3-6 months - What’s next?
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@benvi85 If your baby is anything like ours, get ready for the terrors of teething at 6 months.
Usually our girl is a great sleeper and will sleep 6:30pm-7:30am but in the last two weeks she has been waking up every 2-3 hours from teething pains and she usually goes right down after her last feeding after bath time but it has been much harder to get her to go down.
Usually our girl is a great sleeper and will sleep 6:30pm-7:30am but in the last two weeks she has been waking up every 2-3 hours from teething pains and she usually goes right down after her last feeding after bath time but it has been much harder to get her to go down.
@benvi85 Yes what Rachel said, you can feel the teeth if you touch their gums. I felt them before I saw them when I was rubbing teething gel on her gums one day. She was also showing other signs of teething too (pulling at her ears, increase in temperature, refusing a bottle). It’s been a battle but luckily little one is doing much better now, and as tough as it was it was worth every ounce of sleep deprivation to see those cute little teeth of hers now!
@hawleyray Good to know about the chaos, though we are glad to be seeing less and less of “the angry potato” as we called her in the beginning!
@hawleyray Embrace the chaos at all ages I guess!
@hawleyray With our second 9 week old and saaame. When she's showing I'm sad that the newborn stage is rapidly leaving but when she's awake and screaming in pretty excited to see more personality than anger 
sleeplesslullaby
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@charlie89 My first was the easiest newborn and so much more difficult once he was mobile, but his little brother (almost 4 months old) has been colicky and really difficult as a baby, hes just starting to get a bit easier and hopefully it will continue. Each baby is SO different. I'm giving up on trying to predict anything 
onevoiceunified
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@benvi85 So many changes with sleep and eating. We fell into a more predictable schedule around 4 months (coinciding with the infamous 4 month sleep regression - you will survive!!). They really start to notice things and play with toys and people. My baby became absolutely fascinated with crinkle books and his toes!
sivasankar
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@benvi85 I loved 3-6 months! Her overnight sleep got better, she learned to crawl, naps started lengthening sporadically around 4 months old, no daycare viruses as she hadn’t started. 8-9 months has kicked my butt and we haven’t even had teething yet! But I’m sure I’ll look back and think some part of this stage was easy haha
@benvi85 My LO will be 5 months this Saturday and he has already made so many changes since 3 months! He can roll from his back to his belly. We went from blowing spit bubble sounds, the shrieking to babbling, all within like 3 weeks lol. He has started grabbing at things. And tries to pet the dogs and cat now 
He wants to be entertained more, but can also entertain himself more if that makes sense. We was sleeping through the night but last few weeks he hasn’t been- that may be due to dads snoring though 
He wants to be entertained more, but can also entertain himself more if that makes sense. We was sleeping through the night but last few weeks he hasn’t been- that may be due to dads snoring though wideopenheart
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@benvi85 Baby proof things early. I swear one day my baby couldn’t do much and the next she could do it all. We’re 8months and she can sit up on her own from laying down, crawl, get into EVERYTHING, pull up on everything to stand and walk a few steps with help. It started around 6 months and I’m STILL finding things I didn’t know I needed to baby proof lol. But it’s so fun. I love playing with her and giving her toys and listen to her talk. I miss the calm snuggly newborn phase but this is sooo fun.
cookiemonster97
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@benvi85 It’s such a fun period that is coming to a close as my lo approaches her six months.
She is forever in a “trying to sit up” position. She wants to be carried or engaged in an activity —never wants to be laying down.
My lo became so vocal, coos turned into joyful screaming at all hours.
She naps every three hours instead of two. She doesn’t like daytime naps so I have to rock her while on contact nap position.
They start grabbing toys and putting everything in their mouths.
No crawling or independent sitting for my own child but possible for yours. Mine just rotates in a circle. We practice rolling over a lot.
I started using repetitive singing and phrases with certain songs and phrases. Same good morning song, same Ms.Rachel video once a day, same “pucci!” Sound when I take off her diaper. She recognizes these and gives the biggest cheesy smile.
She recognizes herself in the mirror.
Such a fun time and they become much more engaged with you.
She is forever in a “trying to sit up” position. She wants to be carried or engaged in an activity —never wants to be laying down.
My lo became so vocal, coos turned into joyful screaming at all hours.
She naps every three hours instead of two. She doesn’t like daytime naps so I have to rock her while on contact nap position.
They start grabbing toys and putting everything in their mouths.
No crawling or independent sitting for my own child but possible for yours. Mine just rotates in a circle. We practice rolling over a lot.
I started using repetitive singing and phrases with certain songs and phrases. Same good morning song, same Ms.Rachel video once a day, same “pucci!” Sound when I take off her diaper. She recognizes these and gives the biggest cheesy smile.
She recognizes herself in the mirror.
Such a fun time and they become much more engaged with you.