First, Emery turned 7 months old...I say this every month, I know, but Adam & I just cannot believe how fast she is growing and how time is flying. It's crazy to think that she's now closer to her first birthday than she is to her birth! She went for her 6 month checkup about 3 weeks ago, and she was 16 lbs, 8 oz (75th percentile) and 26 inches tall (60th percentile). Dr. Christian was very happy with her growth and encouraged us to really start the solids "for real" and also said we could start practicing with a sippy cup and cherrios! She loves all her veggies (fruit not so much) and looooves her Cherrios. So far she just chews on the sippy cup.
She isn't crawling yet, but gets stronger every day and I see signs of her becoming ready. I honestly am perfectly happy being able to plop her down someplace and know that she isn't going anywhere...I'm not quite ready for mobility, so I'm not pushing the crawling!
We've really been working with Emery now to have a set schedule for her meal times and sleep times. I know I reported in my last blog entry that we were optimistic that her sleep had gotten better; well, I completely jinxed myself because it got about 10 times worse! She started napping worse and waking up at night a LOT...sometimes every hour. So, after a lot of soul-searching and talking about it, Adam and I decided that we needed to implement a schedule and really enforce her nap times and night-time sleep. We knew that it might involve some crying, and we were right. For a few days I felt like the worst mom in the world because Emery wanted to be with us instead of in her crib taking a nap (and boy, did she let us know it)...but miraculously, things really started to improve and she's doing much better now - naps are at least an hour long, and she is sleeping through the night or waking only once to eat. We are ecstatic! I have to say that doing the "crying it out" thing was something I said I'd never do, but at 7 months old I knew that she was old enough and she really didn't leave us any choice. Thankfully she still loves us :)
Here are some recent pics of her:
Other than the Emery news, Adam started his new part time job as a tech at St. Mary's Emergency Room. He really seems to be enjoying it, and I am happy that he's doing something he likes and also bringing in some extra money! I am done with American Heart at the end of February, and while I do plan to find a small part time job somewhere to bring in a few dollars, Adam's job at the hospital helps us out a lot.
Speaking of American Heart, things are pretty crazy there these days. My Luncheon is less than two weeks away, and I am understandably very busy. Working only three days a week is pretty difficult; I try hard to do work from home on Mondays & Fridays when Emery is napping, but it's hard. AHA also unfortunately had to do with many other companies are doing right now, which is go through some pretty awful budget cuts. A few of our close friends & colleagues were let go last week (one person who helps me with my Luncheon, so that didn't help my stress level!), so it has been pretty rough around the office for a while. We're getting back to business as usual, but there is a certain emptiness that I think we're all feeling and I doubt it will go away anytime soon.
The last month or so has been a blur, but once I get through my Luncheon on the 19th, I am hopeful that things will really calm down and I'll be able to actually breath a bit. Right I just feel like we're trying hard to keep all our balls in the air...I can't wait to have time to clean and see friends and *gasp* read a book!
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She is getting so big!! I just love her! I hope we can get together soon - or at least catch up over gmail chat. I feel like it has been so long!
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