6th Months- Wow where does the time go??

We had another GREAT check-up on Tuesday July 23rd for the girls 6th month check up. 
 

Anna – 10.9 Lbs (Still smaller than Sam when he was born) – That puts her in the 10% Percentile of her adjusted scale for weight!!  (Last time she was in the 5^th percentile of adjusted scale! So she is growing faster than the normal babies) 

 

Length - 23 ¾ Inches – 3% Percentile of Normal scale and 50th percentile adjusted scale

 

Head – 40.7cm – 9% of Normal Scale

Playful Anna

Sweet Anna

 

 

Kathryn – 16.9Lbs – That puts her in the 70^th Percentile of a Normal scale!!! 

 

Length - 26 ½ Inches – 77^th Percentile

 

Head – 43cm 67^th Percentile

Smiley Kathryn

 Kathryn in her favorite chair

 

Anna is eating about 3 to 4 ounces on average per feeding, and she eats 6 times a day.  Anna is still enjoying her extra calorie filled formula for preemies.  Kathryn will eat about 5.5 to 6 ounces 6 times a day of normal baby formula.

 

Their sleeping schedule during the day is in 3 hours increments starting at 6am.  They are up for an hour and a half, and then take an hour in a half nap.  We feed Kathryn at 10pm and she will sleep until 6am.  We feed Anna at 11pm and she will wake up at 6:30am.  Hopefully we can continue to adjust the girls bedtime forward in order to help us get a little more rest.

 

Anna's neck strength is very strong.  She can lift her head up easily.  She will often move her hands back and forth along with her legs and look like she is swimming with just her chest touching the ground.  She is almost rolling over, but not yet on her own.

 

Kathryn's neck strength is ok, not that strong.  We spend extra time with her on her tummy to help strengthen her muscles.  Normally when we lay her on her tummy she just sucks her thumb.  However the new activity is laying on her tummy on the boppy pillow and hanging down the musical light up star in front of her.  She will push her self up and hold her head up for over 5 minutes when she has something good to look at.  haha  :)

 

On Sunday July 21st, we enjoyed a fun day outside.  First in the morning I took Kathryn for her first shopping trip.  She wore her Mommy's little shopper shirt, and we headed to target.  She enjoyed looking at all of the merchandise, people, and bright lights.  While we were at target she picked out a pool.  Daddy set it up when we got home.  We tried to put the girls feet in the water, but they were not interested.  Then we played outside under a tree on the blanket and in the grass.  The girls loved it.  What a fun Sunday!

Sisters in Deep discussion

Hey look what I can do

Anna is the queen of the Mountain

Kathryn has the keys, ha!

Anna is arm wresting Kathryn

 

One girl is bigger than the other, but you may not be able tell since little Anna is pinning Kathryn down, ha!

 

This is the first weekend where we were all healthy, and it was great!  We went over to the William's house on Saturday for dinner and play time.  The kids all played together, and the adults had a great time catching up.  Thanks for a fun afternoon out, Williams family!