybe the texture gross her out hehe. She does like bread though and happily chomp on a bit of crust. I checked with the doc as I worry about her not getting extra iron from the rice cereal and she said it's fine to take it slow as long as I'm still breastfeeding.

2. She is sleep trained! Gosh remember how I said we were losing the battle hehe we parked the sleep training since then and tried again over the Easter long weekend. I did some research and decided we should use the extinction method which means letting her cry it out without going in. I know it sounds cruel but up until that point I was getting up multiple times at night to settle her. The broken sleep was driving me crazy! The first night of sleep training she cried for almost an hour, second night 15 min and third night she barely fussed for 5 min. It's been around 5 min for the past few nights now so we think she got it. She sleep so much better at night too now that she can self settle. She'll sleep around 12 hours with 1-2 feeds. Both hubby and I feel so much better with longer sleep too! I know this topic is quite controversial but I believe this is for the better health of our family.

3. Some milestone watch: she has been sitting unassisted for the last few weeks now. I love seeing her straight posture! She can sit in the high chair and join us for meals. She can grab things and starting to use her hands for example trying to hit the stick onto her xylophone. I think I caught her trying to clap too, it was so cute. She prefer to sit surrounded by her toys. She doesn't like to roll or being on her tummy. Sometimes she'll go forward from her sitting position but she can't crawl yet. However she can move backward, it's weird hehe

4. We have started early intervention at The Shepherd Centre and it has been a big learning experience. We've also enjoyed the group therapy sessions which are always fun singing and laughing. We are learning so much about auditory-verbal therapy and how to utilise the techniques in everyday life. Hubby and I are so impressed with the quality of service.