Friday, August 27, 2010

Milestones (4 months to 7 months)

4 Months
Lydia
rolled from belly to back - She did this on her 4 month birthday then did it again a couple days later, but that was it until she was almost 7 months old.
Lydia's
first real laugh
Her
first pigtail/ponytail experience. Super cute!

5 Months
She
slept in her own bedroom for the night for the first time
Started sitting up - but fell over a lot
She discovered the joy of
blowing raspberries
1st experience with solid food (rice cereal) - as you can imagine - since she just discovered blowing raspberries this was a messy occasion :)
1st time in a swimming pool! She was very unsure about this at first, but she soon fell asleep in a reclined position in her floaty with her hat covering her eyes. I didn't get any pictures of it :( But it was quite funny.
Lydi-bug
rolls from back to belly - remember, she had forgotten how to roll back onto her back.. so this was a frustrating thing for her for a while. She didn't like being on her belly.

6 Months
Lydia has started
sitting up really well now all by herself
She has again started
rolling from belly to back. Hallelujah! This helped her sleep better too since she could be in any position she wanted.
Her
first word..... drumroll..... Da-da! It's so cute because when she talks she kind of whispers. When we try to get her to say dada she whispers it or, at the other end of the spectrum, she says it when she's sleepy and screams it. lol

7 Months
She has started
pulling herself to standing using our fingers. If she uses something else she can't quite get up yet.
Falls asleep without crying (most of the time) and
sleeps all night long 10-12 hours
From
sitting position to all fours and rocks back and forth.
She
pushes up from her tummy into the plank position in yoga. (on to her hands and feet like she's ready to start a race).
Ladies and gentlemen.. our little Lydia is
now mobile! She is our little army crawler. She is really enjoying her independence. Though she's also shown several signs of separation anxiety.

She will be 8 months old next Thursday (September 2nd).
We love our girl :)


2 comments:

Chelsea said...

She has grown so much! I loved watching her push herself into that stinkbug position the other day--you're right about how it looks like she's about to take off running! What a cutie! You should post a picture of her pigtails. :)

Martilyn said...

Fun! She's a cutie!!