Happy Seven Months, Maggie Ruth!

Margaret Ruth Thorne has been a part of our family for seven months now.

At seven months, Maggie

• is 15 pounds (weighed at home)
• about 26 inches long (measured at home with a roly poly baby!)
• eats four six ounces bottles each day (with a possible middle of the nights bottle) and eats baby food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She also LOVES puffs and will eat them until you are tired of feeding them to her!
• seems to prefer fruits over vegetables, but she will eat almost everything. She likes all the baby food best out of the refrigerator. 
• wears mostly 6-9m clothes and a couple Baby Gap 6-12 month clothes. Since most of the clothes are for spring, I layer them with sweaters and tights.
• goes to bed between 6:45-7:15, usually wakes for a bottle between 9-10, and sometimes makes it until 7am or needs a bottle around 5am, but goes back to sleep until 7am. No, my baby still does not sleep through the night, but I honestly enjoy the quiet alone time if she does wake up when she will actually sit with me and snuggle!
• has started to like to take a lovey to bed to snuggle with, but she is not attached to a particular one
• still takes 15mg of Prevacid to control her acid reflux, but the doctor suggested I give her a half doses to see if she still needs it.
• takes a morning nap in the swing, an afternoon nap around 1pm in her crib while Tuttle and Ellie nap (usually about an hour), and may take a cat nap in her swing before dinner.
• is still successfully staying in the nursery at church and either plays or takes a nap in the swing there
• has mastered sitting up completely but does not get upset if she lands on her tummy
• spends every second that she can in her door bouncer and frequently falls asleep mid-jump
• does not prefer to be held very long (Sad Mommy!) because it takes away from playtime
• still loves the baby carrier and the stroller
• plays extremely well independently- just as long as she has something to touch and pick up, she is very happy!
• smiles at everyone, but she gives the biggest smiles to Daddy
• will frequently get giggle fits around Tuttle, especially in the stroller or car
• is plotting to start crawling any day now- I can see it in her eyes! :)

We love you, Maggie!!