7 Months

Another month has gone by Nora is entering her seventh month. I had pictures taken again at Peekaboo Photos. As soon as I get them back I will post my favorite.

This month Nora has gotten a lot more verbal. She is constantly babbling. The other morning we were all in our bed. Nora was babbling all kinds of sounds. I started saying ma-ma-ma-ma to her. She was watching me, and she copied me. Then I said da-da-da-da, and she copied me again. So we started saying em-a-em-a and she even copied that. It was so cute! I know it was just a fluke, but she was practicing her early language skills.

Somehow this month she has moved into her own room, and I have stopped swaddling her. It was bittersweet for me. I felt sad that she was going to be in her own room so far away from me. I would have liked to keep her in the bassinet, but it just isn’t safe anymore. Since she can roll and sit up, it was time to move her out of there. I thought about moving the crib into my room, but I decided it would probably be better for her to just go into her room. The first few nights were rough on me. She had a terrible rash all over her, that we think was a reaction to laundry detergent. It was really messing with her sleep. I think she was waking up itchy. But after the rash calmed down, she settled back in to her pattern of one night waking. She usually wakes around 4:00am, eats and goes right back to sleep.

No crawling yet, but she is really starting to move when she is on her tummy. I think she can roll from her tummy to back now, but not consistently. She can get up on her hands and knees, so she could be crawling before we know it. I am enjoying this time. I know how lucky I am that she can sit on a blanket and play with toys, and she can’t go anywhere I have started working on the child proofing. I found gates for our stairs. I got a few new safety latches for the kitchen cabinets. I just need to install them. I am the most worried about her getting a hold of one of Emma or Ian’s small toys and choking. I am not sure how to deal with those…..

Every month I complain about how fast it is going. I know it is getting old, but I can’t help it I was holding her this week and just looking at her. I started thinking about how it won’t be long before I won’t have a baby anymore. It is hard to imagine that there won’t be anymore babies in my life, and that Nora will be a kid. I don’t want it to happen, and I am savoring every moment.