Maya is so much fun right now! As you can see above, she's officially sitting on her own fairly well. She'll still topple over on occasion, but generally has her balance and can sit unassisted for longer periods of time.
Also above, I can put her hair in a ponytail! So fun to have multiple hair-do options!
She's doing great with solids and is starting to eat more and really enjoy her options. She now eats solids 2-3 times a day and I try to make sure she gets a mix of cereal, fruits, veggies and yogurt. She's now tried:
Rice & Oatmeal Cereal
Avocado
Sweet Potatoes
Bananas
*Peaches
*Pears
Apples
*Prunes
Carrots
Zucchini
Green Beans
*Yogurt (Yo Baby Peach flavored)
*Her favorites
She's laughing lots more and babbling tons! She now babbles:
Ya-ya-ya-ya
Ma-ma-ma-ma (rare)
Pa-pa-pa or Ba-ba-ba (not sure)
Gurrrr (deep throat-y sound)
She loves the sound of gurgling her water when I give her the sippy cup after solids
She's also found her high pitch shriek...a personal favorite >_<
She's putting everything in her mouth, so we really need to watch her these days. Whatever is within reach, she'll try to grab and suck on. The old remote and my mini spatula are some of her favorites...
She's loving her jumperoo more than ever these days and is particularly happy when mom dances to the music for her. She'll just stare up at me with a huge grin!
Maya loves her time with dad, particularly reading with him and their walks outside. Brad will point out things outside like the birds and the moon in the evening and Maya will look and seem very interested :)
We continue to be involved with friends and different play groups and it's fun to see Maya check out other kids. She's generally more aware of her surroundings and taking it all in!
She's also sleeping great these days. She generally takes 2-3 naps during the day; the first around 8:30am, then around 12:30pm and depending on the length of the second, she might take a third around 4pm or so.
She's falling asleep on her own and is going to bed around 7:30pm and waking in the morning (no more night waking/feeding- woo hoo!) around 6am (or sometimes earlier...we need to work on sleeping in!)
Overall, she's becoming a very happy girl (mostly) and such a joy! I'm loving every minute!
Go Maya! Sleeping through the night at 7 months is AWESOME! Adorable pictures :-)
ReplyDeleteOh and one more thing. If you don't want to pay for yobaby yogurt (I know they can be expensive without a sale or coupon), I get the whole milk yogurt at Trader Joe's and mix in fruit purees. Now that Jos is older, I add mashed banana or the fruit squeezers Trader Joe's has or make smoothies with frozen fruit. It's a big container so if you won't use it all in a week, you can freeze it in your ice cube trays for later :-)
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