I can’t
believe you are already 7 months old. This one kind of snuck up on me…it
doesn’t seem like its been a whole other month. How did you get closer to your
first birthday than your birth??
Firsts: 4th
of July, swimming in the pool in your floaty
News
Headlines: Supreme Court legalizes “so-called gay marriage” in all 50 states.
Milestones:
You are sitting up really well now and only occasionally fall over when you’re
trying to reach for something. You are pushing yourself up really far now. You
want to crawl, but you haven’t mastered getting your belly up and your knees up
under you. You love to wiggle and stand and move…but you can’t do anything
independently yet. You are able to pick up cheerios and put them in your
mouth…you haven’t mastered the pincer grip quite yet though.
Measurements:
You’re still in 3-6 month clothes except for a few 9 month pj’s and size 3
diapers. You weight 16 pounds 3 ounces according to our scale, and you’re about
26ish inches.
Funny/Memorable
moment: Giving you your first food. You make the worst faces when we give you
new food.
Challenges:
Sleeping…always sleeping. You are so inconsistent with your nap times and wake
up times. Sometimes you are up 3 times and sometimes only once. Sometimes
you’ll be up for the day before 6 and sometimes not until 7. Naps range from
30-2 hours. Another new challenge is eating. We’ve officially started solids
and you hate them all basically. You’ll eat a few things that are real chunks
of food but absolutely hate pureed baby food. You have also had a little rash.
I’m not sure exactly what it is…possibly a little virus. You’ve been a little
extra fussy lately but that could be because you’re starting to realize more
when mommy leaves the room.
Feedings/Eating:
You’re still getting most of your calories from nursing. You’re still fed very
on demand. I’m not sure why I haven’t gotten you more on a schedule with this,
but you seem to do fine with how we are doing things and are gaining weight
well. You’ve tried a lot of different foods so far and you basically only like
puffs, yogurt bites, popsicles, and pizza crust. You also don’t mind fruit cup
peaches, avocado, and watermelon. You haven’t liked one puree and have gagged a
lot. I’m kind of at a loss so I’ve just tried to continue letting you try
several things to see how you do!
Sleeping:
We’ve tried to do a better job getting you on a sleep schedule. You take a nap
about 2 hours after you wake up which usually falls about 8:30 or 9. Depending
on how long you sleep and what time you get up from your nap I try to wait
until 12:30 or 1 for an afternoon nap. If you sleep well then, I’ll give you
one more nap about 5 for about 30 minutes and you’ll go to bed for the night
starting at 7:30/45. The times aren’t consistent so you’ll occasionally take a
4th nap if one of your other ones isn’t long. You wake at night at
all different times…it changes daily/weekly. I have gotten you to the point
that if you wake up only an hour or so after I put you down you are able to
quickly put yourself back to sleep. You normally wake about 11:30 and 3:30 and
then 5 or 6 something. Sometimes you’ll go back to sleep if you’re up before
6…sometimes not. Those are hard days…
Personality:
You are pretty laid back for the most part as long as mommy is around. You love
to laugh and squeal at Aubrey. When you get excited you make all kinds of
noises and kick your legs really big. You’re always smiling and chatting with
whoever will listen. You have always been a mommy’s girl, but this seems to be
growing a bit. You’ll be fine playing until I walk out of a room…then you cry
and sheik and get really angry. You also get like this when someone takes
something away that you want…like pizza crust.
Likes: Mommy,
Aubrey, Sometimes Daddy (he’s growing on you!), some solid foods,
Dislikes:
pureed baby food,
Mobility: You
are creeping all over the place. I can sit you down and walk away and you will
be on your belly and twisted around. I’m guessing you’ll be crawling soon! You
can’t go from a sitting to laying position very smoothly yet. You like to stand
but can only do it while someone is holding you.
Favorite toy:
You still like Sophie the Giraffe, but basically you enjoy anything you can put
in your mouth…especially if it is crinkly!
Upcoming
Events: Going to GG and Big D’s house for a week two different times.
New
Explorations: You are starting to focus in on smaller things and more details.
You are also able to move around a little bit on your own so this helps you
explore what you want. You’ve been arching your back a lot lately and will look
around upside down.
Sounds, words,
and communication: You’ve started doing a ya/na/da something I can’t quite
decide which one. Its only occasionally and normally you stick with your old
faithful AAAAA in a loud voice and high pitched squealJ
Teeth: Still
nothing!
