seven months

Paige wasn't feeling the photos today

Size: Don't have any stats for this month. But she's still in size 3 diaper. And more and more size 6 clothes aren't fitting and more and more 12 month clothes are fitting (not a lot of pants though).

Eating: We introduced solids! So far she's had oatmeal cereal, pureed sweet potato, carrots, pears, apples and avocado (this is the only thing she hasn't liked and I've only given it to her once). The picture of her trying oatmeal (first solid) is hilarious (in last post...). I made the mistake of using the oldest breastmilk I had and Paige wasn't a fan. Thankfully she hasn't cared what dated milk I've used since then and eats food great! She's nursing like a champ still and takes a bottle great! We also introduced a sippy cup and she does fairy well with it and swallowing the water.

Sleep: This department has gotten so much better! Her first nap is around 8:15am, usually for 2 hours and her second nap is around 1/1:30pm, for 2 hours on average. She'll fall asleep for bed around 6:15pm and wake around 6am. However, if she spits up in her crib (which happens frequently) or has a poopy diaper (which happens ever so often), they delay her falling asleep or interrupt her nap and she can have a hard time falling back asleep. Then that affects how the rest of the day/nap/bedtime/morning wake up go. If she hasn't napped the greatest the day before, she'll usually wake in the 5am hour and won't always go back to sleep.

Milestones/Accomplishment:
- Solid food
- Crawling in a circle
- Scooting backwards
- Usually knows something (toy, sweater string, etc) is hidden under something and tries getting to it
- While she sits independently good, she can also twist to the side as well
- Showing more facial expressions/emotions towards things/people; like furrowing her brow for a moment if Ellie is making some crazy loud noises or frustration towards you

Likes:
- Chewing on highchair straps
- Looking in the mirror. She'll smile/get excited when you take her to the bathroom mirror
- Dropping/throwing toys and if she's on the ground she'll turn and grab, or try to crawl/grab, it back
- When you turn the water on for bath. I think she is learning that means it's bath time and that's a definite like
- Sweater strings; pulling and chewing on them of course
- Her new exersaucer
- When you sign and say 'all done'

Dislikes:
- When you take away/hide highchair straps mentioned above
- Still doesn't like being ignored for more than a few minutes

Additional things I want to remember:
- Laughs consistently now! I was seriously worried about her lack of laughs; how few and far in between they'd be. But, her doctor didn't seem concerned when I brought it up at her 6 month well check. She has just been a more serious and inquisitive baby. Still really takes things in around her. I'm just glad she's showing us more of her happy side!

- She has been so good in the car seat and going places. I love her content demeanor for that. However, in other situations she is a feisty girl and tells you if she's upset fairly fast.

- Her hair is about an inch everywhere, except the top, that hair is about 3 inches! I'm telling ya, she could have a nice faux hawk! And thankfully her bald spot is filling in nicely.

-Will reach as far as she can for something before she attempts to crawl for it. It looks pretty funny.

- I think her eyes are going to stay brown! Love that I'll (hopefully) share an eye color with at least one of my girls.