She's so tiny!

6 months old!

I wanted to give some stats to remember my youngest at six months old. (There's a lot of detail here that some may not care to read through; it's mostly for me to remember all the little things).

She's by far the smallest of the three and every time we are out and about I always get the comment, "She's so tiny!" And she is. But also, so cute.

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At six months Clara weighs just 11 1/2 pounds and measures 24 1/2 inches long. about the size of an average 3 month old. (In comparison, Kaylin was around 17 pounds at six months.) She fell off the weight chart a couple months back probably in part because she continues to spit up in copious amounts. She hasn't started solid foods yet (she did try a taste of bananna but was tired so she reacted by refusing the spoon and crying). I'm not going to start her on any solids until I first talk with a lactation consultant because she will get more calories by staying on a breastmilk only diet.

She is still not rolling over, although it's probably not her fault and more due to lack of floor time. She has started sitting well and enjoys it (thankfully) but still needs to be surrounded by cushions for protection. She loves reaching for anything and everything she can get her cute tiny fingers on, and if successful in grabbing, the object goes promptly into her mouth. (She is by far our most oral baby. Kaylin never put anything in her mouth and Dylan did for some things. But with Clara, it's EVERYTHING.) She started saying dada back when she was 5 months and has now mastered lala and baba and other similar sounds but i'm still waiting for mama. I think we're close. Compared with her brother and sister at the same age, she is ahead with language but not quite as verbal as Dylan. Kaylin was a fairly quiet baby. And giggles are mostly reserved for her big sis. Although she will laugh when I blow raspberries on her tummy or sometimes when we play peek-a-boo. She smiles a lot though, and it's beautiful and it lights up her whole face.

Her hair has finally started to lay flat (around the same time Kaylin's did) although when she hasn't had a bath in awhile, and i'll be totally honest and admit I usually only bathe her about once a week, if not longer, her hair starts sticking up again. And along with all the comments we get about how tiny she is, we always get a comment about her hair. And how it sticks straight up. Well, not so much anymore, now it's just, "Wow, she has so much hair! How old is she?"

I think I see two little slits in her mouth and if that means teeth then she will be the youngest to get teeth out of the three. Kaylin was a whopping 13 months before she got ANY teeth and that was a major pain. Dylan was 9 months. I'm just worried that the little bites that she takes now when nursing will really start to hurt when the teeth come in. I'm not looking forward to that.

Some other things about our sweet Clara:

She loves to be held (of course) and is not afraid of strangers yet.

If someone smiles at her, even a stranger, she smiles right back.

She's been doing sit ups since she was 3-4 months old. Well she comes really close anyway.

She's mellow and observant.

She's the only one with blue eyes in our immediate family.

She has four [strawberry] birthmarks: one right under her belly button, one on her back, one on her scalp, and one under her left knee, which has faded.

She seems to look like both Kaylin and Dylan but we get more comments that she looks more like her brother.

Can I just say that I love my sweet little Clara Lou and that I just want to eat her up? Cause I do!