I'm Six Months Old!

Today Sophie turns six months old. Wow how time flies. Already she sits up on her own, crawls and pulls herself up to stand!

To celebrate we began 'Ferberizing' her last night. I had always heard that Dr. Ferber's methods were cruel and uneccessary. Not true! This man is the head of pediatric sleep disorders at Boston Hospital and really knows his stuff. We realized that Sophie became so used to and dependent on us rocking and singing her to sleep that when she awoke during the night, she was unable to fall back asleep on her own without our assistance. So after 40 minutes of crying, with us periodically going in to soothe her for 1 minute at a time, she fell asleep! She awoke twice in the night, cried for a little bit, then fell back asleep on her own both times. Brilliant!

Today we will start her on rice cereal which is another exciting event. We have the highchair and spoons all ready.

In non-Sophie related news, I of course downloaded (and paid for) the new Radiohead album InRainbows and I have to say it's pretty good. Not amazing, but very pretty. Still, I think I expected a little more. There just doesn't seem to be an album that can compare to the genius of OK Computer, The Bends or Kid A. But I will undoubtedly give it many more listens and hopefully fall in love with it. Today is also our first full weekend with no plans, and it's so nice to have nothing to do. And with such wonderful fall weather. Finally.