Its hard to believe that Zoe is seven months old today. She finally figured out how to get on her hands and knees in the last day or so, but her mode of transportation so far has been to roll everywhere. I also caught her trying to pull herself up on her jungle gym today. She had her feet under her, but she couldn't quite get up.
I have also started giving her rice cereal. After we got the allergies resolved around 4 months I held off on starting solids at the doctor's recommendation. The only drawback to not giving her cereal sooner was that she needed a feeding in the middle of the night. We now are giving her approximately 1 tablespoon of cereal twice a day which is about all she will eat. I've tried giving her applesauce and sweet potatoes, but her tummy didn't handle those foods very well. So I am gradually slipping in a few bites here and there. She also does not have any teeth yet.
We started putting her in the nursery at church. The first Sunday she played and had fun, but we forgot to clip on her normal binky on last Sunday and it made a very unhappy little girl. Thankfully I had a spare in the diaper bag. She is also starting to recognize people and gets scared if she hasn't seen someone for a while. Surprisingly she hasn't cried about being left at the nursery yet. She loves other kids though, so I think having 15 - 20 others to play with helps a lot. Its so cute when we go to the grocery store (which she loves). When she sees another kid, she will start smiling.
Being outside is her other big thrill. She will sit outside in her stroller while I do yard work and just play. One evening when she had been extremely cranky all day, I decided to do something therapeutic and work in the flower beds. She calmed right down outside and both of us felt better.
She is becoming a very sweet little girl (no longer a baby). We are working on teaching her no (especially when she pulls hair) and that she will not die if she does not get something right now. This makes the parenting quite interesting, but a joy nonetheless. We count our blessings every day and thank God that we have the opportunity to have this little girl in our lives.
My First Cereal
Not sure what to do with this
Fun with my toys
Ready to go!
I'm so cute!
3 comments:
What a doll! How fun for you guys to see her going through new stages. It was fun for me to read through that because it brought back good memories of Kayla pulling herself up and crawling -- it wasn't that long ago but so much has happened since then so it seems like a long time ago.
So happy for you guys!
She's so precious and getting so big. I can't believe it! I'm glad to hear she's doing so well. Will it take awhile for her system to adjust to solid foods or is she just reacting because of allergy reasons?
Shannon,
I think it is just taking her system awhile to adjust. The doctor thought she still has reflux, but I'm not sure if feeding her foods other than cereal would make it worse. However she tends to get up at night and not settle back down when we give her more than a few bites of fruit or vegetables. The cereal is starting to go much more smoothly, so I am sticking mostly with that for now.
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