5, 25, 75

Last week we took Alice to the doctor for her six month visit. She's growing, albeit at her own pace. Here's the breakdown.

13 lbs 9 oz: about a pound and a little bit since three months, fifth (!) percentile.

I forget how tall she is.....25th percentile.

And....her head circumference puts her squarely in the 75th percentile. But don't tell Alice, she might get a big head about it.

Instead of growing in girth or hair length, she's been working on moving. Rolling, squirming, even a little scooting, mostly backwards. I put her in on the floor one day in the living room with some toys and went to do the dishes. Later, I thought, "hmm... Alice sounds really close." And she was--on the tile floor at the bottom of the stairs. She'd traveled about ten feet. I'm not sure how she did it; she prefers to do most of her moving unobserved. She's also starting getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth.

And I say, hurry up and start crawling already. Maybe then you'll start sleeping all night again.