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Half of a year has gone by and your baby has grown and learned so much! At this point, she may be sitting up on her own and some babies will try to crawl! Encourage him by setting toys out of his reach. In no time, he will be crawling all over. Some babies also roll across the room! Your baby can turn and twist in all directions. She can transfer objects from hand to hand and will look for dropped objects.

Many babies will start teething at this time. You may notice that she is uncomfortable, drooling and bites down alot. Teething rings often help and the coldness can be soothing to her sore gums. If she doesn't like a cold teether, offer her a warm one instead.

Stranger anxiety usually increases by the time your baby is six months old. She knows the difference between people she recognizes and strangers. When you introduce your baby to new people, hold her and tell her about who the person is. Your baby will be able to sense how you feel about the new person. Don't force your child to sit with the person- let him set the pace. This is especially important with caregivers that take care of the baby while you are away.

Your baby still likes to be read to and likes to hear songs and music. Expose him to various sounds, sights, smells and textures often. Alot of your baby's learning comes from hearing. Because he likes other babies, take him to see other babies as often as possible. Watch how they interact. Your baby is learning about relationships!

Being a warm and loving parent will teach your baby to trust and respect you. If you find that your baby is doing something that he should not be doing, redirect him to an appropriate activity. At this age, your baby still does not know how to obey or disobey. However, he is learning to listen and can begin to understand what he should not mess with. After you have redirected him, remember to praise him for a job well done. Your baby will learn best and can not get into trouble if her world is interesting. Keep fun activities readily available and interact with her. Showing your baby how to do things the right way will also help her learn. If she pulls your hair, show her how to be gentle.

Most babies will have started some type of solid foods at this point. If you give your baby something that he does not like, keep giving it to him. It can take several attempts to get him to like something. The food habits that are learned now will stay with your baby for life. By giving her a variety of foods, you are expanding her taste and encouraging healthy eating habits. Allow your baby to sit in her highchair and eat with the rest of the family at mealtime. Babies will ususally eat until they are full-do not force her to eat if she does not seem interested. Some parents give their babies juice or water in a cup at this time. Because juice is high in sugar, limit her juice intake to 4 ounces a day. Remember, now that your baby is eating foods it is especially important to keep her teeth and gums clean. Wipe them down with a washcloth or use a baby toothbrush. Do not use any type of toothpaste that has fluoride in it.

Developmental Milestones 6 Months Old

Physical

• Can pull an object towards himself
• Tries to transfer objects from one hand to another
• Rolls over in both directions
• Vision and sound senses are almost fully developed
• Sits on her own
• Rocks and pivots while on her stomach
• Digs fingers and toes into floor to push to get something out of reach
• Can pick up a small object
• Looks for dropped items

Intellectual

• Understands cause and effect-likes to put toys in a container and dump out
• Prefers left hand one day and his right hand the next
• Your baby will begin to initiate attention from others
• Understands that his behavior engages you-both good and bad behavior
• Likes playing turn taking games
• Likes to hear different sounds-animal sounds are great to start on
• Can say vowel-consanant combinations

Emotional

• Makes instant friends with strangers
• Craves familiar faces and voices
• Can let you know what he needs, thinks or wants in ways other than crying
• Expresses unhappiness when an object is taken away

Age Appropriate Toys

• Toys that encourage sitting up
• Balls
• Books
• Lighted toys
• Musical toys
• Cause and effect objects
• Toys to bang on
• Stacking blocks
• Containers and objects to put in and take out
• Sensory toys
• Toys to grasp and pass
• Bath toys

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lovelybaby2 - Tuesday, 8 Nov
DianaWilcox~~ Poor you!! I keep think the samething this cant stay like this right?? Kodyz boo~~ he has been teething for over a month now, but nothing. I wish he would sleep like that, I would take 6hrs of sleep right about now. I started putting him in his crib for naps, hoping to move him to his room soon (he sleeps in his pack & play in our room) I think DH snoring might be waking him up at night. He has been doing great today with napping in his bed so we will see.

Kodyz boo - Tuesday, 8 Nov
lovely-kj has been fussy for teething too and i think they are gonna come thru and then nothing again. They have been red and swollen forever it seems but he's back to sleeping like 7 and 8 hours so luckily its not interrupting his sleep. actually suprisingly he slept his 8 hours and then slept another almost 4 after i nursed him. Crazy! bella-i know exactly where cranston is :) i will be visiting until december 4th. i won't have a car obviously but it would be cool if we could find a way to have a play date :)

DianaWilcox - Tuesday, 8 Nov
O gosh, teething is a killer! No teeth yet but he is so fussy, ramming anything he can into his mouth, sleeping is terrible! He's whiny like every hour or 2, I finally gave up around 5am and let him sleep in our bed! This has to end soon...

