Little Lady O is Seven Months Old!

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"Your greatest contribution to the kingdom of God may not be something you do but someone you raise"

andy stanley

Happy Seven Months, bug!

It is absolutely true what they say.  Every month that passes by is the MOST fun month.  When you think you can't fall in love any harder, you do.  When you think that your heart is so full it may just burst, it gets a little bit bigger.  Every once in awhile I tell your poppa that I cannot believe we made you.  You are perfect.  So perfect.  From those long eye lashes to your chubby thighs.  Every inch of you is, you guessed it, perfect.  I find myself imagining how your personality will be.  How much of your dad or me will you inherit.  You are definitely a strong-willed little girl.  Whenever you are not happy about something you let us know.  Every night before placing you in your crib I hold on to you a little tighter.  Time is unforgiving.  It does not care how much we'd like it to stand still.  Quicker than I would like these days will pass us by.  

Weight:  Well, we don't call her chunky monkey for no reason.  Liv is weighing in at 19 lbs 4 oz.  She gained two pound in less than a month (!!!).  I know, delicious.  I have to stop myself from biting her cheeks.  Oh, and those thighs?  They are much yummier than they look, promise.

Eating: We are still bottle feeding expressed breastmilk while at daycare and breastfeeding at home.  Oh, and of course we've now incorporated a meal of solids once a day.  This weekend we will try breakfast and dinner.  As of this moment Liv has tried the following foods:  avocados, zucchini, white sweet potato, bananas, broccoli, carrots with nutmeg, roasted blueberries with cinnamon, oatmeal, oatmeal with bananas, oatmeal with blueberries, quinoa with raspberries, apples with cinnamon, and pears with cinnamon.  If you read this post you know that we had a tiny hiccup.  I am pleased to say that things have gotten significantly better.  If you feed her blueberries, apples, and pears she will be happy as a clam.  I plan on adding some spinach to her fruit, I'll let you know how it goes.  Also, per my pediatrician we can feed Liv anything and everything (Keeping an eye out for allergies).  Recent research has shown that the longer you wait to introduce certain foods the higher the chance of developing an allergy.  

Wearing:  We are slowly putting away all of Liv's six month clothing.  She may not be very tall, however, rolls take up lots of space.  Her jammies are mostly size 9M and she can even fit into size 12M dresses.  Again, sizing is wonky.  It all depends on the brand.  So, recently I have just been pulling out random sized clothing to see if things fit, and, most of the time they do.  Her Valentine's day dress was size 18M (I told you, completely wonky).  

Doing:  Liv can now sit up completely unassisted for extended periods of time WITHOUT purposefully throwing herself back (Queen of the run-on, I know).  Last month she would sit up and after a minute think it was HILARIOUS to throw herself back (so-not-funny).  Her babbling has gotten even cuter (I didn't think that was possible); and I think it is safe to say that her first word is "ball".  Yeah, not mama, not dada, ball.  It is definitely the kids at daycare.  At first I thought it was an absolute fluke, however, after SEVERAL days and SEVERAL instances of hearing her say "ba, ba" when she holds a ball, I think she knows what it means.  I am not even jealous.  Hearing her little voice turns me into a pile of mush.  Of course we make her repeat it a thousand times a day.  Hey, practice makes perfect.

Sleep:  We are still waking anywhere between one to two times a night to nurse.  Of course there are nights where she won't wake up at all (Thank you Jesus!) and then there are nights she wakes up twice (Those are rough).  On average she wakes up once anywhere between 2:30-3:30, nurses and goes right back to bed.  On the weekdays I have to wake her up to get her ready for daycare.  The weekends she usually nurses around 6:30 AM and goes back to bed till 8:00 AM.  Last weekend she slept till 9:00 AM (HALLELUJAH!).  When I looked at the time I thought I was still dreaming.  

Highlights: This month's highlight definitely has to be the adorable face she made when she tried avocados for the first time.  Actually, the introduction of every new food was exciting.  The tantrums when she DIDN'T like something she ate, well, we could just forget about those.  

Proud Parent Moment: The other day Liv, Mr. Ziggles (Our maltese), and I were playing on the floor.  It was all fun and games until Ziggy scratched Liv's head.  Um, yeah, my poor bug, she was not happy.  Neither she nor Ziggy know how to play nice just yet; but, it's okay, we will get there one day.  Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Liv, being your mother is my biggest accomplishment.  I learn so much each and every day.  You are making me a better person, thank you.

xx

Momma