I can’t believe my little Claire Bear is over a half a year
old already! Aaron and I are trying to
really love and appreciate this first year of her life because we know how
quickly time flies before she is no longer a baby.
Overall, Claire is a pretty happy baby, not to say she
doesn’t get fidgety and fussy but a much easier baby than Annie ever was. Claire and Annie at 7 months are quite
different. Annie never enjoyed to be
held, she was a mover whereas Claire isn’t much of a mover and just wants held. She can roll over but not big on it, which is
a whole different experience to Annie who moved like crazy and was walking by 9
months. Claire definitely won’t be
walking at 9 months; shoot she’ll probably just be crawling by then. She has sitting on her own mastered and loves
the jumper.
She gives Annie the most laughs, her Dad the most smiles
(and baby reaches, “Pick me up Dad!”),
and keeps her eyes on Mom so she doesn’t leave the room. She is pretty good at smiling on demand and
is quite the reacher. Meaning Annie
better have a good grasp on her toy because Claire is always reaching for
whatever Annie has and she has quite the grip once she gets a hold of
something. She also gives a pretty loud
scream when something is beyond her reach, easily frustrated when she doesn’t
get what she wants….eerily similar to her sister.
We haven’t really come across baby food she doesn’t like; so
far both veggies and fruits are a hit. I
did try her on some Mum Mum’s but she just had too many instances of chocking
on them that I decided we will wait a little longer on those. Dinners at home just started to get a little easier;
Claire can be real adamant about feeding herself so I’ll scoop some food on her
spoon and let her naw on it for a while.
Aaron doesn’t like my method because it’s a mess but I like it because I
can then multi-task and make dinner between her bites. She pretty much downs her bottles no problem
and we are finally getting her to learn how to hold the bottle herself. She’s been pretty lazy on that front until
some recent coaxing.
Can you believe we have had Claire sleeping in our bedroom
clear up to a few weeks ago? Yes we
finally transitioned her from the pack n play back to her crib in her
bedroom. She STILL isn’t sleeping thru
the nights and it’s getting really old!
She was sleeping from about 7:30 to 5 am clear up to November, then we
got hit with an ear infection that took 18 days to clear up and the double
whammy of 2 bottom teeth that came in.
November was a pretty rough month, she was so fussy with all that going
on and started getting up around 1-2 am for a bottle again.
She is all healthy and well today, those teeth seemed to
finally calm down but she still wants that middle of the night bottle so we are
back to a game plan of how we are going to wean her off of this mid-night
awakening. It’s tough because yes waking
up in the middle of the night sucks but when we give her a bottle, she is back
to sleep no problem in 15/20 minutes.
Just this last weekend I tried to rock her back to sleep and I was up
for an hour before I gave into the fight and just gave her a bottle. But Aaron and I know at this age, she can go
11 hours without at night and we need to go thru the painful process of getting
her off this middle of the night stuff.
I’ve enjoyed dressing Claire in Annie’s old clothes and
really didn’t buy many new… until recently.
I knew I couldn’t hold out forever!
Most of Annie’s clothes are still in style but I feel like Claire should
have a little bit of a style of her own too.
And not to mention, those little girl’s outfits are a weakness of mine!
Overall, I remember Annie at 6 months being one of my
favorite ages. I would say this may be
my favorite age as well so far with Claire, she can sit and play but isn’t
moving yet so it minimizes the trouble she can get into. It’s a good stage to be in! Happy 7 months Claire Bear!
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