Seven Month Baby Update
2021-Dec-13, Monday 10:02![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The days are long but the months are short indeed.
The last month has been defined by a lot of "almosts." Laila can almost sit up by herself, and can hold herself up for quite a while if we help her sit up. She can almost crawl--she'll scoot along the floor a little bit, and can easily get up into the crawling position or even do planks, but can't quite figure out what her arms are supposed to do when her legs are moving. She almost has teeth too--she has rosy cheeks and a lot of drool and chews on nearly everything, and you can feel that the teeth are right underneath the gums, but none of them have come out yet.
She is, however, big enough to sit all by herself in the shopping cart!:
I mentioned previously that she has her own room now, and mostly it's been going very well. I usually go to sleep after![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png)
sashagee, and when I do I always open the door to Laila's room (closed previously to help her sleep while we're still up) and check to make sure she's breathing and not in distress. Every single time I look in on her, she's in another part of the crib. She obviously loves the freedom to move and roll around that having a big sleeping space affords her. Just a couple days ago she had rolled over onto her stomach, with her head on her arms, all the word like a very tired adult who had just laid down for a nap.
Or maybe, assashagee says, we're all just big babies. 
One thing that is very new is that Laila has started to have separation anxiety. A couple nights agosashagee woke me at 4 a.m. because Laila was crying. Not just crying, but shrieking like she was in terrible pain and sashagee was worried something was wrong with her! Something was wrong, but I solved it by going into the room and holding her for a few minutes and then singing to her. What was wrong was that Laila woke up, all by herself, and didn't know where we were or if we would come if she needed us. 
Once I came in, she was able to go back to sleep. I won't judge other parents on how they raise their children, but I don't like to let Laila cry for very long. Maybe 5-10 minutes max, to give her time to sort herself out. Beyond that, I go in to give her a hand. She's still very small and sometimes I think her emotions are too big for her to handle!
When will Laila sit up, or crawl, or chew food? We'll see if I have updates next month!
The last month has been defined by a lot of "almosts." Laila can almost sit up by herself, and can hold herself up for quite a while if we help her sit up. She can almost crawl--she'll scoot along the floor a little bit, and can easily get up into the crawling position or even do planks, but can't quite figure out what her arms are supposed to do when her legs are moving. She almost has teeth too--she has rosy cheeks and a lot of drool and chews on nearly everything, and you can feel that the teeth are right underneath the gums, but none of them have come out yet.
She is, however, big enough to sit all by herself in the shopping cart!:
I mentioned previously that she has her own room now, and mostly it's been going very well. I usually go to sleep after
sashagee, and when I do I always open the door to Laila's room (closed previously to help her sleep while we're still up) and check to make sure she's breathing and not in distress. Every single time I look in on her, she's in another part of the crib. She obviously loves the freedom to move and roll around that having a big sleeping space affords her. Just a couple days ago she had rolled over onto her stomach, with her head on her arms, all the word like a very tired adult who had just laid down for a nap.Or maybe, as
sashagee says, we're all just big babies. One thing that is very new is that Laila has started to have separation anxiety. A couple nights ago
sashagee woke me at 4 a.m. because Laila was crying. Not just crying, but shrieking like she was in terrible pain and sashagee was worried something was wrong with her! Something was wrong, but I solved it by going into the room and holding her for a few minutes and then singing to her. What was wrong was that Laila woke up, all by herself, and didn't know where we were or if we would come if she needed us. Once I came in, she was able to go back to sleep. I won't judge other parents on how they raise their children, but I don't like to let Laila cry for very long. Maybe 5-10 minutes max, to give her time to sort herself out. Beyond that, I go in to give her a hand. She's still very small and sometimes I think her emotions are too big for her to handle!When will Laila sit up, or crawl, or chew food? We'll see if I have updates next month!
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Date: 2021-Dec-13, Monday 18:23 (UTC)And we are, we are all just a bunch of big dumb babies! LOL. (Some, like me, more than others).
Glad to see she's healthy and happy.
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Date: 2021-Dec-19, Sunday 17:05 (UTC)Bedtime is really the worst time, though. The rest of the time she's mostly a happy baby.