Blog | 7 Months!
M is 7 months old now, and just an absolute angel. She can now sit up all by herself (though I still like to have a pillow behind her to cushion that occasional flop), and she still talks…a lot (ba, ga, ya, da, nga, etc.). Most nights we put her down by 9, do a dream feed around 11, and she sleeps until between 5-5:30 OR 7-7:30. It is very strange – if she sleeps past 5:30, it is highly unlikely she will wake up before 7. She loves grabbing things and gnawing things and generally exploring her surroundings. One of her favorite things to do is to touch and/or scratch things around her (the couch, paper, a pillow, a toy, fabric, wood, etc.). She seems to really like exploring different textures. We also recently started putting her in the stroller seat, and she loves it! She loves being able to see everything.
We have started solid food, but it has been disastrous. We started with oatmeal, and while she didn’t love it (and perhaps even didn’t like it), she ate it. Next we went to sweet potatoes. She ate hardly any, protested vehemently throughout, and 2-3 hours later, vomited everything up. Same thing happened the next time she ate sweet potatoes. So, we stopped giving her that, stopped feeding her solids for a couple of weeks, and then tried again. This time with avocados. She tried desperately to keep me from feeding her, and protested vehemently; I am not sure she even ate any. So we tried peas. Same result. And, 2-3 hours later, she vomited everything up. So, the doctor is having us switch to fruits to see if we can (1) get her interested in eating and/or (2) find something besides oatmeal that she doesn’t vomit up. We gave her applesauce today. She didn’t protest quite so badly, but she didn’t like it. I only gave her a little. As for the vomiting, we shall see how it goes (it has only been an hour).
On the bright side, she OBVIOUSLY is thriving. So, I just keep telling myself that this too shall pass. At least she is happy (pretty much even while emptying her tummy). B still fascinates her. Though, truthfully, she wants me. All. The. Time. She is often fine with someone else as long as she can’t see me, which makes that handoff a little tricky. But we manage, and I have come up with some creative ways to get from point A to point B in my house so that J can get some quality time in with her! 
