We love to put down a blanket, bring out the toys and play outside in the afternoons. We have had some pretty incredible weather lately! And this sun hat is probably the cutest thing EVER!Today my little girl is 7 months old! You will hear every parent say this but oh my I can not believe this much time has passed & we are getting closer and closer to her being 1 year old!! I thought I would update on Harper's progress on this post and then in the next few days I will update on our life in general. =). After my last post, my "tell all" that very day I had so many of my mommy friends contact me. I think possibly they were worried. That was not my intention with the post. I just wanted to be honest about how things have been and to inform people on the good & the not so good of parenting. However, a good friends of mine Jessi actually called me that day and informed me that her son has Acid Reflux as well and we were able to share stories and tips to each other that made me feel a million times better. It is always nice to know you are not alone.
Anyway, on to the fun stuff! Like I said, Harper is 7 months old today and these are the things she is doing now:
- She is starting to mumble words together such as babababa & dadadada
- Sitting unassisted for a little over a month now (boy is that a game changer with her being able to entertain herself with toys!)
- When on her stomach she can scoot herself in a circle going counter clockwise and we are working on clockwise
- She recognizes & absolutely adores the animals. They gravitate towards her and she mostly loves our cat Dexter. She pets him quite a bit throughout the day & he loves it.
- She can feed herself puffs and actually makes it in her mouth 50% of the time
- She is starting to work on getting to the stomach position when sat down somewhere to play.....my days of plopping her down somewhere and knowing she will be there when I get back are nearing an end
- She can support herself standing up when holding on to the coffee table or furniture (yet has not grasped the concept that when she lets go she will fall)
- When we hold up her hands and she is standing she is working on taking steps. Now I am not saying she is anywhere near walking but she seems to be more interested in this than the whole crawling/scooting business (this could be because of her stomach issues & not liking the pressure of being on her tummy?)
- She smiles A LOT! She is a very very happy child now that we have the reflux under control. Every morning she is so happy when we come get her and same with naps!
- She is eating solids with every meal and loves to eat bananas, pears, peaches, plums, kiwi, sweet potato, avocado, butternut squash, acorn squash, carrots, summer squash, & spinach. I do lots of combinations with these and her favorite seems to be banana/avocado (Thank you Katie for this suggestion!!)
After we saw our pediatrician here in Duncan for the first time she prescribed her Prevacid. We were on this for a little over a week or two and decided it was not working well for us and honestly it was more of a hassle than the Zantac. It had to be taken on an empty stomach so when we woke her at 7:00 she had to wait 30 minutes to eat. The tablet was not intended to be cut in half and we had to do so for her dosage so we had problems with it crumbling to pieces, etc etc. After her issues of spitting up and fussiness came back we went back to our pedi and put her back on the liquid Zantac 2x day 1.5mL . What we also decided to do was give her solids with each feeding. Harper is on a 3.5 to 4 hour schedule eating at 7:00am, 11:00am, 3:00pm & 6:30pm. After I breast feed her she eats some solids after and this has seemed to really help her stomach! Also I will be honest that she naps in her car seat for her daytime naps and then she is in the crib during the night time. Having her sit upright in the carseat has really helped her. I do think she now could go to the crib for daytime naps but it is one of those things that I don't want to mess up something that is going so well! She takes a nap from 9:00-11:00am, 1:00-3:00pm and a short cat nap around 5:00-5:30. Another big help is having a schedule for her naps & feedings. She knows what to expect, we know what to expect and it just makes life a bit easier. We still deviate some days but in general having some kind of structure has been a great thing for us. =)
Playing outside with daddy
Chewing on frozen blueberries to help sooth the teething pain. This mesh thing is AWESOME & pretty messy!