Megan is 5.5 months old!

Yay! Megan is 5.5 months old! And this is what she can do now:

* More mobile

* Able to roll right over and over and over

* Soothe herself when upset, most times I will be there though

* Be able to add new sounds to her vocabulary almost everyday, well almost!

* Be able to scan room and follow a moving object with her eyes as her vision improves

* Be learning about cause and effect, much to the amusement of her brother

* Be able to recognize herself in the mirror, she usually will smile and shy away

* Love repetition and enjoy doing the same thing again and again

* Try to sit up unaided

* Pivot whole body in preparation for creeping or moving

* Pull up to standing position from sitting

Was told that she too should:

* Practice her talking skills with single syllable words such as 'da', 'ba' and 'ma' - not noticeable yet
* Be able to do push ups with arms so that she lifts her head, upper chest up off the floor - not really
* Use her mouth to test the temperature and properties of different foods - I did not allow this yet

* Begin to understand object permanence - no quite since she cries whenever I move away from the room

* Be able to transfer an object from one hand to the other - not yet, Megan grabs with both hands though

* Start sleeping through the night - not a chance since she is still breastfeeding

* Babble combining vowels and consonants e.g. ga-ga-ga, ma-ma-ma etc. - not yet apparent

Isn't it fast? My little girl is growing so quickly now. I am just loving her more and more each day.