ASPEN BLAKE: 6 MONTHS

QUICK STATS:
weight: 12 pounds 5 ounces 
height: 22 in
clothing size: 9 months
diaper size: 3
shoe size: 6-9 month

SLEEP:

5-7 hours a night before waking up. i'm so stoked that i got the awful sleeping over with averee

FIRSTS: 

rolling around, sitting up, trying to crawl, dada' (why do they always say it first?! i feed you child lol),
and top two teeth about to pop through!

PERSONALITY: 

the happiest most smiley baby ever, ask anyone! she is always smiling. but again, when she does get upset, everyone in the neighborhood knows it. she has a very chill personality so far 

MUST HAVES: 

i honestly could not live without our owlet baby monitor. if i could afford to get every mom one of these as the ultimate baby shower gift from now until forever, i so would. once we brought aspen home and while getting settled in, i had severe anxiety over sids. i never really felt that way with averee, but wasn't getting a second of sleep with aspen because i was too busy making sure she was always breathing. if you're a mom you know what i'm talking about. those moments you stare at their little body waiting to see it move up and down countless times in the night. after getting this when she was a little over a week old, i feel so much more comfortable sleeping knowing it will alarm us if something goes wrong. it really came in handy when she came down with rsv at only 5 weeks old. we were able to monitor her from home instead of the hospital because we could track her heart rate and oxygen levels through the monitor directly to my phone at all times. aspen also will not sleep in anything but this rocker that our friends lent to us when she wasn't sleeping well in her moses basket. once we got her into it and started swaddling her tight, she has slept like a champ. 

muslin swaddle blankets are another must have. aden and anais are the best, but my current favorite one is the one in the pictures from little unicorn! it is huge, which makes for a tight swaddle at bedtime, and is so adorable. win win