She's still a great sleeper. She goes down around 7:30pm and wakes up around 8am. She had a few nights in a row where she would wake up. I had no idea why. Then, she had 2 teeth. Ouch! Luckily, I have figured out that a dose of ibuprofen (for imflammation), benadryl (stuffy/runny nose), and 2 Hyland's Teething Tablets before bed and she's good to go. Speaking of teeth, she's working on 2 more! I've also stopped swaddling her. I just decided one night that I thought she might would sleep better if I unswaddled her. Once I unswaddled her, she no longer wanted her paci in the middle of the night and slept on her belly. If she isn't on her belly, she will wake up talking and then roll over to her belly and fall asleep again. I love hearing that sweet voice babbling, but 4am is a bit early!!
She has been iffy with eating recently. She was doing 3 seven ounce bottles a day (8:30 or 9am, 2pm, and 7:15pm). Rice cereal or yogurt for breakfast, a four ounce stage 2 baby food for lunch, and a stage 2 baby food for dinner (we were still following the 48 hour rule up until she turned 7 months old). But randomly, she decided she had no interest in solid food what-so-ever. I read that this can be common with babies who are teething. Some like the crunchy food (Maddie) and some like softer food (which was Connor). Luckily she's back to eating normal now. She doesn't do 21 ounces each day anymore... it's more like 18. But, whatever gets her through the day and sleeping at night... She does 2 snacks during the day. Her favorite snacks are the Murray's butter cookies. She LOVES them. Maybe she's getting her daddy's sweet tooth (Lord, help me!). She's started to eat puffs and yogurt melts and does great jawing them. She sometimes has a hard time picking up and putting in her mouth (and she will let you know it...) but she does alright for the most part.
She has just started to babble. I was honestly expecting her to babble earlier than now. But, I think she's a little later than expected because I have someone in the house that talks ALL THE TIME so she really doesn't have much time to talk. She's started string the sounds "bababababa" together, which is babbling and not necessarily talking, but it's at least something. She likes to yell, spit, blow raspberries, and moan/groan. But when Connor's napping, she and I have girl time and we like to sit, talk, and play.
She still isn't crawling. She pulls up to her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. When she's rocking, I can tell she's trying to figure out how to move, but she just thinks about it and flops down like a penguin. She recently has begun to reach forward just after she falls down, so maybe she will put everything together soon. I hope so because I can tell she really wants to move, but just can't. Poor thing.
She does, however, like to pull up to standing. She's still a little short and not quite strong enough to pull up on everything yet, but if you give her your arm or hold her hands, she stands right up. She can reach around for everything. I call them her "gadget arms." I will put something at least 2 feet away from her, and somehow she reaches and gets it. I have no idea how she does it, but she does.
She scooches around on her bottom in the bathtub. It is hilarious. We put her on one end of the tub and she just bounces around and ends up on the other end with a bunch of toys in her lap. She has started to show interest in pulling up on the bathtub (yikes!!).
She has started to imitate clapping and waving bye-bye. Her "clapping" is basically her moving her arms like she's flapping her wings. It's hilarious. She's more successful with hitting her hands together in her highchair when her arms are limited to just her upper portion of her body. Bye-bye also happens more at the table than anywhere else. But, she's trying.
Here are some pictures of my little diva. I've also uploaded a video of her trying to clap and yelling at me :)
Oh the sass
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