Blue Jean Shorts

During a recent shopping trip, I bought Camryn a couple of new outfits for church and some of the cutest blue jean shorts you've ever seen.  I bought a 12 month thinking she'd be able to wear them for a while.  Well, as you can see in the picture the 12 month shorts fit now and leave no room to spare.  My little girl is growing so fast!  You can also see her bottom goobers.  She's working on the fourth tooth on the bottom.  Still no top teeth yet.

7 Months

Stats - 7 Months

Weight: 21 lbs.

Fun Facts - 7 Months
- Camryn wears size 3 diapers and 6-12 month clothes.
- She drinks 5-7 oz. of breast milk every 4 hours. 
- Camryn eats brown rice cereal or oatmeal with fruit for breakfast and meat and veggies for dinner.  She is such a good eater – hasn’t refused anything I’ve offered yet.
- Camryn’s sleeping pattern has been ever changing the past few weeks.  I think her schedule was a little off due to cutting teeth and being sick, but the last few nights she seems to be back to normal and sleeping through the night…yay!!!  I’ve read a few articles about different sleep training methods.  We haven’t really followed one particular method.  I’ve just decided to try a few different things and see what works best for us.  Lately, I’ve been putting Camryn down for a nap 1.5-2 hours after she wakes up.  I can tell she’s getting sleeping when she starts rubbing her eyes.  So I swaddle her, lay her in her crib, give her a paci, turn on her mobile, and walk out of the room.  The last few days she has put herself to sleep and naps for about 2 hours in the morning and after lunch.  She also has a shorter nap later in the afternoon.  I was concerned about the late afternoon nap causing her to be awake at night but I honestly think she needs that time to sleep.  When I was keeping her up between her after-lunch nap and bedtime, she would fight going to sleep for the night.  Now that she gets the extra sleep in the afternoon, she’s been going to bed easily on her own, for the most part, between 9 and 10.
- Camryn has more teeth on the bottom.  The one on the right has completely broken through the skin while the one of the left is still just a little white bud at the gum line.  Her top gum is still swollen and sometimes I think I can see white coming through but I’m not real sure. 
- Camryn is sitting up by herself now and she is rolling over tummy-to-back on her own.  I guess she figured if she didn’t like being on her tummy she needed to learn to roll over.  She rolls over as soon as we put her on her tummy.  Now, we’re working on rolling the other direction (right now she only rolls to the left) and back-to-tummy.
- Camryn has been grabbing her toes for a while now but recently succeeded at putting them in her mouth.  Not sure what’s so tasty about toes but she sure loves them!
- Here lately I’ve noticed Camryn exploring with the sounds she makes and the new things she can do with her mouth.  She sticks out her tongue, blows bubbles, clicks her tongue on the roof of her mouth, and pops/smacks her lips.  I think she’s on the verge of blowing kisses!
- Camryn loves for mama to sing her songs.  We do “Patty Cake” (she giggles when we “throw it in the pan”, “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, and “The Turtle Song” to name a few.  We also have our bedtime songs… “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, “Rock-a-Bye Baby”, “Mary Had a Little Lamb”, “Jesus Loves Me”, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands", and "You are My Sunshine."

I am so fortunate to be able to stay home with Camryn.  She’s changing so fast and learning so much these days.  Her smile, her beautiful blue eyes, her snuggles…I could go on and on...she brings so much joy to my life.  While there are times I am frustrated and exhausted, I love being a stay-at-home-mama.  I honestly believe this is what God is calling me to be during this season of my life.  And because of that belief, I know He will give me the determination, patience, and grace to get through the more difficult times.  He’s not going to call you to something and just leave you hanging.  He will be with you every step of the way.  And I’m not just talking about stay-at-home-mamas; this is for the working mamas too.  Mommyhood is hard no doubt, but the blessings and rewards are priceless!