Madelyn - 7 months

Size:

You are weighing almost 19 pounds and we are loving all your rolls (especially our favorite…the wrist rolls).  You are wearing size 3 diapers & mostly 9 month clothes.  You have started to outgrow most of your winter clothes, so I am hoping the weather warms up soon!  Your hair is still growing!

Sleep:

We are still working on sleep.  You are still great at putting yourself to sleep for naps & bedtime, but you are waking up about once a night to eat.  It has become gradually later so I think you are close to sleeping through the night. 

Activities:
You are active & really want to be on the move.  You have started getting on all fours & rocking back & forth.  You still love to jump in the jumparoo & “play” with your brother.  He entertains you so much & you just laugh at him.  You love to grab any of his toys that are within your reach & they go straight to your mouth.  You are an excellent sitter now & can just sit on the ground with toys in front of you & play.    

Foods:
You LOVE to eat your solids.  I don’t remember your brother wanting to eat so much but you love it.  You are still eating foods that I have made & include sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, avocado, butternut squash, pears, & green beans. 

New Things:

You want to be on the move.  You aren’t crawling but you can roll all around the room to get where you want.  You also get bored easily & we have been putting all the baby toys to good use. 

You are excellent at sitting up & rarely fall over now.  If you do, it is sometimes on purpose so then you can roll to wherever you want to be. 

You sat in the high chair at a restaurant for the first time & rode next to your brother in the cart at the grocery store recently.

You made your first trip to Texas & met SO many friends & family.  It was full of meeting new people & you did great!  This was also your first airplane ride (with just mom & Jack).  You slept on the plane ride there and were all over the place on the flight home.  It was a long couple of hours for me!