Amanda & Brian's Trip Through Parenthood: 6 Months Old!

That's right! Olivia turned 6 months old today! Time's a-flyin' and Olivia's a-growin' (and a-poopin' more too!). Now, if we could just get the whole sleep thing settled, we'd be doing fantastic! The sleep issue is still a bit of a mystery, but we continue trying new things with some success...and some failure. We usually put Olivia down around 9:30 and she wakes up around 11:30 to midnight. A good burping usually does the trick. After that, it's a crap shoot. Sometimes she'll sleep through the rest of the night (she did last night). Other times, she'll wake up every couple hours. This week, we have started giving her a bath every evening in an attempt to "relax" her before bed. It's something we needed to start soon anyway. I'm also playing with her more in the evenings (before the bath) with the intention of getting her to use up some of that extra energy. Hopefully these "tricks" will have their intended effect in the not too distant future.
Yesterday, I was looking back on some of Olivia's pictures from back in April. It's incredible the amount of change that's taken place in just six months! Here's a perfect example: Olivia's first bath (left) compared to a bath taken yesterday evening (right).