Reagan 7 months old!!

My baby is getting big so fast! Here is what she is up to these days:

Rolling belly to back and back to belly.
Pivoting and inching but not getting around much yet.
Enjoying 2 meals and nursing 5x's a day.
Sleeping ALL the way through the night!! Bed time 6:30 up 7-7:30am, 3 naps a day.
She is up for about 2hrs at a time, give or take.
Has been seen sucking her thumb over the last few days! So cute.
Loves "talking" and making noise with her tongue out.
Taking a bottle!

More about some of that stuff:
Eating: After about 2.5 weeks of offering her one meal a day (which would often be only 1 or 2 bites!) she is now interested more in the food than the spoon. She likes everything she has tried so far; sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, banana and 'super baby porridge (brown rice, millet and oat). We finish her meals with a ounce or two of water and she really loves that. I just use a plastic cup without a lid and help her with it.

She has been sleeping through the night for about 2 weeks now and my milk supply seemed to adjust after a few low days (and painful mornings), although it is low again right now. It is frustrating to decide if I should fight to get it back or throw in the towel..especially since I am getting over another mastitis infection. I have given Reagan a bottle of pumped milk a few times when I was worried about her not getting enough...and she took it no problem! I did not expect that at all since girlfriend acted like I was trying to fed her poison in a bottle in the past:0) It is a slippery slope though...if I am supplementing that will not help my body adjust and make more milk. I try to only give a bottle on the days that I have pumped (and I haven't been needing to lately; pump that is).

Moving:
I am excited for Reagan to get more mobile because I think she will be happier but I am enjoying her lack of mobility too. The more and more proficient Sterling gets at getting around, the more I remember how nice it is that she is NOT mobile yet! He does help motivate me to keep the floors clean, which I am a little fanatical about anyways. I really need to sweep and mop everyday to keep him clean while he explores. It is also a good time for me to do the small object sweep of the house. It is pretty easy because we keep a tidy house but you can never be too careful with these little ones. Reagan is just starting to roll, which was Katya's preferred method of movement from about month 7-9. It will be interesting to see if Reagan takes to the 'rolling to get places' or starts crawling like Sterling has (he mainly army crawls right now but does get up on his hands and knees at times).

Reagan continues to be quite the mama's girl but she does like daddy now too (thank goodness!!). I feel bad for grandparents and great-grandparents when she screams bloody murder at being held (and sometimes even just LOOKED at). I am hoping to employee some brave souls to help her get use to others holding her...Melanie does a good job and Eryn was able to get her calmed down one time that she was really upset. But let me tell you, it is not easy or always within ones control. This kid knows what she wants and how to get it:0) I am hoping that she will get use to my mom being here next week, though it will only be for a few days and then a few more up in Olympia. Part of it is her age, I remember Katya going through some stranger anxiety about this time, just not nearly to this extent.

Of course we are completely head over heel for our little Reagan and think she is the most beautiful baby ever (although Katya was too). I love how much she favors her dad and I love her unique eye color. I think they have too much green in them to be called brown, though that is what most people would say by default (or if they don't take the time to really notice). Being around her all the time and in different lighting, I am really able to see and appriciate all the colors of brown and green. She still has a streak of dark brown in her right eye. I have been expecting the rest of her eye to dark to match the streak, which would make them a true brown like Craig's, but they have not. Only time will tell I guess. Love to all, Brenda