Carmela is 6 months old today! She had a great month, from dressing up as a baby bat to sitting up at the table during Thanksgiving dinner. Several things seemed to come together for her this month — during the past couple of weeks, actually — and Carmela is sitting up almost by herself (she slumps over after a few minutes), rolling over as often as she can, and reaching her little hand into everything. She likes to bang on things, especially her aluminum roasting pan, but she hasn't quite figured out how to use another tool, like a spatula or wooden spoon, to bang on things.
Carmela is a big communicator — she's beginning to use certain sounds to mean particular things. For example, the raspberries she used to make *all the time* she uses now mainly to express frustration. She also has learned how to shreak at the top of her lungs, and she uses that to express frustration or anger. On the other hand, she says "Ba" to acknowledge her Dad's or my presence or to start a conversation of gurgles and repeated syllables.
She has another cold and we thought she was cooking up another ear infection, but it turns out both ears are clear — that means her symptoms might actually, finally, be teething. We'll see. We're not counting our pearly whites until they sprout.
