April 7 months

Hi, pretty girl, I can't believe you are already 7 months old (and as I write this 7.5 months!).  You had a big week this week while I was on my work trip.... you slept in your crib and daddy didn't come and get you when you cried!  Crying it out is never fun, but you did well and after a few long spells the first night, each night after that you've been doing better and better.  I'm so proud of you and it is nice to get more sleep through the night!  It is also nice that you are out of our closet so we can stop whispering now in the evening!

You are doing so many funny things.  You shake your head "no" all the time and think you are silly.  You nod too, but prefer to shake your head no.  You also wave - mostly with both hands, but repeat with one hand if someone waves to you.  You have been enjoying eating cheerios in addition to your baby food and look at each piece curiously before chewing.  Right now you have 6 teeth coming in and so your poor gums are in a lot of pain.  Anything you can chew on relieves the pressure so we are careful to be sure you have lots of chew toys around.  You like to repeat things we say like da da, ma ma, ba ba etc.  Sometimes when you say da da, I tell you "no, say mama" and you shake your head no and smile!

Even though you aren't officially crawling, you creep around and can get pretty much anything you want in a few foot area.  You roll to get places too.  We stand you up at a play table and you stand and play on it for long stretches of time.  Pulling yourself up to stand is preferred to crawling so far I think.

 Need to chew on things with 6 teeth coming in at the same time!

 Anything can be used as a drum