Josie at 7 months

My little Josie toe-sie, you are getting so big!!!  You are still the sweetest, smiliest baby ever and you have cheeks for days.  EVERYONE comments on your cheeks and I spend the majority of my time kissing them.  Between that and your fat hammies – they are the most squeezable things ever.  They’re like my little stress reliever balls.  It’s not wonder you’re not mobile or rolling at all.  I hold you quite a bit and squeeze you all day long.

So you still aren’t rolling all the way over.  You roll on to your sides and that’s about it.  If you’re sitting in the boppy pillow sometimes you can sit yourself back up if you fall into a reclined position.  You bounce like crazy in your bouncer and will put weight on your feet but don’t even attempt walking yet.  You have been a little constipated at times so we’ve backed off the solid foods a little bit.  You’re funny because you are so interested in what we’re eating, but if we try to give you a tiny bite you get this disgusted look on your face and spit it out immediately.  You’re a little better at keeping purees in your mouth, but you don’t love food like the other 3 have.  The ped said not to worry about it too much.  You are sitting up pretty well unassisted and you love to watch everyone around you.  You cry now if someone walks out of the room and leaves you there.

We got you caught up on your shots this month and you weighed around 18.5lbs.  You’re in 6-9 month clothes still but some of them are getting tight.  You drink around 25oz of formula and are still in size 3 diapers.  You love going for walks and I’m starting to put you in the stroller without your car seat and you seem to be super happy that way.  You have been taking a while to get to sleep at night.  I have to make sure you’re REALLY asleep before I put you down otherwise you’re fussing within a few minutes.  Usually you sleep until at least 630 and sometimes 730 if I’m really lucky.  Your naps are still kinda random and you like to nap in your swing.  I need to get you out of that habit because it barely moves with you in it now.  I haven’t gotten you to successfully nap in your pack n play yet, but I would like to get you doing that soon.  Sometimes you will nap on our bed if I lay with you, but I’m afraid you’d decide to roll then and roll off of it.

Overall, you’re the best baby ever.  We all fight over you constantly, and mostly your siblings.  Abbie forever wants to haul you around like you’re her baby doll and the boys fight over you pretty much ever hour they are awake.  If I could freeze you at this age forever, I would!

Josie at 6 months

Our sweet Josie girl, you are such a joy to have around.  You just sit around and smile most of the time and everyone still comments all the time about what a good baby you are.  And you really are.  Abbie calls you Josie Tosie.  No one makes you laugh like Ben does – he’s the only one that can really get you belly laughing.  And you keep a close eye on J and love to smile at him too.

You are getting much more vocal now.  You are blowing raspberries a lot and shrieking frequently.  You say da’s and ba’s and sometimes ma’s.  Your hands are in your mouth all the time.  You don’t drool a ton, but I think teeth are coming soon.  Still none so far.  You drink about 25-30oz of formula per day, usually in 4-6oz increments.  You don’t have a whole lot of interest in purees still.  Some of them totally disgust you, but you do seem super interested when we’re eating.   You just don’t swallow food well and I’m not sure if it’s because you’re purposefully spitting it out or you’re just messy.  Sometimes you act like you’re trying to suck it off your tongue and in the meantime you get it all back out of your mouth.  I’ve given you some puffs on a tray and you can grab ahold of them fairly well, but not quite get them to your mouth.

You are grabbing things really well now and you grab anything that’s within reach, so we are having to keep things out of your reach sometimes.  You can pass things back and forth between hands sometimes and you’re getting very close to sitting up unassisted.  You can sit up in the boppy pillow pretty well and will entertain yourself with toys for a while.  You actually bounce in the bouncer now.  You still sleep in the swing for naps.  I need to transition you to your pack n play but I’m lazy.  I know you’ll sleep in the swing.  You have been kind of hard to put to bed lately.  You wake up as soon as I put you down and then I have to start all over sometimes.  But you’re sleeping pretty consistently from 9pm –730am (knock on wood).  That is definitely nice.

You went on your first plane ride this month to NY with daddy and me.  You were fairly good, but a bit fussy on the first flight.  I think you got bored and wanted more to look at, and you also like it when we put you down to nap sometimes.  I think you got tired of being held.  But overall, you were really easy to travel with.  And I’m probably just saying that because it was just you and not all four of you guys.  It’s all about perspective.

You’re at my favorite age right now and I wish I could just freeze time!!  We love you sweetie peas!

Josie at 5 months

 

So I am way behind on my monthly updates, and am writing this when you’re over 6 months old.  Life has been crazy lately with getting the house on the market and then listing it with a realtor and the kids being home from school for the summer, but I’m finally getting my feet under me and getting around to writing a very quick update. 

 

You were pretty fussy this month, but that’s relatively speaking since you are generally a really happy baby.  We tried baby food for the first time with you on May 2 and you weren’t a big fan.  You haven’t lost the tongue reflex yet and just push everything out as fast as we can get it in.  But you do seem a little interested in food and like to watch other people eat.  You are drooling like crazy so I thought you might get teeth soon (but you haven’t yet).  I gave you Tylenol once on May 1 and you haven’t had it since.  You like your activity bouncer thingy, and I still shove blankets around you to keep you stable.

 

Your sleep is about the same.  Some nights you do great and other nights not so much.  And I moved you up to 6-9 month clothes and size 3 diapers now.

You are our little sweetie peas and we love watching you grow!

(Sorry for the picture dump.  I don’t have time to organize them all but I wanted to get them all up here!)