Last Friday Alana turned 6 months at old, and I keep hearing that you should keep records of a baby’s milestones, because otherwise you won’t remember. Well, I figure that I should make a few notes about how she’s doing since she’s now 6 months old.

• Alana still isn’t rolling over. We had her torso propped up on a pillow once, and she rolled over from that, sort of by accident, but she doesn’t roll over on a flat surface.
• Alana can sit up quite well now, and only occasionally falls over. When she does fall over, though, we’re reminded that she still does have quite a ways to go, coordination-wise.
• Alana can stand up for short periods of time if she has something to hold onto.
• Alana started with limited solid foods (rice paste of some kind, and mashed fruit) about 2 weeks ago.
• Alana is really loving Newton, and sometimes smiles and shrieks at him while she totally ignores us, her parents, frantically trying to entertain her.
• Alana is usually quiet, but sometimes gets all gabby and does a long string of noises. Today she said “baba”! I don’t think it was intentional, but it was very clear, and I even got it on video (on Flickr).
• Alana likes cold things. She likes it when we give her a bottle of cold liquid to play with.
• Alana is already fascinated by iPhones, iPads, and TVs! (We try to shield her from them, mostly… for now!) That’s all I can think of for now. If there are any other things I should be mentioning, let me know.