I'm Seven Months Old!

Millie is changing so fast and getting so big. She can now crawl and is pretty fast at it. She has also learned how to pull herself up to a standing position and how to sit back up after changing positions. We have discovered her standing up in her crib crying after not knowing how to get back down from standing up. I'm guessing she will be walking in the next month or two. How frustrating it must be to be learning so many new things but not knowing how to fully use them.

She says "mamama" and "dadada" when each of us is around, and we think she understands who is who. She used to be a great sleeper; we could lay her down in her crib for a nap or bedtime and she would roll over and fall asleep without a fuss. Now she yells when we start walking down the hall toward her room. She cries before every nap and bedtime, even though it is usually only for a minute or so. How did she go from being a good sleeper to a bad one? She still sleeps well at night though - about 10-11 hours straight.

She is also becoming more needy. She used to just play on her own for an hour or two without caring if anyone was around. Now she looks around a lot to make sure someone is in the room, if she is willing to play on her own at all. I hope it is just a phase, because it becomes taxing sometimes to not be able to do anything other than hold her all day (although I do like holding her)! She loves sucking on/playing with tags on toys/blankets/soft books. They are more fun than the toy itself sometimes.

She is now eating cereals. She likes rice cereal, oatmeal, and whole wheat cereal. She will start a veggie at the end of this week. She caught on quickly and loves to sit in her high chair and eat. As soon as we put her in her high chair, she starts banging her hands on it and grunting. Luckily, she doesn't try to put her hands on the spoon anymore when we put it in her mouth, and she likes when we play airplane with the spoon.

Here are some pics I took yesterday. She is really starting to change and look older.


I think she looks like my baby pictures in this one, except for the hair color (I am in the white/red dress). What do you think?


Pics from the last month: