Oh, our sweet little Brooke...you are 7 months old today! It's been quite a ride the last 2.5 weeks! But thankfully you are thriving and packing on the pounds!! Note to file (for myself!): On Oct. 24th - you went in for your 6 month check up and hadn't gained an ounce since your 4 month check up. The next week you had lost an ounce...you were weighing 13 lbs 14 1/2 ounces. It was a week of anxiety & stress for me as you wouldn't supplement after nursing - even after trying 5 or so bottles & 5 different formulas! So, after a direct admit to Children's hospital on Nov. 1st - - and an over night there, we were discharged with you taking about 2.5 ounces of formula after breastfeeding (getting anywhere from 1-3 ounces of BM). Praise the Lord! Thankfully we stumbled upon the "magic nipple" and formula that you preferred at the pediatrician's office the morning of the hospital admit and we've stuck with that ever since! On Nov. 5 you had a weight check and you were up 6 oz (14 lb 4 oz) and then today (Nov. 12) you weighed in at 14 lbs 15 1/2 oz...11 oz gain in a week! I am so incredibly thankful that it's not a battle to get the bottle into your mouth anymore & that you actually open up your mouth when I bring the bottle to you!! Next up is getting back to introducing solids to you. We took a few steps backwards and you haven't wanted to try them since the dreaded week of trying to get you to take the bottle...but I'm sure we'll get there sooner or later!
So, what else is new with you?
- Constantly rolling over from tummy to back and back to tummy
- Sits up almost completely unassisted. I'm sure you'll be there soon enough!
- Starting to get your knees up from under you...the start of crawling! But even this little extra movement allows you to move around the floor & get toys!
- Loves the exersaucer and can play in that for a good chunk of time!
- Before the whole feeding fiasco...you were digging oatmeal & rice cereal, winter squash & had 1 day of yo baby yogurt!
- Still is size 2 diapers...but I can see us moving on up to 3's shortly!
- Still spitting up!
- Still have the clogged tear duct - hoping it opens up on it's own!
- Favorite toy? The teether that Aunt Karen brought back from Japan for Jaelyn when she was a baby (this has been the favorite teether for all 3 kids...the Japanese must know something!)
- Babbles, blows bubbles, giggles all day long! Such a happy kid!!
Love to see your hair growing!! I also LOVE that it has some strawberry blonde color to it!!
Siblings!
Just another one because you are just too darn stinkin' cute!
