Thursday, November 01, 2007

Lucy - 7 months

What a joy sweet Lucy is in our lives. She is content and easy-going, with the softest cheeks and skin I might have ever felt. She has her daddy's eyes and face/head shape. I'm hoping she also inherits his good skin, generosity, humility, and even temper.

So far, Lucy has eaten baby oatmeal, butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans (not a fan), and rice cereal. Here she is not enjoying the green beans (a.k.a. snaps):



She sleeps at least 8 hours at night (8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.), but I'm hoping that will stretch longer soon. (I'll probably stretch her times by half-hour increments over a couple of weeks.)

Lucy has some favorite toys: a stuffed giraffe that rattles, a plush teether toy with several colors that also rattles, and a little plastic pink and green turtle. She also loves chewing on Nate's blocks and playing in the exersaucer.

She can roll easily both ways now and sits with assistance. She hasn't gotten up onto hands and knees, but I think she'll figure that out soon. At her doctor appointment last week, she weighed 15 pounds 14 ounces (40th percentile), and her height was 50th percentile. Her head cirumference was 40th percentile.

She smiles a lot and is very content. She doesn't laugh as readily as some babies, but when she does, her eyes light up and her giggle is so cute. She laughs easiest at Nate, and he now understand what I mean when I say, "Make Lucy laugh."

I am so thankful for our little sweet pea!

2 comments:

Sheyb said...

Happy 7 months Lucy! :) You're getting so big! :)

Andy and Sara said...

I'm so excited to hear how well Nate's doing. I hope you can find a good DAN doc. They really know their stuff. We just switched to Kirkman's Enzyme COmplete for better digestion of food (suggested by a DAN dr.) The first few days were r-o-u-g-h...which makes me know it's working. I don't know how Nate's doing with houston neut., but the enzyme complete has DTTP, or something that breaks down milk completely. Anyhow, FYI. Lucy looks like a very sweet girl. Our neighbors just had a baby, and the smell of baby wafts through their dryer vent when we're outside playing--love it.