Layton 6 Month Update

My baby is 6 months old! I can’t even believe it! Time is flying by but also how is she already half a year! I can’t even think about her being one! (Even though i have her whole party planned already😉)

She is the happiest baby! So content and just loves watching sissy play! She is ready to be on the move & loves rolling all over and is starting to scoot her booty to get to her toys or to get closer to sis! She is ready to crawl and is trying to figure out how to do both legs and arms at the same time! She is sitting all by herself! If i leave her for more than a few minutes she will topple over but most the time she catches herself with her arms and then moves to a crawling position! I’m like ready for her to start crawling but also not ready for her to be into everything! I forgot how much they get into and how we have to be so much more aware of little thing on the floor. Big sis is learning quickly not to leave her little toys and little dolls on the floor or sis will put them right in her mouth!

We had her six month checkup and she is growing great! She is still tiny and in the 10th percentile for weight and 20th for height! Maybe she will be short like mommy since we know sis will be tall! She is now having formula bottles throughout the day and will breastfeed before bed and middle of the night feeds. Yep, she’s NOT sleeping through the night anymore! The doctor doesn’t want me to cry it out yet since she’s a little peanut & probably needs that middle of the night feed. But i keep telling myself to enjoy it since she my last baby & she won’t need mommy for much longer!😭 So not complaining too much but I am ready for some more sleep!

Poor little Layton has a dermoid cyst on her forehead and we had it checked by a dermatologist and she will need to have surgery. They won’t do the surgery (since it’s only cosmetic) until she is at least 2 years old. Luckily it’s only cosmetic and benign so we don’t have to worry much about it at this point. Doesn’t seem to bother her so that’s all that matters!

Big sis started school last week & is loving being back and feeling normal again after being out of school for so long due to quarantine/covid. She is in the frog class and has one new teacher and one teacher is the same from last year and she is loving it! She asked if she could go everyday and i told her she needed to stay home with mom for a little longer! But it will be nice to have her at school two days a week and to have some one on one time with baby Layton.

Londyn went camping with daddy and papa and grandma and has so much fun! Layton and mommy stayed home and went shopping and cuddled and it was a great weekend for all!

We are looking forward to fall and all the fun holidays coming up! We have our first trip with baby Layton next month and we are looking forward to taking baby to the beach and having a fun family trip with both sets of grandparents!

Layton 5 Month update

Our little Layton is 5 months old! It’s hard to believe she is almost 6 months old and i don’t have a “newborn” anymore! It goes by way too fast!

Layton is so content, so happy, so easy going! She loves to be held and just watch big sister play all day! She is no longer sleeping through the night but I’m trying to just soak up all the cuddles while I still can. I’m use to no sleep at this point! Layton is rolling all over the place. She will go back to front and front to back but will eventually get frustrated and want to be picked up! She is now rolling in the middle of the night & is ending up on her tummy. It freaks me out and i am constantly checking on her when she’s ok her tummy but she seems to sleep better on her tummy.

The last couple days she has been a little fussy and not sleeping well. We are thinking she is teething and just is uncomfortable! But she still is content and happy 99% of the time.

She is having solid baby foods and loving everything we have given her except squash! She gets so excited and will grab for the spoon! Even big sissy likes to try the baby food, she asks for “big girl baby food”… um that’s just food my sweet child ;). We are only feeding her once a day usually at dinner time. Hoping we can start adding other foods and more often soon! She loves to sit at the table in her bumbo with us!

She is so chatty! She will talk and talk and happy scream and she makes it known she is there and she will not be forgotten! It’s funny cause she will get really loud when daddy and sissy are playing. Like she is saying “i wanna play too!!” We can’t wait for her to get to play with big sis. She loves to watch daddy and sissy playing and will smile and laugh at them! It melts my heart. I know these two girls are gonna be best friends. Londyn is so obsessed with her and i hope that never changes. Londyn, Layton and mommy will dance to frozen 2 songs and Layton will laugh and laugh. She loves when we all dance together.

She still loves bath time and loves putting all the bath toys in her mouth and will get mad when I try and take it away. She loves when Londyn takes a bath with her!

At her 4 month appointment she wasn’t gaining as much as the doctor wanted and we had to go back a month later for a weight check. We had that check a week ago and she is gaining better but still wants her to gain more so we have started supplementing formula. I am still breastfeeding at night but she has formula during the day. Which is a good thing and I was starting to worry about my supply and this was a relief that I can breast feed and give formula. The doctor suggested i keep my frozen breast milk supply for this fall/winter just in case Layton gets sick.

I am leaving Layton for the first time for a few days. Her and Londyn will stay with daddy for a few days while I go on a trip with my mom. I think it will be so great for Mitch and ME! It’s always hard leaving but good for everyone.

Looking forward to Layton to keep hitting the big milestone like sitting, eating more, sleeping more 😉 but time can slow a little more cause i miss my tiny little baby