The Passineau Family: Pittsburgh Edition: 7 months old

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

7 months old

It is hard to believe that our little Ella girl is 7 months old (well, she was 7 months old on the 16th). She is so strong & continues to be a happy baby. She is very content unless she is hungry. Speaking of hungry, girlfriend can put away the food. She eats usually b/w 5-7 containers of baby food or yogurt per day and drinks around 30 oz of formula that has cereal or oatmeal mixed with it. She still has reflux sometimes, although, mixing the cereal with the formula has mostly improved this issue. She really started teething a lot recently & no matter what I do--drool is everywhere. She is bigger than Jessica was at 9 months old. She now weighs around 20lbs & wears mostly 12 month clothes. For whatever reason, she is now wearing size 4 diapers, the same as Jessica. Don't know if I just decided that they should wear the same size to save mom from buying 2 different sizes at Sams or if she truly needs a 4?? She is very friendly & likes other people, but does have a healthy dose of fear of strangers. Last week we attempted a Santa visit, but both girls just cried...bummer! I believe Ella will be our little comedian. She loves to make Jessica laugh & often laughs at her sister or smiles to get her sister to smile. Ella loves to be tickled & especially loves dada. She is very vocal & has many little sounds that she makes. Most notably, her dada sound--truly it seems like she is saying dada. Her favorite thing is chewing on toys or trying to pet Kitty Jenkins...she loves him. Her other favorites are Dada & Jessie. She still enjoys the bouncer toy, but the swing--sometimes she likes this & other times not. She can get around, in her own way. No true forward crawling yet, although, she can crawl backwards & slide around on the wood floors pretty well ;) Little Ella looked so cute on Sunday for church....she wore a dress that Jessica had worn last year for the Christmas season & I must admit it's just as cute as I remember! Anyway, enjoy some pics of our little one. So blessed to have her part of Christmas this year & very thankful for a healthy 7 months!