November 27, 2007
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Noelle at six months
Our little Doodlebugs is over six months old now. My how time flies!
She is sitting up on her own now and trying to crawl. Crawling is frustrating since she still mostly goes backwards. It is like “One crawl forward and four crawls back…”
Now that she is able to get around a little bit she is starting to get into everything. Here she is in a little sleeper I picked up on clearance at Old Navy. So cute! I couldn’t resist. Besides, she crawls better and pulls herself around better with the rubber grippers on the feet. Most of her sleepers don’t have those so she ends up slipping and sliding all over our hardwood and tile floors adding to the frustrating learning curve of crawling.
“Hi Mom!”
“Hmm. Uncle John is making faces at me again. Wonder what that face means??”
“I love my toys.”
“What was that you said Uncle John? I’m cute? Gosh, I know I’m cute!”
“Hi again Mom.”
She has gotten SO CLINGY!!!!
It is driving me absolutely bonkers. Somebody please tell me this is a stage that shall soon pass before my sanity is gone for good. It is a really good thing she is so cute. Helps mitigate my frustration over not being able to get anything done without her clinging to me like superglue. She had gotten a whole lot better about it the past couple of months but this seems like a total regression. She is just so emotionally needy even though she has more physical independence than ever before. This too shall pass. I need to constantly remind myself that the dishes, laundry and housework will always be there but these precious-chubby-cheeked-baby days are here for just a very brief time. She is so wonderful. We love her dearly.
Comments (3)
Well, Delaney is just a bit shy of a year and she’s still clinging to me for dear life. It does get exhausting sometimes when I really need to pass her off because I need both hands. But then I remember how quickly it passes and then they go straight into those really interesting two’s and throw little fits and wrestle out of my lap… and that helps me enjoy her neediness while it lasts.
Unfortunately the phase does pass, and when they are three and you just want them to sit in your lap, they are off doing something. At six months they start “realizing” that they are not a part of you anymore, and being in your arms helps them feel that they are. Then as they start moving and exploring they begin to want you less and less. Elliot wants me far less now at 11 months than he did at six months. It is frustrating not to get anything done, but just think you have the rest of your life to get things done!
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful girl!
clingy? as my Gramma said, “they’re only little once!”
Enjoy it, it’ll be gone before you know it.!