Seven months old!

Megan turned seven months old today. We celebrated with a trip to the mall and a nice, long walk.

We also played in the ExerSaucer...

...and tried on a groovy hat!

Happy seven-month birthday, sweet one.

Forget the Oscars...My Award is Asleep in Her Crib

Here are a couple of photos from the weekend. Poor Megan is on ear infection #5. I'm calling the doctor tomorrow about tubes. But, even with that, she had a nice weekend. We took a walk when it was warm, stayed inside when it wasn't, and watched opening college baseball weekend on the Internet (UCLA went 1-1 and was rained out today). Now I'm sitting at home, enjoying leftover pizza and watching the Oscars. This is the first time since I moved to L.A. that I've missed watching the award show at my boss Ed's house, but I'm okay with that. The greatest award of all is asleep down the hall.

Oh, and we've added bananas to the list of new foods!

Weekend Update

Well, I've pretty much stopped doing weekly updates, so here are some photos from the long weekend.

Let's see...we've added squash (see above) to our repertoire. I'm pretty sure Megan is eating more than she is wearing. I'm trying to not be a neatnik and to just let the food fly--as if I had a choice! I usually end up laughing hysterically while she's eating because it is so much fun to watch her discover the food and play with it, and she has absolutely no ego about it, so she's a total mess!

Megan is sitting up more and more. I need to get an area rug for the wood floor so she can get some traction to help her roll over. She's sliding a lot!
On the whole, Megan is a pretty happy child. We had a lot of fun today--eating, napping, shopping, playing. Okay, so I could have used a longer nap, but she seems happy, doesn't she?

Food Update

It's a bit of a hassle to try new foods, because you have to try them for a few days in a row to make sure there isn't an allergic reaction. And until you know, you can't add in other new foods. A few days ago, Megan tried applesauce. Liked it. Tonight, she tried oat cereal. LOVED it. Since she didn't like carrots, it looks like we'll be eating applesauce and oat cereal for a couple of days before we can move on to something else. I'll be patient, though. Soon we'll have a whole bunch of things she can eat!

In other news, we visited the ear doctor today for a followup. Looks like tubes might be coming soon. We're going to talk after the next ear infection. Hopefully that won't happen for a while...

And in happier news, Megan has officially moved into 9-month clothes (which are for babies 6-9 months). Fun!

Just chillin'

Oy! No autographs, please!

Here I am, letting the blue of the mat bring out the blue in my eyes...

What's up, y'all?

The six-month checkup

Megan had her six-month checkup today. Weight was 16 lbs., 1 oz., although after her checkup I changed her diaper and weighed it and it was very full--6 oz.! So, I suspect she's just under 16 lbs. (I'm not sure when the diaper got full--before or after the weigh-in. The diaper didn't feel super-heavy at first.) In any case, she's the 51st percentile for weight. Height is 26 3/4 inches--89th percentile. So, she looks like a mini basketball player. :-) Head circumference is 16 1/2 "---47th percentile. In other develpmental areas, she seems to be right where she should be.

Megan tried carrots and hated them. So, we'll save them for another try. She still likes rice cereal (as you can see from the picture above), and I think we'll go for another veggie tomorrow.

Six Months and lots of milestones!

Megan turned six months old on August 2. Unfortunately, she celebrated with a visit to the pediatric urgent care (pretty cool that there is one, eh?) because she had another ear infection. Oy. She's on the mend now, but she looks so blah in this picture.

Hopefully she'll be perkier next month!In other news, Megan sat up by herself this week. Fun! She also tried solid food for the first time--rice cereal. If she could have, she would have dived face-first into the bowl. She loved it.It's a good thing, too, because my milk supply took a huge plunge and I made the decision to stop breatfeeding. I've gotten great emotional support from my pediatrician and many of my friends. It's amazing, though, how sad it is to give up breastfeeding. It's funny--I hated it so much at the beginning and loved it so much later on. I know I am doing the right thing, but I'm a little bummed out. I feel much better than I did yesterday, though--so I'm feeling much more positive about things. The bottom line is that I'm doing right by Megan--and that's all that matters! And I have lots of memories to keep my heart warm. And they sure do!!!!!!!