7 months old!

Sadie turned 7 months old January 25th. We were actually here at home for once so I got to do her little photo shoot in our apartment with horrible lighting. : ) So I don't know any of Sadie's stats for this month but I'll try to do a rough measurement soon. She has transitioned into all 6-12 month/9 month clothes this past month and they fit quite well. Size 3 diapers are still fitting great and size 2 shoes are too.

We didn't have too many huge changes this month but Sadie is now a total pro at sitting and is able to stand holding on to the couch for a minute or so before losing her balance. She is not crawling at all yet or even getting on all fours, however, when she is on her tummy she will start pushing her bum up which I think is the beginnings of getting into crawling position. Sadie has started moving around more on her tummy - she mostly turns in a circle but once about a week ago she moved backwards two feet. It's fun to watch all of her changes but I'm honestly just fine with her not being mobile yet!

(future gymnast?)

Sadie is doing pretty well with solid food. I am in the process of introducing two meals per day and we've introduced her to a few new foods. More recently she has decided she doesn't like a few foods and has literally gagged and thrown up a few times. I feel really bad but it is also kind of hilarious. So far she hasn't liked butternut squash (which I don't get because to me it tastes almost the same as sweet potatoes which she loves), avocado (which she used to love) and rice cereal that I made myself from ground up brown rice. She really must be my child! : )

(smiles for Dad!)

Sleeping has been pretty rough this month. She started waking up at night and wasn't really taking naps so we had to start sleep training. Which has meant I've had to listen to lots of crying which is just sad and quite frankly gets on my nerves after a while. One day it was driving me crazy so I made cookie dough so that the mixer would drown out the sounds of her crying (oh and I figured after listening to all that crying I deserved a little cookie dough!). I think finally after nearly 3 weeks of this sleep training stuff it is paying off. She goes to bed between 7:30 and 8pm, sleeps until 5 or 6am, eats and then goes back to sleep until 8 or 9am. She is down to two naps per day now, one in the morning for about an hour and one in the afternoon that lasts usually about 2 hours. So I think we are finally on a good schedule and she can put her self to sleep - yay! It's been rough but I feel it was what we needed to do for her to be able to get the sleep she needs.

A few other developments to note for this month: she stopped using her pacifier completely, is smiling so much more, loves playing in the jumperoo, is practicing giving high fives and clapping, went to her first story time at the library and loves that as well, really loves attention from anyone (this could be a problem some day!) and when she gets excited she pumps her arms and turns her wrists - it's so cute! Miss Sadie Maren is such a delight and we feel so blessed!