7 Months

Peyton is 7 months old today!

Time has flown by and we are amazed how old she is and how much she has grown. She has developed such a personality and most of the time is enjoyable to be around :)

Peyton is pretty confident and secure when she sits up now and will even reach for things bending over like a pretzel and then pull herself back up to a sitting position. She has seen a couple of babies crawl and is very interested in the idea of moving. I am not really ready for that milestone because I know she will be everywhere and tough to keep up with. At least now I know that she won't move much.

She must have anything and everything in her mouth. She loves to lick, chew, suck and drool on everything around her. And she will reach, grab and find things around her to put into her mouth. She loves to grab at your drinking and try to get that in her mouth or her other favorite is the remote controls for the TV. She will spend hours if she could sucking on those!

She has really started to understand cause and effect. She has some toys that she knows that if she hits them the music will start and even better last night when we were out for dinner she was playing with Auntie Ashley and trying to get the menu into her mouth. Ashley would push it down and after a little bit Peyton would anticipate Ashley pushing down the menu. Pretty cool!

She laughs all the time now and is still full of smiles. I love that it is easier to make her laugh and love finding new ways to hear her giggle. Granny has found two tickle spots and she is the pro at getting her to laugh.

Update on solids...she has yet to figure this one out. She still takes very little and when she does she starts gagging. So, mommy has been more frustrated on this than she should be and we are going to take a step back to just rice cereal and mommy is going to take a dose of patience until we figure this swallowing business down. The cup however is a very popular item. She loves to drink out of her cup and is getting pretty good at getting more in her mouth than her shirt. I am really impressed with her! I have to hid the cup from her until after she has attempted solids or else there is nothing I can do to divert her attention from that cup. Also, regarding eating...she is consistently going 4 hours between feedings which is awesome for mommy!

She is still spoiled and still has a temper at times but has done SO MUCH better this past week. For more on that issue you can check out this post.

Finally, I think teeth are coming soon. She has been showing teething signs so it is just a matter of waiting and seeing when it will appear.

She is so much fun and such a blessing. We are so grateful that we have a healthy little girl that is growing bigger and stronger everyday.