Firsts:
“eating” crackers and Puffs, graduation (Aunt Caitlin’s), sitting up by
yourself, eating your toes!, eating avocado and prunes, goose egg :(, Christmas
and New Years, saw Santa, and 1st tooth.
News
Headlines: Sandy Hook Elementary
School shooting
Mommy
and Daddy’s Favorites: Mommy-reaching out for her told hold you
Daddy-your
cute little tooth that popped through
Milestones:
You are sitting up all by yourself completely unsupported! Every once in a
while you still fall over, not because you loose your balance, but because
you haven’t figured out how to ease back down to the ground yet. You are also
getting more and more mobile by the day.
Still no crawling though.
You are able to hold a cup all by yourself and occasionally tip it back
to drink out of it. You have
recently started picking up tiny puffs with your whole hand and occasionally
get one in your mouth. You grab toys all the time and can easily pass them from
one hand to another. You’ve started really reaching and holding out your arms
to people when you want them to hold you.
You will also reach out for a toy you want and get mad when we take something away. You will open and close your
hands and reach and whine or grunt until you get what you are reaching for.
Measurements:
On our home scale you weigh about 15 lbs. 7 oz. and since you can put weight on
your legs now, we put you up against the wall and drew a line. You were right at 26 inches. We are going with something went wrong
at your 4 month appointment and you didn’t actually shrink last month! You are
in all 3-6 month clothes except you’ve moved up to 9 month footie jammies. You
are in size 2 diapers except at night we started having you wear size 3.
Like
Mommy: You get crabby when you are tired and/or hungry. You love being in the
ATL!
Like
Daddy: You don’t really love eating breakfast, and do better a little later in
the day.
Funniest
Moment: While we were staying with GG and Big D over Christmas you started
making silly faces and squealing every time you saw GG. Also, Mommy got the hiccups and you
giggled every time. You laughed so
hard that you got the hiccups, too.
Memorable
moment: Mommy got sick and couldn’t see you all day. You did really well until the end of the day when you had
just had it! Mommy came home from the doctor and you’d been crying and wouldn’t
eat. As soon as she held you, you
stopped crying immediately.
Challenges:
1. Your nighttime sleep…what’s new. 2. You’ve been throwing up after you eat
solids sometimes. It used to be
only after you ate something you didn’t like, such as green beans or peas. Recently it’s been after other things
that you normally like. It’s
really strange because you’ll eat everything and then all of a sudden start
gagging and then barf it all up! Then you’re fine. Any suggestions on this or
how to get her to stop waking up every night are welcome!! 3. An isolated event
of Mommy getting sick. Thankfully we were with GG and she did such a wonderful
job taking care of you. She fed you solids and put you down for naps. Mommy was
so nervous about getting dehydrated and not being able to feed you, and you
refused to take a bottle. Thankfully everything turned out fine :D
How we
spend the day: You wake up around 8:30 and you nurse. You go down for a nap
about an hour and a half later.
After you wake up you eat oatmeal and a fruit for “brunch”. You do better eating solids a little
later in the day. You take about two 45 minute-1 hour naps and one 30 minute
nap later in the day. (This changes basically every day.) You eat dinner around
6:30 and we start our bedtime routine around 7:30 and are in bed by 8:00. This is the ideal schedule…we may or
may not stick to it! You wake up about 12 and 4…we are trying to work on this.
Feedings/Eating:
You are nursing pretty regularly about every 3-4 hours during the day…and
night. We are giving you solids
about twice a day. I’d do it 3
times a day, but for some reason your little tummy doesn’t always
cooperate. In the morning you get
oatmeal and a fruit. At night you
get rice cereal and a veggie. I
try to throw in something green, but it keeps making you throw everything
up! So…this category is a work in
progress. This month I tried mixing your cereals with formula to keep from
having to pump, but I’m not totally sure its worth the money because we wont finish it before it goes bad. Also, I don’t know if this is what is
making you throw up your food. So
back to pumping we will go!
Sleeping:
Your nap times are going well. You
haven’t been crying very long if at all when we put you down. Sometimes you just talk and sing until
you fall asleep. You’ve also been
napping a little longer these days!
You always sleep on your tummy, and you roll over the second
we put you in your crib. At nighttime you are consistently waking up about 12
and 4. The 12:00 wake up is
getting a little exhausting for us because we will have just gone to
sleep. I’m not sure you are still
supposed to be waking up this frequently, so we may do something to fix
this. Again, I’m open to
suggestions!!
Personality:
You still have a strong personality.
You really let us know what you want and will work until you get
it. Apparently in the nursery at
church you wanted some keys from another baby so you took them… Thankfully he
was nice and gave them to you. I’m
sad I missed this because it sounds like your funny little personality showing
through, but I know we will have to work with you on being nice and sharing as you get
older! You love to play and to laugh.
You are super friendly and love being around people.
Likes:
mommy and daddy, sitting up in the bathtub and playing with toys, sitting up by
yourself, drinking from a Sippy cup, prunes, eating wrapping paper and bows,
all non-baby electronics, wearing things on your head
Dislikes:
getting out of the bathtub, drinking from a bottle, avocados, riding in the car
for a long time, sleeping through the night, wearing things on your feet
Mobility:
You roll, scoot, and reach to get where you want. You can stand while holding on to someone’s fingers and can
go from sitting to standing while doing this.
Favorite
toy: You still love Mommy’s cell phone case, which is now yours because she got
a new one. You really like
the shape blocks and remote you got for Christmas. You also love board books and chewing on them. You are
completely content playing with a wooden spoon in your high chair and helping
Mommy cook dinner.
New
Explorations: You seem to really enjoy just sitting and playing with your
toys. Mommy will sit behind you or
put the boppie pillow behind you and you will play with blocks or other toys
for a while by yourself. You will
just sit and tap and chew on them and talk to them. It's pretty cute to watch.
Sounds
and words: You say da da, na na, huh, aaa. Nothing really new, except you are now “talking” more often
and putting the sounds together instead of just one at a time. You also still love blowing raspberries
at people.
Sitting up like a big girl!
Enjoying a little Christmas bow. NOM NOM! (Thanks Big D for the picture!)
Yummy toes!
Our little Christmas elf!
Playing with her toys.
Thanks GG for taking care of me while Mommy was sick!!
Helping Mommy shop for groceries with her baby Uggs! Her first time in the actual cart...such a big girl.
Happy 7 Months Aubrey!!!
(more Christmas pictures to come in a future blog...)
