7 Months Old

Charlotte is 7 months old! If there's one thing I'm certain about, it is that she has her mommy wrapped right around her little finger. This child owns me. She is the happiest, laid back baby with the sweetest little disposition. I'm just a little biased though ;) I think I remember saying similar things about William, and he's far from laid back so I realize her true personality might not be in full force just yet ;)

Over the past month, I started introducing baby food. So far we've tried sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, bananas and peas. The only one she would not eat is peas...can't say I blame her. If she's anything like William, she will only eat baby food until she's 13 months or so.

She is still drinking five 7 oz. bottles of breast milk/day. I'm still pumping, but I plan to quit before Thanksgiving so I don't have to stress about pumping while we are in Dallas visiting Granny and the rest of the gang for Thanksgiving.

Charlotte usually takes a morning nap (time varies) and a 1 1/2 hour afternoon nap. Sometimes she'll sneak in a quick cat nap in the early evening. She goes to bed between 6:30-7pm and usually wakes up around 4am for a bottle and goes back down until 6:30 or so.

She's not quite sitting up independently yet but I think she'll master this milestone soon. I would describe her as a complacent baby. She's perfectly happy being held and doesn't do a whole lot of moving ;) She spends a lot of time in her jumperoo and still a good bit in her bouncer, although she tries to do crunches while in it, until William comes and lays on top of her.

 Still NO teeth but drooling a ton!

She LOVES William, Mommy and Daddy. We recently had our first bit of separation anxiety when we left her with a babysitter. She would only stop crying if William was holding her. He takes his big brother role very seriously so I don't think he minded.

 She also loves chewing on her toes!

Charlotte, what did we ever do without you?! Your sweet smiles, giggles and coos brighten our lives every single day.