anyway, her stats are: somewhere around 18 lbs 6 oz, not sure on how long she is, and she's wearing size 9M clothes. we are still in size 3 diapers but i am thinking that will change soon and we will have to start looking at size 4s.
she is still breast fed, both with pumped bottles and nursing, and i feel like 7 months of breastfeeding is something to be proud of. each month, i am happy to make it yet another month, but when she was born i honestly never thought i would make it this long. i am really happy that we have made it and (fingers crossed) it looks like a year is going to be possible for us! we haven't re-introduced formula at all since she puked it up that last time. i have pretty much wiped out my freezer stash of breast milk, but somehow we make it work each day and theres enough.
she is also now getting solids once a day! we tried to introduce them at 6 months, and she just wasn't into the whole spoon eating thing. the only way she would eat any solids was if i put them into her mesh feeder. then, about a week ago, i tried the spoon feeding again, and something just clicked! she was totally into it and seemed to just "get it". i have made all of her baby food so far, just sweet potatoes and carrots, but today at the store i did buy some organic/no preservaties food to add to the mix. so far she has had: sweet potatoes, carrots, banana, avocado, and tonight for the first time we tried green beans. she makes funny faces to it all, but really eats anything we give her. she does seem to prefer the mesh feeder though. she ate half of an avocado in it the other day!
sleep. sleep lately has been....not great. she got sick in the beginning of february (AGAIN...thank you daycare) and she would wake up in a coughing fit around 4am every day. so, i got in the habit of bringing her to the guest bed to sleep the last couple hours before work. well, me bringing her to the guest bed turned into me bringing her to OUR bed. and 4am turned into 10PM...so you see where this is going. she's gotten used to sleeping in our bed each night. i am really going to try these next couple of nights to break the habit though. if she stays overnight with someone else, i can't expect them to keep her in their bed, so its really best if she sleeps in her crib all night. we have had rodeo work days these past few days, so i have been too tired to fight the battle, but tonight i am going to try!
she does sleep well though. still goes to bed around 6-7 (7:45 tonight for daylight savings) and sleeps til about 10 when she wants to come to our bed. in there, she sleeps through til about 5am and she gets restless. thats when she wants to nurse. after that she may sleep another hour or so and then she's up for the day.
baby girl is rolling to get to her destinations, and sitting up with very slight assistance. she stands with help, and is now getting up onto all fours sometimes too. i feel like crawling will be soon.
she LOVES her daddy, her sister giving her kisses (on her hands, not on her face) and itsy bitsy spider and the birdie song. she loves to babble (baba, mama) and fake cough, and is content just to watch everything happening around her. she does great at daycare because its so busy there and she loves to be in the middle of everything!
she only really cries when she's hungry or tired. she does well with pretty much anyone, as long as they are giving her attention. she still LOVES baths, and loves water, and i am excited for her first easter camping trip coming up soon. i am sure she will have lots of swimming time this summer!
we love our big girl...and cannot believe she's only 5 months away from being a ONE YEAR OLD!
