Sage's daycare has a color of the week each week, and this week it was green. They wear the color of the week on Friday. Here she is all ready for daycare this morning!
So I'm having a hard time keeping up with this blog. Thought I would start posting a photo of the day with a one-liner when I can. Nobody cares what I have to say anyway, right? :)
Sage having an early-morning wrestling match with Bear.
Last night as I was writing our 7 month update, I realized that I have a lot of cute pictures of Sage in bathing suits. I decided to do a post dedicated to that cuteness. Enjoy!
31 weeks (today!) in a patriotic outfit - that top is 24 months!!
Wow the past three weeks went by fast!! I can't believe it's time to go back to school. Sage will be going to her new daycare starting tomorrow, and Matt's first contract day is also tomorrow. I am going to school to work in my room, but don't have to go back "full-time" until Wednesday. We have been soaking up our last few weeks of summer and enjoying our time with Sage.
She's been going through some changes I guess. After being out of her routine for much of the month of July, she hasn't been sleeping very well at night. I had just gotten her back into her routine a little bit the last few days, and now we are going to turn her world upside down again! I think she will love her new daycare, though. Just hope she will get used to napping with lots of noise around again, because she is one of 7 in the infant room.
I have also started trying to teach her some signs. We have practiced "milk," "more," "book," and "daddy." She gets very excited when I sign for her but hasn't shown any signs of doing it herself.
Engaging in a favorite pastime - yelling.
Family photo at a friend's wedding
Celebrating cousin Anthony's birthday
Past her bedtime
Sage at Seven Months
Height: Not sure, will check for ya!
Weight: about 18 pounds
Likes: being tickled/razzed, blankie, sleeping all the time, bouncing, playing in the Exersaucer, splashing and trying to catch the bubbles in the tub, yelling, reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Dislikes: being hungry or tired, cold water, having to lie still while getting diaper changed, riding in the car seat, the end of Brown Bear, Brown Bear (she cries until you read it again)
Tricks: sitting up very well, rolling a lot, reaching to get toys, squishing food out of her mouth, drinking from a cup with a spout, saying "babababa," "dadadada," "mmmma," "wuh wuh wuh"
We started solids a little while ago, and I have lots of pictures and video to be enjoyed! Sage is a big fan of food. We have tried peas, green beans, carrots, pear, and sweet potatoes. I think she liked peas the best, but maybe it was just the novelty since they came first. All the vegetables were served in the form of commercial baby food. Yesterday I steamed some carrots and cut them into sticks. She gnawed on one for a while after watching me do it, but she wasn't thrilled. She also sucked on some pear that I cut into sticks for her to hold, but once she broke off a chunk she didn't know what to do. She seems to prefer the purees for now. I also gave her some pear in a mesh food feeder and she gnawed on the and sucked the juices out for a little bit. She seemed to enjoy it. She also really loves rice cereal but I try not to give her too much lest she get bound up.
My plan was to feed her just one new food for three days straight before introducing another, to make sure she didn't have any allergic reactions, but she finished the peas in two sittings. Same with the green beans. Oh well - so far, so good, and now I know to stop her sooner. I think she would eat a whole jar in one go if I let her. She was probably ready for solids before we started them, she showed all the signs, but being a first-time mom I was afraid.
Enjoying rice cereal
We got a high chair last week and it is awesome! Sage looks like such a big girl in it. I think she likes being up high too. It makes it a lot easier and safer to feed her. It's a 4-in-1, meaning that it can convert into a space-saver high chair (you can detach the top and strap in to a chair), a toddler booster, and a "youth chair," which just means that the top comes off and a kid can sit on the seat underneath and pull up close to the table. So I think we will be able to get use out of it for a long time. There's a tray insert that you can pull off and wash, and the big tray comes off to reveal a smaller tray underneath. Also, all of the padding is removable and easy to clean. We love it! Thanks Grandma Debbie!
