Baby Love - Seven Months

My Sweet Charlotte,

You are SEVEN months old!

You are a sweet girl.  You love your tongue more than any other baby I know.

What are your stats?
You weigh approximately 15lbs and you are about 27" long.

What are you eating?
You drink four bottles a day - three 6 oz bottles every four hours and then one 8oz bottle before bedtime.  Your list of baby foods is growing -- green beans, carrots, green peas, sweet potatoes, squash, peaches, pears, avocado, bananas, and applesauce.  Your least favorite is green beans and your favorite is a tie between squash and sweet potatoes.  You eat one 2oz serving of baby food every day for lunch.

When do you eat and sleep?
Our routine still hasn't varied much.  You wake up around 7:00am - eat every four hours - go to bed around 9:30-10:00pm.

What do your routines look like?
In the morning, you take your bottle then play for about an hour.  Then, you take a nice long nap in your swing.  You have baby food and a bottle at lunch time.  We get dressed.  Then, it's time to play some more.  You are sitting up very well.  You are also practicing your scooting!  You take a little nap.  Then you have a dinner time bottle.  You play with Daddy.  We squeeze a short nap in before bath time.  Then it's nighttime bottle and bed!

What size clothes and diapers are you wearing?
You are still wearing Size 2 diapers.  You moved up into size 6-9m pajamas.  Other clothes depend on brand and style.  You can still wear some 0-3 onesies.  But you can also wear 12m in other brands.

What are some things you love?
You love your Momma and Daddy.  You love being nosy.  You love for people to talk to you.

What are some things you don't love?
You don't like it when Daddy touches your nose or ears.  You don't like eating these days.  You don't like sitting still.

What can you do?
You can reach for people to pick you up.  You can give hugs.  You can say "Mmmm" after a bite.  You can put yourself to sleep at night.  {Momma hasn't talked about this very much to her friends.  About two weeks ago, Daddy suggested just laying you in your crib awake after your bedtime bottle.  So, Momma tried it.  I laid you down and gave you a paci and lovey.  You snuggled right up and went to sleep.  You have done this every night for two weeks now.  We are proud of you!}

What are we looking forward to in the next month?

Before you turn EIGHT months, you will:
* Have your first slumber party with Delaney.  Keegan is having tubes, so Delaney is spending the night with us.
*Have your first night alone with Daddy.  Momma is going to Branson on a Girl's Getaway.
*Have a girl's night with Momma while Daddy is at Men's Retreat.