lovelybaby2 - Tuesday, 8 Nov
So Little Man is back to waking up every four hours!! I think im going to loss my mind im so tired!!! He's in a better mood today then he was yesterday but not great, which is so unlike him. Its only 10am here and I could already use a drink or maybe a nice bottle of wine!!! I really need to figure out how to get this kid to sleep longer at night, any ideas? Ugh its gonna be a long day!! Wish I could take the kids out for a walk but its all rainy out. Hmm maybe I'll take them to the mall I can push them around and get a good walk in. Idk gotta do something or I fear I might loss my mind!!

bellablue - Tuesday, 8 Nov
Morning ladies! :) Kodyz boo cranston ri close to mass!! How long are you staying for?-Arianna has a tip of a tooth out on the bottom of her mouth! i can see and feel it so far she isn't fussy doing good! Thank god but we shall see when it fully comes!

lovelybaby2 - Monday, 7 Nov
Hi Ladies, glad to hear everyone is doing well. We will be switching Little Mans seat this weekend. He's about 20 pounds & 29 inches, his little feet are close to hanging out. He has been such a crabby butt today, which is so not like him. Looks like he has a tooth coming in but its on the side that he is red and bubbled now? I thought the front bottom come in first? He was bubbled in the front bottom, but it just went away one day. DD step mom said that if the tooth doesn't move fast enough the skin can grow back over it. The poor little guy is having a rough time with these teeth. Anyone else LO's having a hard time teething?

Kodyz boo - Monday, 7 Nov
KJ isnt close to switching yet he close to 15 pounds but hes prob only 26 in long! such a peanut lol! What part of rhode island bella?

bellablue - Monday, 7 Nov
Hello all :) That's awesome kodyz boo how cute! We will be right near each othe ri'll be in Rhode Island!! I think Arianna is ready to shes 17pds but shes 32 inch long! even in the stroller her feet hang over lol!!

Myfirstedition:) - Monday, 7 Nov
Dianawilcox- I'm planning on buying hughie the size 2 carseat this week as hes outgrown his also, when he's strapped in the car he has to bend his legs or he's to long to fit!

DianaWilcox - Sunday, 6 Nov
Has anyone switched to the convertible car seat? I think my munchkin is outgrowing his infant car seat! He's 19lbs and 28 inches, the car seat is up to 22lbs and 29 inches but his arms are getting tough to push through the straps! Especially with a sweater/jacket on, I feel like he's squished!

Kodyz boo - Sunday, 6 Nov
KOMG-kj crawled up a step yesterday it was crazy and I got it o video too! He gets into everything now. He is self feeding himself for his meals and gets mad if I try to do it...its so cute :) for thanksgiving we are going to masachusetts cuz most of my side of the family has still not met him but christmas we will be here in maryland with his family and won't be travelling lol! I love my son to pieces too and have never loved anyone so much either. Still no mama from my lil man but he mouths it everytime i say it so he understands just not saying it yet lol but i have my hands full with him crawling and pulling himself up everywhere!!

bellablue - Friday, 4 Nov
myfirstedition sounds like us....We are always the ones traveling to our parents house then his parents house we are thinking of having it just at our house to for the past 27 yrs i went to my nana's so i dont wanna break tradition also so confused lol we shall see :)--thanksgiving we are going to my nana's house all the family goes there so excited!

Myfirstedition:) - Friday, 4 Nov
We always go to my parents for Christmas day bit this year we are having it at home just the 3 of us and letting family visit throughout the day as we want to enjoy it at home with all of hughies toys and give everyone else the task of travelling round as I'm sure it will be hard work this year doing the rounds with a baby!

bellablue - Friday, 4 Nov
hello ladies!n Hope everyone is doing fantastic can't believe its already november my god time is flying by! Arianna is doing hi fives then we touch are fingers its hilarious its are little hand shake she just learned it yesterday and now i say HI FIVE she does it and the finger shake after so funny shes so smart she learns it then gets it right away i am absolutely amazed by her i can't even imagine loving another one as much as her but i know i will but shes my everything! What are you ladies doing for thanksgiving are your plans different this year with LO? you staying home or visiting relatives?

lovelybaby2 - Friday, 4 Nov
firsttimemommy2011 -Thats awesome!!He's going to be taking off soon!! My Little Guy is still just doing the rocking back and forth. And still no sign of teeth anymore. =-( Im so excited for the holidays!! I love thanksgiving, and xmas is going to be even more fun with two Little ones. Im sure Little man will love all the lights and the wraping paper ( sure he's gonna like that more then the gifts) His big sister has already been telling him all about it LOL They are so cute together, he loves her so much, he gets really upset if she's not home. Its so cute!! The sun is out a bit so I think I'll be taking the Little Ones for a walk. Trying to loss this baby weight, its not going very well!! Anyone have any good weight loss ideas? I could use them I seem to be stuck, im not going up, but im not going down either. Ugh so annoying!!

firsttimemommy2011 - Thursday, 3 Nov
my little one of all days decided to sit up on his own for the first time on Oct 31st now he has also started saying mum mama, and ama for grandma,he is also now trying to pull himself up when he grabs onto things and he is still crawling its like a frog crawl and he goes all over the place. he has an upper tooth coming in now and unfortnatly dealing with a inner ear infection in both ears, other then that he is doing well and im wondering what hes going to do next lol

bellablue - Thursday, 3 Nov
Thank you ladies i was so happy it is such a amazing feeling and now she is saying mommy and mum lol all 3 versions i cant believe it! and she is letting everyone know to she can say it to bad we couldnt upload video on here! Kodyz boo thats awesome hun they look great you did a amazing job!

