The DeLorme Family: Emmy at 7 Months

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Emmy at 7 Months

My little love chunk is now 7 months old! Why must time fly by so quickly? I just love the baby stage so much and she makes it that much more enjoyable. She is such a joy and I just love her to pieces. She is such a sweet and happy little girl.
She is also a very, very popular girl. The other kids all just love her to pieces. They are always playing with her and wanting to be around her. The first thing Jameson says any time he walks in my house is, "Where's Emmy?" Ella and Ashlyn fight over who gets to hold her. She is like a little living doll for all of them. I have decided it is very nice to have older children to help with a baby. Dawson will play with her in the family room while I cook dinner. They are at an age where they know what she can't have and they do a good job keeping an eye on her when I need them to. I am always nearby, but having an extra pair of hands is so helpful! They also love getting the chance to play with her. I think she is really going to miss them when they go back to school.
Emmy is so incredibly close to being mobile and I am not ready for it at all! She has mastered the army crawl. She also loves getting on all fours and practicing her crawling. She always gets the biggest smile on her face when she does it. She has been practicing moving her arms and legs while she is on all fours. She is so super close and I know its only a matter of days until she has it down and is really on the go! This week she has started to pull herself up and stands holding the couch. She gets the biggest kick out of this and laughs when she does it. I know she will be cruising the furniture soon too. She can also now sit up from a laying down position. I swear she does something new every day!
This month Emmy got two new teeth. I randomly put my finger in her mouth one day and felt a little bump. I had no clue she was even teething because she was still as happy as can be. She ended up getting two teeth at the same time and she is a wonderful teether. Ashlyn was the same way. I am glad she stayed happy and didn't seem bothered by it.
Emmy continues to eat like a champ. I have had so much fun making all sorts of food for her. I recently made a bunch of mixed foods that she has really liked. I even made her beef stew that she really likes. She has pretty much liked just about everything I have made for her. Recently she has started to like feeding herself more and more. Tonight at dinner I cut up what we were eating into little pieces and she LOVED it!
Emmy has been babbling like crazy! She loves to "talk". She says "Dada" but hasn't referred to Joey specifically as Dada yet. I can't wait to hear "Mama". She also has started to wave and she says "Hi".
This girl has so much going on developmentally with all her mobility and speech that I think it is taking a real toll on her sleep. She has hit a major regression and has been waking up a lot lately during the night. It has been very hard on me, but I try to remind myself that it is temporary. I am hoping for some better sleep soon!
Here are some pictures of our growing princess!