DeLange News: 7 Months Old

Briana is 7 months old now! She is continuing to develop and grow so fast! She is still on the petite side I think, as she is wearing mostly 6mon size clothes still but starting to fit into 9mon size.

She is still rolling all over the place, but more recently is starting to lay on her belly and prop herself up all the way with her arms. I think crawling is not that far off! She sits up very well on her own, we still use the boppy pillow though behind her because she topples over here and there. She is getting such a personality and definitely forming her own opinion. If you take something away that she wants she throws a fit. She for SURE knows who I am, she always has mama radar on. Still totally fine for the most part to be held by others, but keeps track of where I am.

Probably the biggest change in the last month is that she now has TWO teeth. Teething was pretty rough, she was crabby, didn't sleep well, and just was gnawing on everything in sight. Her two bottom teeth are through the gums now though and growing. They sure are sharp little fangs!

She has been a bear recently with sleeping. Oh my stars, not fun at ALL! I attribute this issue to teething and the craziness that has been our life over the past couple weeks. Before all that though she was sleeping 12hrs at night! It was amazing. Now though she wakes up easy if she hears us and consistently has been getting up at 2:30/3:30am. I haven't tried letting her just cry herself back to sleep really, I just nurse her and she goes back down. So yes, we are creating a HORRIBLE habit I am sure but that is honestly the easiest thing to do right now. We will deal with the tough love thing later on when we aren't living in such transition.......

I've tried giving her a sippy cup, but no go. She has zero interest and just throws it on the floor and whines until I give her a bottle. We just use the bottle for water here and there, she is still nursing about 5x/day. Especially now that I am not working anymore she almost never has to have a bottle, but she doesn't mind them when she does have them. She eats two meals of solid food a day (breakfast and dinner). Her favorites include: baby cereal, pears, applesauce, carrots, pears combined with spinach, and sweet potato. I haven't really tried anything else yet. We have been in a bit of transition process here the last couple weeks....

She is now officially a Michigan kid! We moved in with Alec's parents on her 7mon birthday. We will be staying here for 6wks until we can get into our new house. (Another post to come about moving)

She is such a joy, I love this age! So fun and interactive! We can't wait to see what this next month will bring for little Brie, we love her so much!