Today Sophia is 6 months old. I don't quite know how that happened. It seems that the past six months have rushed by, while some of the individual hours and minutes have gone very slowly (especially those involving dirty diapers and crying). We have had a wonderful six months, and the past few weeks have been especially great. Sophia has been very happy and lots of fun with lots of laughter and smiles, except when it came to our most recent food choice. We've tried her on Gerber chicken. That has been rather firmly rejected, and frankly I don't blame her. It looks and smells disgusting!
Today I read that at about this point babies will begin to be able to hold something in each hand
so this evening Paul tried putting a toy in one hand while the other was already holding something. Like magic, the hand already holding a toy would drop it. It was pretty funny. A few times she held on to both toys for a few seconds. Apparently, once she learns to do that, it will be no time before she learns to bang them together and make noise. Our house will never be the same again. Our poor kitty!
Our little girl loves to stand. She is capable of sitting but doesn't particularly enjoy it. She likes to stand, thank you very much. She is gradually learning to stand without someone holding on to her. But she has to be very focused on holding on to a piece of furniture to stay steady. She's usually not that capable of concentration, so she'll pick up one hand, and over she'll topple. But she thinks falling down is funny, so all is well.
She is celebrating being 6 months old with her first runny nose. Considering that several times today I told people that she had never been sick, I believe this is all my fault. Hopefully the runny nose won’t develop into anything more major. She’s also been sneezing. Luckily, she also thinks sneezes are funny, so that’s ok.
What a funny little girl we have. Boy are we lucky!
