7 Months - "Mama"

That’s right she is saying MAMA!!! It makes my heart happy every time she does it. The first time she did it I was trying to get her to crawl and she was crying, I told her if she said mama I would come and get her. Within seconds she belted out; “MAMA!” Edwin and I were like WHAT!? So now whenever I leave the room she cries and says mama, whenever she wants me to get her she says mama. It is pretty cute!


This month has been very hectic with moving and finals I have felt pulled in MANY directions. Malaika has been a trooper and made it through it all with me. I finished my final Anatomy class and got a B!!!! Hooray! I never realized how hard these classes were until I started them. There have been many sleepless nights this term. I have this week off and then I start my summer classes. I am taking Pathophysiology and an online typing class. I have one more class to complete and then I can apply for the nursing program. I AM SOOOO READY! Okay enough about school.. Lets talk about Malaika.



What she is doing this month:

*Definitely sitting by herself – She pulls herself into a sitting position from laying and can catch herself now if she is falling.

*Crawling- She cracks me up! She gets on her knees and rocks back and forth. Then she crawls for a few second and then drops to her stomach and does and army crawl. She can make it from one side of the room to another if the incentive is right.


*She pulls her self to a standing position. I was going through her clothes and had some totes out. Had her sitting on the floor with some toys and I needed to run into the other room to get something. While I was gone I hear the scream of a life time. I ran back in and there she was standing by herself. She wasn’t even holding onto anything! She had pulled herself up using the tote and then didn’t know what to do so she was scared. I couldn’t believe it when I walked in!

*I cannot leave her on the bed anymore for naptime. I left her on moms bed while I did dishes. About 15 minutes later I heard a THUD followed by a scream. She had fallen off the bed.. UGH! It is so scary! I kept a close eye on her the rest of the day to make sure she was okay. I was so worried that she had fallen on her head.

*She is eating all sorts of foods. I just gave her mango’s the other day. We have been taking our food and grinding it up and giving it to her. Her favorite food so far is applesauce. She also loves chewing on carrots. I can just give her a raw carrot and she will chew on it for an hour! (It gets little tech marks on it.hehe)

*She has 2 teeth that are through on the bottom and one on top that is starting to come in. Teething is so tough for babies! I feel so bad for her sometimes. She had a fever of 102.4 for 4 days when the teeth were breaking through. And then once that finished she had horrible constipation. We have to use a glycerin suppository to help her out. POOR THING


*She is still sleeping with us… I think we are ALL to attached

*She is wearing size three diapers (actually squeezing into them until this pack is gone)


*She is wearing 12 to 18 month clothing

*She loves Music! Anytime she hears a commercial with music she perks up and starts dancing. She wiggles and slaps one hand on her leg

*She is as beautiful as ever!!!


*She loves laughing!!! She is starting to laugh at little things we do. Sometimes I will be laughing at edwin or something on TV and she will laugh too.

Everyday I look at her and I am SO Blessed! She is a really good baby who loves learning new things. She is so persistent and I can tell she is going to be so smart when she is older. I never knew that I would love a little person this much!
Hope everyone is enjoying their summer break so far!