7 Months!

Last Friday Elsie Lou was seven months! This is a pic Ryan took on Mother's Day. This has to be my favorite outfit we've received thus far. It is a blue and white zebra print with a smocked collar and flutter sleeves. Yes, that is a feather on her head! It's a little clip with a feather and rhinestones that you can put on any headband :)

I have a lot of fun dressing her up.

Lately, she's not been sleeping well. No idea why; just wakes up at about 3 am every fricking night. Maybe it's a growth spurt? I sure hope so because Mama needs her beauty sleep. It is tough around here most mornings. :) We are also starting rice cereal. I am putting it in her bottle in hopes she will sleep better; but also feeding it to her with a spoon. For those of you counting, her corrected age is four months. She is taking almost 32 oz of formula a day, and at seven months should be starting solids. So I am really trying to teach her to eat. I read online somewhere that if you don't get babies to start chewing between 7-9 months it could lead to issues down the line. What kind of issues? Who the heck knows....but I cannot find anything on teaching a Preemie to eat that is applicable to our situation. So we are starting solids...

In other news: Ryan is home sick today with a head cold. He came home early yesterday and got in the bed after taking meds. If any of you know my husband, you may also know that he rarely takes meds. So he must be feeling bad. Let's all cross our fingers that this sickness isn't passed to Elsie (or me).

Love Y'all