Kodyz boo - Wednesday, 2 Nov
bella-thanks for the costume comment i had so much fun making them and thats awesome she said momma!!! Just babbling for KJ but this morning he decided to be brave and crawl on the hardwood floors to find me but id rather him stick to the carpets for now lol!!! and lovely thats great!!

lovelybaby2 - Wednesday, 2 Nov
So yesterday my Little Man decided it would be a good day to do all the stuff that he has not been doing. He is now finallly holding his own bottle. Sitting up like he has been doing it this whole time, pulling him self up to standing and not falling, also going from a sitting postition into a crawling one, so who knows maybe he will even decided to crawl soon, but if not thats okay to he has time. Its b een a busy week already, I kinda slacked last week with work so now im playing catch up which I must say is hard to do with two little ones.And little man has been a crabby butt this morning, I think he is teething, but I thought that b4, he might just be being a butt just to be one =-) This mommy needs a drink maybe a nice chardonnay, or a fruity drink ;) heck any drink will do, and some grown up time!! Lol love these little buggers but boy can they take alot out of u somedays

lovelybaby2 - Tuesday, 1 Nov
adrihorwat~~ My mom always tells me the samething, that they feed us when they thought it was time. bellablue~~ Thats great. Dh Tells me all the time he thinks Little Man is saying mama, but I think he;s still just babbling. Hope everyone had a great halloween. DD got so much candy, that of course im helping her eat. Sooooo need to go for a walk or something now lol. Little man slept through the first part but we woke him up, I didn't want him to miss the whole thing. He was such a good little boy. He's still getting his butt up in the air but no crawling yet. So cute to watch him try.

lillianshappymommy - Tuesday, 1 Nov
oh that's great bellablue! I'm still in the stages of did she say that? nope she couldn't have. lol. I can imagine how that must of felt! :)

lillianshappymommy - Tuesday, 1 Nov
Thanks everyone! I know it will be tough, but I have to keep counting my blessings! :) positive attitude to the max and if I see myself slipping all I have to do is look at that big ole grin Lillian usually has on her face. :D Speaking of her grin still no teeth! I think they should be here soon though. I THINK I see two at the bottom trying to push through. She's definitely teething though. (without the screaming!!) Haha the other day she figured out how to blow bubbles on my leg. now she does it whenever she can. lol I can see she's going to be a great little girl when she's older. she's just so playful! :))

bellablue - Tuesday, 1 Nov
Arianna said mama loud and clear yesterdary my husband heard her say it when he was holding her i was in the bathroom and i said to my self probally just thought he did lol then when i went to put her to bed i thought she said it i was thinking i was going crazy now lol then this morning i went to pick her up she woke up she smiled and put her lips together and made the M smack in her mouth 3 x and a loud clear MAMA came out i was so happy and then i put her in her saucer thingy and i went to the kitchen she said mama she always is a sound baby always making noises sounds trying to say what we do she is saying it like for real real and it was MAMA lol DADA will be next i hope make daddy feel speacial to :)

yummum2b - Monday, 31 Oct
Iv been given my daughter yogurt for about a month health visitor said it ws ok... I give her the petite flou or how ever u spell it, and its perfectly safe from weaning, I cnt stand listening to most of these professionals who probarly haven't had kids telling me wat I shud or shudnt feed my baby....

adrihorwat - Monday, 31 Oct
DianaWilcox: It's funny how you mentioned about our moms not giving us yogurt until after we were one. I say it because, nowadays there are sooooo many things doctors recommend not giving our children and before, as said by my mother, mothers would start giving babies food very early, as in probably 2 or 3 months of age. She said she used to feed me things that I have told her I'm not allowed by my doctor to give my little one. Maybe it's a cultural thing, I'm from South America. Right now I'm freaking out about all these allergies (when I don't have any known of)and I feel paranoid every time I feed my baby something new. Anyways, on the yogurt thing, apparently 'Yogurts are considered to be one of the 'safer' dairy products to introduce to your baby. This is because the allergenic protein in milk is broken down during the fermenting process, making it easier to digest and less likely to cause an allergic reaction or other negative response.' This applies to cheese as well. Read more: http://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/homemade-yogurt.html#ixzz1cQ1vhnJz

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