June at 7 Months

 

 At 7 Months June is...

-getting better and better at moving around, but isn't officially crawling (you're almost there peanut!)

-pulled herself up from sitting to standing one time and really loves standing most of the time

-eating great, usually eating 2-3 times a day and usually accepts whatever I offer her (we're still doing mostly purees, but I sneak in a few "big kid" snacks every once and awhile like watermelon slices, toast, or crackers)

-babbling, I think I've caught a few dada's somewhere in there!

-finally free of the swaddle and pillow set up at night, although I still "swaddle" her lower half (although it's mostly just for warmth)

-loving her teddy and blankie and pacies at night.  She loves sucking on her paci's (just like her big sis) and burying her face in her blanket and teddy

-taking 3 naps a day, I would expect her to take two 1.5 hour naps and one shorter 45 minute nap, but since getting rid of the swaddle, her naps have been more all over the board (sometimes only napping for 45 minutes the first two and then catching up with a 1.5hr nap at the end of the day), but her night sleep has improved, so I haven't minded losing the consistent naps she used to give me

-sleeping great at night! She even slept all the way through a few times this month, but that is not the norm.  She pretty consistently wakes once around 4am(ish) and then sleeps on until 7:30-8am (although a few mornings I had to wake all the kids at 8:30am... what!?!?!)

-spent a week at Mimi's house this month, where she slept pretty good (although she has been waking a bit earlier in the morning during and since the trip) and had a lot of stranger anxiety come through (which meant a lot of mommy-Junie snuggles)

-has been a bit crankier towards the end of this month because of a cold and some top teeth coming in

 -continues to be such a giggly, smiley baby... laughing the most at her brother and sister

-has gotten told she has an "angelic" or "cherub" look a few times... of course we are biased, but her smile and big blue eyes does make her look like quite the little angel!

A few videos from this past month:
Practicing standing...

Tasting a lemon while we were out to eat... didn't seem to phase her...

Watermelon! Enough said...

Working on crawling...

Almost there! (although neither of these videos capture her best attempts... she has definitely made forward movement, but of course it was impossible to grab the best attempts on video!)

We love you peanut!