Kyla has now been a part of the outside world for half of a year! Reaching these little milestones feels very satisfying to new parents because keeping a human being alive and healthy who is completely dependent on you for all of her needs is a significant accomplishment.Kyla becomes more and more mobile every day. She easily rolls herself in both directions and can rotate herself around on her belly. She’s obviously thinking about crawling when you place something interesting in front of her and she kicks her feet and grabs at the floor with her hands, but she still hasn’t figured out how to lift herself off of her tummy yet. She has also begun eating solid food. So far she really likes mango and sweet potatoes, which my mother tells me is the only thing I would eat when I was about her age, so much so that I started turning orange.
We have become a very active family basically out of necessity. At home, it doesn’t take long for Kyla to get bored and fussy, so we’ve been taking trips to the aquarium, the park (thanks to an early Spring), and the mall. Half the time however, she falls asleep halfway to our destination and we just end up driving around for an hour. It doesn’t take long for new parents to discover that waking a baby in the middle of a nap is perilous.Becky has finally come to accept that she would rather be a stay-at-home mother while Kyla is still really young, and put her career on hold accept for telecommuting work. This was not an easy decision for someone as ambitious as she is (she was just promoted to a manager before taking maternity leave); we just believe that this is the best decision for our family for the time being.
On to the next six months…
