bernadette: six months old.

when thinking back on my other babies lives, i seemed to remember six months being the time in babyhood when the fog starts to life a little bit. you're not exactly rested, but you're not as foggy as you have been the first six months. this might be my third baby, but i have to google things all the time about babies and parenting, so i didn't really trust that memory. but it turns out that i remembered right! six months is my magic number. Bernadette still isn't sleeping the best, but the other night, Mister Man was gone for bedtime and i realized that bedtime wasn't giving me anxiety that night. i didn't feel like i had to race the clock or time everything perfectly so the baby and the other kids could get to bed in the right order and before someone started melting down. Bernadette was able to hang while the kids got ready and we read books, and then she ate and went to bed last. but no one melted down and no one had to be put to bed crying because there weren't enough hands to go around. and i realized that this was the gift that six months gave me. and the next day Mister Man and i made steaks and opened a bottle of wine to celebrate making it through. there are no teeth in Bernadette's mouth yet, but that does not stop her from loving the food. strictly purees over here for our gal, she loves them. she's had rice cereal, oat cereal, sweet potatoes, squash, peas, carrots, green beans, blueberries, bananas, and peaches. she's so close to being ready for puffs and i think between seven and eight months she'll be eating table food with us, which will be so nice. with my other two babies, i made all their baby food myself, and now, especially because i realize how short of a time purees are eaten, i'm going with a mix of pouches and homemade purees. but mostly pouches. it will be so much easier when i can just cut up our dinners and have her eat that with us rather than thinking what puree she should eat next. isn't it strange how with your first baby you are so excited to feed them their own foods, and by number three you're like, "please let me just feed all my kids the same thing already!".miss Bernadette: not much else to say but we are happy that you are such a lovey baby. you are the best third baby ever, so go with the flow and just happy when you have somebody to play with. thanks for being you. 

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