Daph at 7 months

It seems every post is about Daphne. One day I'll post pictures of the rest of us and you'll all be in shock to see how much Evan and Kiah have grown up ;) I have a little extra time that hopefully will go towards blogging about the kids, so soon enough I'll fill you in on what's going on around here.

Lots has been happening this past month with Daphne. She is changing into a mobile baby who can't hold still. Just changing her diaper is a challenge :) She can now...

Crawl (not just scoot)
Sit up
Transition from crawling to sitting and sitting to crawling
Pull herself to stand

The first time Daphne pulled herself to stand she was next to the bath tub. She loves the water a little too much :) I thought Evan helped her up, but then she did it again. We lowered her mattress in her crib and then she started standing in there too.

Daphne will sometimes start to cry when I leave the room. Though not every time, thank goodness. She still likes other people, but if I leave her with them she most likely will start to cry. If I put her down in one room I have to distract her with something before I can leave. This is all bad timing seeing that we are leaving to Utah soon to see family. Hopefully we can break her of any fears she has of being away from Mom.

Daphne also has a tooth coming in, but she has been handling that well. I haven't noticed a change in her temperament, which is wonderful... teething can be so hard and so far she is doing well. She sleeps just fine, some nights she sleeps through the night and others she wakes up early for a bottle. 


I took these photos at a friends house... that's why it might not look familiar :) I made the skirt Daphne is wearing, I made a bunch for her and Kiah. Kiah refuses to wear shorts so it is nice to have a bunch of play skirts for them to wear :)

This is Daph's cool yoga trick that she loves to do for us...

I don't know why, but Daphne doesn't care to eat solids, she is just fine drinking her bottle. I think she wants to eat when she sees us eating, but when I feed her cereal or baby food she just can't figure it out. I think it is just because of her tongue thrust, her tongue pushes out anything I put in. She won't even open her mouth for me to put the spoon in. So I get her to smile and stick the spoon in. Sometimes she swallows, but she mostly just spits it out. We've been trying almost everyday, but I don't push it. She'll figure it out soon enough.

Little stinker and her tongue poking out...

Trick her into smiling...

And show her how yummy the food is...

It's not so bad after all...