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| Sister-sister |
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| This is how you "crawl" - tush up, on your face, toes to scoot you forward. |
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| "Ooooooh." |
A little bit about you this month...
• You have three teeth! Your bottom front left tooth popped through on May 4th, and your upper left lateral incisor came through on May 20th.
• You are a clapping machine. You clap when you are happy, excited, mad, and tired. You also clap on command if we say, "Clap clap clap!"
• You have quite the temper. When you don't want a toy, you chuck it. You've also decided you don't like your carseat in the afternoon/evenings, and will scream and scream and scream until you are out. Time and distance mean nothing to you - you want OUT!
• My theory is that you want out because you want to practice all your new skills...
• Because you are simultaneously mobile and frustrated that you aren't - you can get around, but not as fast as you would like.
• You scoot forward on your tush.
• You use your toes to push yourself forward on your face with your tush in the air.
• You can push yourself up to a sit, and go to all 4s from a sit, but you can't yet get up onto your hands and knees from your tummy. You push all the way up to a sit then throw yourself forward!
• You use a combination of single rolls, sits, and forward tummy flops to get around.
• You are a total chatterbox - we hear lots of "ooooh" and you are adding more consonants, but your favorite is "D."
• You say "Dada!" with meaning.
• Daddy and sister are still your favorite people, unless it's mealtime or the middle of the night, then it's Mom or nothing.
• You still love to snuggle all night. If I try to put you back in your crib after nursing you for your first or second wake-up, you wake completely up and want to party, so as of right now, I just pull you into bed with me and let you nurse whenever.
• You are too busy during the day to nurse very often or well, but still aren't super interested in solid foods.
• You play peekaboo with blankets, toys, and especially books.
• You pull on your hair and your right ear when you're tired.
• You are quite the gym-nurst - you are always standing, turning, flipping, and crawling all over me when you are nursing. This makes nap and bedtime quite the workout!
• Your absolutely favorite thing to do is pull to a stand and take steps. You pull up on anything and everything you can get your hands up on, whether it's stable or not. This has led to a lot of head bonks, you crazy baby.
• You love to feel your bottom teeth with your tongue.
• You love to untie shoes.
• You still despise having your face covered - if a blanket touches your face, or when we have to pull a shirt or onesie over your head, you act like you're being suffocated.
• You HATE the feeling of grass - on your feet, your legs, your hands - anything!
• You try to let go of our hands and stand by yourself. Most of the time you hold on only using a finger or two.
• You give awesome hugs and open-mouthed kisses!
• My favorite thing this month is that you can move close to me and crawl up onto my lap.
Seven-month stats...
Height: unknown
Weight: approximately 19-20 pounds
Diaper Size: Size 4
Clothing Size: 12 months
Nicknames: Emi-beans, Beans, Wormy-buns, Worm, Emmers, Crazy Baby, Emi Tako
Seven-month milestones...
Left central incisor: 5/4
Butt up and rocks, scoots backward: 5/13
Pushed up to a sit: 5/13
Scooted to Mom on your tush and used me to pull up on to your knees: 5/14
Pushed backward to hands and knees: 5/16
Rocking on hands and knees, two hand "steps" forward: 5/17
Started clapping: 5/20
Upper left lateral incisor: 5/20
Said "Dada" with meaning: 5/25
