It's FINALLY summertime! I love love love this time of year and I am so excited for all of the fun plans we have coming up (weddings/cookouts/friends having babies/beach trips...) We are loving the extra daylight and spending as much time as possible outside without overheating - thank goodness for baby pools ;)
7-8 Month update:
Weight/height/details:
15.4 lbs…
finally starting to put on a little weight and get some chunky little lovey
thighs J
Milestones:
First long road trip, first girls weekend, first time in the pool, meeting four great-grandparents, getting herself onto all fours and rocking (no crawling yet!), “walking” while holding our hands constantly, belly laughs, LOTS of babble noises including babababa, dadada, mamama.
Going for a walk with Daddy
Sleep:
two naps a day apprx 1.5-2 hrs each, one morning and one afternoon. Bedtime is between 7-7:30 and she wakes
anywhere between 6 and 7 AM. Still using
the noise machine. She also has a
favorite lovie – a bunny that Aunt Ellen got her J
Loves/Hates:
LOVES Sadie, swings (Daddy just put one up in the tree in the front
yard!), music class, “walking” while holding our hands, kisses, stacking cups,
blocks, shakers, iphones/ipads, tickles, giggles… HATES getting her diaper
changed/anytime she’s on her back, mommy walking away/out of the room, staying
strapped into her stroller or car seat for a length of time – my walks and runs
are limited some these days and I’ve had to take her out and carry her more
than once!
Aubrey is already a water baby... loves the pool, bath, boat... we can't wait to take her to the beach later this summer :)
Eating:
Aubrey eats EVERYTHING put in front of her… I basically cut everything
into super small pieces and she eats it!
Smoked salmon, broccoli, meatballs, eggs, spinach, you name it! I make her little quiches and pancakes with
fruit for breakfast, lunch is still a lot of times on the go – LOVE the organic
pouches of baby food with a straw attached!) and dinner is typically leftovers
from something I’ve eaten. She is obsessed
still with avocados, bananas, any type of fruit, eggs… she is an eater! I just started weaning her this week… I am mixing breast milk with formula for her
day time bottles and still nursing morning and night. I have had a LOT of guilt about this… I feel
somehow like I’m failing not going until one year with just breast milk but it’s
just super convenient to give a bottle during the day and not have to worry
about pumping/finding somewhere to nurse.
The rational part of me says if she’s getting some breast milk still
until one year then that’s awesome, the mommy guilt part of me… ugh.
Other: We are getting ready to go to Florida
for a long weekend just Patrick and I!
Aubrey will be staying with Nana and Papa. I am not worried at all about her… just about
myself, lol Pray for me next weekend, I’ll
need it (and lots of mimosas) to deal with missing my little sidekick! Never been without her for more than 5
hours! However, I am super excited for
some one on one time with my hubs and sleeping past 7/going for a few days
without being in charge of the life of another human being… all while knowing
she is in more than capable hands!!
