Tatum baby, I love you, sweet girl.
The milestones and the updates are starting to come even more quickly as we approach these cooler months. Tatum is a dream. Truly. I have so enjoyed being a mama to this sweet, sweet baby and I have found quite a bit of healing taking place in the process. Kids are funny like that, right? They come into the world and we are solely responsible for their well-being, nourishment, guidance... and yet, they teach us so much more about the world than we realize. In teaching us, they also help us heal-- even the most wounded parts of who we are. Unintentionally this has occurred lately and I am so thankful for it. We have a five-month-old.
Clothes: I'm almost positive tater tot will be in nine-month clothing before I get the chance to write her six-month update. I'm sure she's likely at least two pounds more in weight than she was at her four-month well-baby. Tatum's six months clothes are snug in the leg areas and the buttons on some of her onesies are a bit snug as well. We are pretty lucky that her infancy matches alongside big sister Olivia where the weather is concerned and it looks like we are all set for fall. I try to get her two or three individual outfits for each size (I'm lying, it's probably way more... sorry baby) and then we fill in with all the wonderful clothes she's had from all her sibs.
Feeding: Tatum is such a dream to feed! Seriously. All four of my babies were exclusively breastfed at this point (nothing at all but boobie milk) and reading my older bigs' five-month updates made me so proud of reaching this milestone with Tatum. She nurses on demand -- like all the kids did. Whenever she is hungry, tired, in need of mama, etc... she nurses just as often as she'd like. Next month this changes. Next month Miss Tatum will be starting solid foods (I seriously cannot believe it) and it is a little bittersweet for us for sure. I'm sure we will start with sweet potatoes just like we did with Ava, Olivia, and Liam. I'm curious to see how this goes. Daddy did put Tatum's highchair together this weekend as well -- we just want her to get familiar with her feeding space.
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