Rachel is 6 (SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX!!!) months today!!
(Again, SIX!!!!! SIX MONTHS ALREADY!! *slaps forehead* SO FAST!!)

Diet:

• 6.5oz milk, every 4 hours (except night - sleeps from 9pm to 6am)
  
• 1 semi-solid a day (banana, papaya, rusk, cereal)

Developments:

• holds own milk bottle
• can turn over all the way on left side
  
• can sit unsupported
• can pull up to standing position
• can stand supported for a short while
• can remove the hankershief that covers face with a swift hand motion, sometimes throw it on the floor too
  
• knocks her head forward when you say 'kok kok' (hokkien: knock knock) and put your head in front of hers
• knows how to lift her right hand towards your stretched out hand, when told to 'shake hand' (see video)
  

Temperament:

• VERY bad tempered
• throws tantrum (cry and fuss and shout) when don't get things her way
• VERY impatient (if we are slow in feeding her the next spoonful of solid, she'll cry and fuss and sometimes not want to eat anymore)
  

Speech:

• BABY TALKS!! (what else?)
• Sometimes shouts out (arrghhh) when seeking attention
  
• When frustrated, babbles in her language that sounds like:
• paa paa paaa (sometimes paauuu paauu)
  
• neen neeen neenn
  
• maaa maaaa (sometimes maamm maammm)
  
• other unspell-able sounds
  

Labels: Monthly Milestone, Rachel Huan