7 months
I know I say this every month, but I can't believe Fiona is already 7 months old! Her personality is really starting to come out, and for the most part she is a really happy baby. She finds all kinds of things funny; tickling her, walking, tibi shaking her ears, peek-a-boo, and her toys. She loves to "walk"; we hold her hands and she walks around, she thinks its fantastic. She will take a couple of steps then lean back and grin at you, take a few more, smile, etc. When we hold her, she will start kicking her feet which is her signal for "hey put me down, I want to walk around and check things out!". She can't walk on her own yet, but she is just starting to figure out how to move along furniture, and even more exciting that if she lets go of her ottoman in her room and leans sideways she can reach her leap frog music maker. She is such a little dare devil.
She is still eating solid food, and loving it. There has only been one thing that she didn't seem to like, and that was some jarred turkey and squash (I don't blame her, I tasted it and it tasted like crap). I make almost all of her food, and so far no complaints from her. Although now meal time is a battle of who gets to feed her. She is either playing with her spoon or sticking her hands directly into her (pureed) food. Or she is trying to pick up the bowl, I need a 3rd hand just to make sure the food stays where it is suppose to! She also feeds herself rice rusks. Its great if I meet friends for lunch or an early dinner and its not quite time to eat I just hand Fiona a rice rusk and it keeps her entertained. Now if I'm feeding Fiona and something drops, tibi comes running hoping its something she can eat. I only breast feed her 4 times a day, and Fiona eats solids twice a day.
Unfortunately Fiona has had colds/bronchitis/ear infections for the last month. It doesn't slow her down or seem to affect her too much. My mom said I was the same way. She would take me to the doctors and I would be playing and laughing with the doctor and it would turn out that I had double ear infections. I can't complain about her being happy even if she has a cold (although she is far less happy in the middle of the night), but it means I don't always know if she isn't feeling well.
She is as talkative as always. Once she gets going she does not shut up! She says dada, and daddy.. of course she doesn't call Mark dada, it will be food or her toys or just randomly. Occasionally I hear mama, but thats not as often. The last couple of days its been Bababaa, which is not so great when she has a mouth full of food.
She finally seems interested in crawling and is starting to roll around and get her little but up in the air.. so we will see how long I get to enjoy putting her down and her staying put :)
She is still eating solid food, and loving it. There has only been one thing that she didn't seem to like, and that was some jarred turkey and squash (I don't blame her, I tasted it and it tasted like crap). I make almost all of her food, and so far no complaints from her. Although now meal time is a battle of who gets to feed her. She is either playing with her spoon or sticking her hands directly into her (pureed) food. Or she is trying to pick up the bowl, I need a 3rd hand just to make sure the food stays where it is suppose to! She also feeds herself rice rusks. Its great if I meet friends for lunch or an early dinner and its not quite time to eat I just hand Fiona a rice rusk and it keeps her entertained. Now if I'm feeding Fiona and something drops, tibi comes running hoping its something she can eat. I only breast feed her 4 times a day, and Fiona eats solids twice a day.
Unfortunately Fiona has had colds/bronchitis/ear infections for the last month. It doesn't slow her down or seem to affect her too much. My mom said I was the same way. She would take me to the doctors and I would be playing and laughing with the doctor and it would turn out that I had double ear infections. I can't complain about her being happy even if she has a cold (although she is far less happy in the middle of the night), but it means I don't always know if she isn't feeling well.
She is as talkative as always. Once she gets going she does not shut up! She says dada, and daddy.. of course she doesn't call Mark dada, it will be food or her toys or just randomly. Occasionally I hear mama, but thats not as often. The last couple of days its been Bababaa, which is not so great when she has a mouth full of food.
She finally seems interested in crawling and is starting to roll around and get her little but up in the air.. so we will see how long I get to enjoy putting her down and her staying put :)