My lovely daughter is seven months old today! We are going through a move, so this will be a pretty quick update. I just didn't want to forget.
I suspect Esther is getting ready for a growth spurt, based on the chunk that is developing...especially on her legs. She has a roll ON her knee! I don't think I've seen that since Isaiah. She's phasing out of her 9-month clothes and the 12-month are starting to look better. She also got her first swimming suit! I got a two-piece (tankini, because babies in bikinis just seems wrong) figuring diaper changes would be easier. Well, the top seems a bit tight and the bottom is falling off! I don't even know what to do about all that...but she's a baby so I guess it doesn't matter. (I realize that doesn't make sense with my issues regarding baby bikinis but whatevs.)
We finally have teeth poking through! Both the bottom ones. Not that the lack of teeth have caused her any issues, she happily eats whatever the rest of us are eating. A new favorite? Hot dogs! I bet she'd eat them every meal if she could. I think she'll eat half a hot dog at a time, though that's hard to tell because Ruff gets his nose all up in her lap to get things as soon as they are dropped.
Esther is getting less and less patient with sitting down to play...this includes her walker! (Making packing difficult....) She just wants to walk. Or stand. Or anything but sit. She's also starting walking only holding on to one of my hands. She's all over the place like that, really needs to get her balance down, but it leaves her a free hand to grab stuff! Esther is also trying sooooo hard to pull herself up. She hasn't been able to reach anything at the right height and sturdy enough to get herself up yet...but it's going to happen soon!
Nursing is going strong, but she is so easily distracted these days! Any time she hears anything (her brothers, the dogs, the phone) she has to turn and try to figure out what's up. I think this is also related to her wanting to know what everyone is up to. It takes a lot longer to fill her up this way!
A couple weeks ago we had an appointment for WIC and they tested Esther's blood as part of it. Just a quick poke to see if she's anemic. Minimum reading should be 11, she had 8.8 and 10. When I called the pediatrician, they told me to start her on iron vitamins and set up an appointment to check her. I only gave her those vitamins a few days because they upset her belly or something. Even spreading them out over the day, and always after eating, she had some really rough nights on the days she took them. I just hope this is a temporary thing. I worry enough about Micah with his bleeding disorder, I don't want something else to stress over.
That's about it for now. Over halfway to Esther's first birthday now!!
