Eliana - 7 months!

Eliana you are 7 months old...

Okay, technically you are almost 8 months, but that post will come soon!!!

-You are still wearing 6 month clothes, but you can also wear 9 months (although they are 

long on you). You also have a few things that are 6-12 months.

-You are still wearing a size 3 diaper.

- I’m not sure how much you weigh right now, but you weighed 16 lbs 13 oz at your doctor’s 

appointment on 9/12/12.  I would guess that you are between 17 and 18 lbs.

- I don’t know how long you are.

-You have at least played with your sippy cup now. We started giving you a little water in it 

after your 6-month appointment. I don’t think you actually get much water out of it, but 

you at least don’t refuse to put it in your mouth now.

- We have added carrots, applesauce, a few bites of broccoli at a restaurant, and a few bites 

of potatoes to the list of solids that you have tried. Next up will be pears. I think that’s all 

of the new things that you have had so far, but I could be forgetting something. You are 

getting pretty good about eating them and not spitting them back at us.

- You are almost crawling. You can get wherever you want to go, but it isn’t traditional 

crawling. You either roll to get there or scoot. One night we were playing on the floor with 

you, and I said to Daddy, “I’m surprised she hasn’t figured out that she can keep rolling to 

get where she wants to go.” I’m not kidding, less than 3 minutes after I said that you 

started doing it. We thought that was so funny!

- You still love to give kisses, and I still adore it! It really is one of the sweetest things ever 

(even if you are quite slobbery)! You also give snuggles sometimes when we say the word, 

“snuggles.” It is super sweet!

- You still make the “stinker face,” but now sometimes you clench your fists when you do it. 

It is quite entertaining. You are full of opinions now, and believe me you let us know if we 

aren’t doing what you want.

-You have really started recognizing people. You have been doing that for a while, but now 

you give people huge smiles when you first see them.

-You are still sleeping through the night!

- I think you have gotten used to naptime being right after lunch. Unfortunately, I’m still 

carrying you into the house in your carrier and leaving you in it for your nap. Eventually, 

I’m going to have to start putting you in your crib, and I know that will result in some 

“crying it out.” That isn’t fun for Mommy or Baby.

- You’re getting better in the car. You still scream sometimes, but usually it is just when 

you are tired or the sun is in your eyes.

- You love attention! Oh my do you love attention! You are happiest when there are plenty 

of people paying attention to you.

- Still no teeth!

- Dr. Adams said that your head tilt was much better! Yay!

- You don’t play with your burp cloths as much as you used to, which is a little sad because 

it was so cute. You really like toys now! However, sometimes you prefer the tags on your 

toys as much as you do the toy itself. Anything that has a tag on it, you will manage to find 

the tag.

- You can sit up on your own for long periods of time now.

- We are still working on getting you to play by yourself without being held.

- You still suck on your fingers and thumb.

-You still love to be held, but if I try to hold you and sit down, you get very squirmy.

- It makes me sad that you don’t like getting your diaper changed anymore. Ever since you 

learned to roll over, you get angry during diaper changes because I won’t let you roll.

- Your right tear duct is still clogged. I really hope it gets better before you are a year old!

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- You love bath time! We got you a few bath toys (some animals that can squirt water and a 

plastic book), mainly you just like chewing on them.

- You smile every time we show you a picture of yourself. It’s hilarious! You also smile 

every time we hold our iphones up in front of you because we have taken your picture so 

many times in these 7 months.

- You are definitely babbling a lot now. You say, “da da da da da” all of the time!

- You are starting to get more hair! Yay!

- You love to pull Mommy’s hair! You also love to chew on hair. Any chance you get you 

will put someone’s hair in your mouth!

- I think you are starting to hit the separation anxiety phase. It isn’t terrible yet, but I can 

feel it coming. Sometimes you cry now when I start to walk away from you or if you can’t 

see me.

- You have the sweetest giggle in the whole world! Daddy is the best at getting you to 

giggle! You are ticklish which is one easy way to get you to giggle.

- You love to grab my hand and grab my hair when you are nursing. Even when your eyes 

are closed you will try to find my hand to hold. I love it!

- You tend to get easily distracted when you eat now, though. I almost have to sit in a 

completely quiet room to get you to eat. You are so curious about everything around you! 

It is really cute (except when you are eating)!

- Daddy planned a surprise trip for Mommy for our 5^th Anniversary, and you got to go, too! 

We went to Atlanta to watch Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos play football against 

the Atlanta Falcons. I was so excited! You got your picture made with Brandon Stokley at 

our hotel. Daddy booked us a room at the Omni because it is super nice and it is super 

close to everything, so we didn’t have to take you on the subway. You were such a good 

baby on the entire trip! We also went to the Georgia Aquarium! You liked looking at all of 

the fish! At the football game, you got attention from everyone sitting around us! They all 

commented on what a good baby you are (especially since the game was at 8:30 pm). We 

even got to see the inner workings of the Georgia Dome because we got to go to an office 

for me to feed you before the game started. We ended up missing pre-game, but that’s 

okay. I decided to try to cover up and nurse you at our seats during halftime. It was so late, 

and you were so tired, that you actually didn’t get distracted, and you ate and fell asleep for 

a little while. After you woke up, you were super happy!