Summer Marie_7 months

Ohhhhh, my baby girl is 7 months old and I can't believe it! She is getting bigger, smarter, more coordinated and is growing longer hair.

7 Month Likes:

• putting everything in her mouth
• Lucy & Sampson, her big dogs
• eating baby food
• riding in the car
• playing on the floor
• pulling hair, phone headset wires, important papers and basically grabbing anything within reach

7 Month Dislikes:

• Twinkle Twinkle (she may be scared from that song)
• Being put in her high chair then abandoned, so she thinks. I can't put her in there until the food is ready.

New Tricks:

• She completely sits up unassisted
• She will pull her knees under her on occasion but has not made the progression to crawling yet
• She is really amused by Lucy and will kick her legs in excitement when she runs towards her
• Yesterday I laid her down for a nap and as I was closing the door I saw her hand reach up on the side of the crib...say what!! I couldn't believe it! Today we lowered her crib mattress.

Sleep - Summer is a great sleeper. She goes to bed around 6:30pm and will sleep until 6am. We are to the point where if she does wake up in the night we do not get her. She will generally fall back asleep in less than 10 minutes. This new technique has really helped our lives.

Summer then takes 2 naps in the day, 2 hours in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon. I savor that time!

First Cold - Summer is experiencing her first cold right now. She was up from 9-midnight last night with a stuffy nose that wouldn't allow her to lay down yet she couldn't fall asleep sitting up in my arms as it was just too out of her routine. We are using a cool mist humidifier, saline mist and the suction bulb to battle the cold. We pray it will go away sooner than later and that she can sleep well tonight.