Listing the cute things about babies from 2 to 6 months old

My daughter is now 6 months old.
It's hard to believe that half a year has already passed since she was born.

I previously wrote an article about the cuteness of newborns while reminiscing about my daughter's newborn phase.

While writing that article, I felt sad that the newborn phase was over, but I realized that there is also a lot of unique cuteness between 2 and 6 months.

I'll say it again, but I regret that I didn't have the luxury of cherishing these moments as much with my son (my first child). I'm sure there are things I missed or have forgotten.

So, I've decided to write down the cuteness of my daughter between 2 and 6 months old so I don't forget it.

Smiling back when I smile at her

That moment arrived just before she turned 2 months old.
Until then, there were only moments where she would smile due to a reflex, unrelated to her emotions, but one time when our eyes met and I smiled at her, my daughter's eyes lit up, her mouth opened, and she smiled. It meant she had finally started showing social smiles.

Since then, I've been giving my daughter my biggest smile every time our eyes meet because I want to see her smile. She responds to that by smiling back. It's cute, so cute.

Now at 6 months, when our eyes meet, my daughter even makes sounds and beams at me. It's too cute (for the second time).

The gestures she makes when she discovers her own hands

Around the same time, at about 2 months, my daughter seemed to notice the existence of her own hands. She brings them into her field of vision and stares at them intently.
Just watching that makes me want to say, "Oh, you found your little hands, you're looking at them, how cute."

Practicing rolling over

My daughter started practicing rolling over around 3 months old. My son didn't start rolling over until he was about 6 months old, so I thought it couldn't be, but it was definitely a movement trying to roll over.

First, she gets into a sideways position (see the illustration), and then she puts a lot of effort into trying to get her stomach and face onto the floor.
Watching her like that, I can't help but want to cheer her on with sound effects like, "Hnn, heave-ho, hnn, heave-ho."

Break time while on her tummy

As she became able to roll over and spend more time on her tummy, perhaps she gets tired of holding her head up, so she turns her face to the side and rests it flat against the floor.
Even though she gets tired, if I turn her back onto her back, she immediately rolls onto her tummy again to take this resting pose.

Practicing rolling back over

A while after learning to roll over, she started practicing rolling back over too.
She just needs to twist her hips and open her legs, but she struggles to get past this point and keeps trying. It's so cute.

Gestures during breastfeeding

Once she got used to nursing, she started 'nursing play.' Around 4 or 5 months, while she was nursing, she would gently bring her hand to her mouth and put one finger inside. It must be harder to nurse with a finger in her mouth too. I wonder if that's part of the thrill that adults just don't understand. How she asks for food when she's hungry has also changed. Before, it was just crying, but now that she's 6 months old, if I'm struggling to get into position to nurse while holding her, she makes a high-pitched, sweet sound. It's just like a puppy whimpering. Isn't that just too cute?

Also, the way she grips my clothes tightly, stares at my face and grins when we make eye contact, and her gestures while nursing are hard to miss.
(Even though I sometimes order groceries online while nursing)

Bad foot habits

When she finds her feet, she tries to touch and explore things with them, not just her hands. She even touches parts of my body with her feet.
Since she can move her feet intentionally now, it feels like she has developed some bad foot habits.
Her feet sticking out of the stroller is an everyday occurrence. Sometimes, even when she's sleeping, she's in a position that makes me wonder, 'What happened to those legs?'

Airplane pose

She started doing the 'airplane pose' around the time she was almost 6 months old. It's a sign that the time for crawling is approaching, and since it's a phase that doesn't last long, I can't help but want to capture it in photos.

Now at 6 months old, it's a time when she wants to touch and lick everything. She's desperately trying to crawl to reach the things in front of her.

Seeing her practice over and over again to do things she can't do yet is endearing, and it makes me feel like I should learn from her.

I want to continue keeping these precious moments of my daughter in my memories and records.

Well then.