Michelle at 6 Months

Time flies, Michelle gets older and bigger so fast. Or it stops when she can’t be consoled. The last six months have been very different from any other 6 months of my life.

I have established a great bond with Michelle. She spends most of the day with me and we have a great time. Yes, there are frustrations and problems, like the teething she is doing again after which she’ll have 3—4 teeth. There is also the feeding issue. Michelle is very moody about her feeding habits. It requires a lot of patience and effort to feed her. You can see that she is hungry but she’ll refuse the bottle or the breast if it is not offered at the exact time she wants.

Michelle is also very attentive and observant. She is not afraid of people or dogs. The only thing that startles her is loud noise, including loud and sudden laughter. She behaves well with lots of people at parties or at the doctor’s, turning around and observing everyone.

A few days ago, while walking in the apartment complex with Michelle in the Baby Bjorn carrier, two dogs came running to us and started sniffing my feet. I thought Michelle would get scared, but she was just looking interestedly at the dogs and their antics. Even when one dog tried to reach up, Michelle didn’t bat an eye.

Michelle is also interested in everything we are holding. It can be a Coke can, a book, our dinner plate, TV remote control or my laptop. She has her favorites which include the laptop and Coke can. She likes to use the mouse, use the keyboard and close the laptop.

She also likes new toys better than old ones. If she has started playing with a new toy and you offer her another new one, she forgets the one she was playing with and takes the one from you.

Michelle is aware of the camera and likes to pose for it nowadays. This can be a problem sometimes as we want to take more “natural” pictures of her. She also likes looking in the mirror a lot (which is why the changing station is one of her favorite places) and at photographs.

She can sit now but still not for too long. The maximum she has sat without support would probably be around 10 minutes or so. With a bit of support she can sit continuously. She likes to sit much more than lying down. While sitting when she tries to reach out to get a toy, she balances herself on one hand.

She can even stand when she wants to, though it is for seconds, not minutes and with a support. We haven’t been able to get good photographic evidence of that because of her camera awareness.

Solid food is progressing by fits and starts. Sometimes, Michelle takes more and at other times less. We have found something that she really hates. When I gave her lamb (Gerber’s baby food jar), she hated it so much she made barfing sounds and even threw up. So lamb is out for the present.

Neck control at 4 months
Lots of fun
Another Coke drinker in the family
High chair
Georgia Tech Baby
Enjoying the chair
So many things, only two hands
Very Cute
Look at her teeth
Michelle and me
I can hold my head high
I can sit
Pretending to read
 

By Zack

Dad, gadget guy, bookworm, political animal, global nomad, cyclist, hiker, tennis player, photographer

13 comments

  1. Awww Zack she’s gorgeous!!! I love that pic of her lying on your chest, she looks so content, and happy, and cheeky, and curious too.

  2. MashaAllah so nice pics and your lovely way of narrating the daily life…. I like the one with teddy-bear…. 🙂

  3. cute. you know, her hair is ideal for pigtails…i think you should start practicing doing those now. it is hard to get them even and such. you don’t want her to be one of those kids who look asymmetrical because their ponytails are lopsided :p

  4. Assalamaoalaykum w.w.!

    Well, Michelle, congrats to u on getting 6 months , Masha Allah! Oh… this reading the book pic is so cute. Well, I can pretty imagine the alertness when taking pictures, my nephew who is 9 months old do the same thing … eyes wide open whenever he’ll knew that his pic is going to be taken 🙂

    Masha Allah, she looks very vigilant baby and very cute too.

  5. Masha Allah (thrice), after all Michelle is my Poti (daughter of son. Too bad, English does not differentiate between daughter of son and daughter of daughter). The alertness and attachment of Michelle to father (Zakaria) is the same as baby Zakaria did. Some times my wife used to envy it.
    Observation by Michelle makes me recall, Zakaria was 2–3 months old, he used to sleep before 9 pm. One day, I went out of the town and came back at about 10 pm. On reaching home my wife told me that Zakaria was alright but was not sleeping. As I entered the bed room, Zakaria looked at me, closed his eyes and was in sound sleep.

  6. ooo she’s a cutey pie!

    Ok, the pop photo is the funniest. Oh the beginning of the end!

    Leila, who has two bebsi shoplifters

  7. Congratulations Zack Dr. Moiz can assure you that having read all her cpabilities we can safely deduce that she is behaving as normally as a 6 to 9 month old child would….(seems i have read a bit more pediatrics)
    gorgeous pics of a cute child.

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