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so LO officially rolled over from back to belly in the crib. I've kind of been dreading this because I wasn't sure if she'd keep crying until we turned her over. So far she's okay and I think she fell asleep again. Do you guys turn your LO's over if they start crying on their belly?

@kodybear: we turn her over if she starts crying on her belly. she doesnt know how to roll from belly to back yet, so i think it would be a bit unfair to let her cry on her belly and not know how to roll back. ive tried just letting her "fuss" a bit on her belly and rub her back, but she aint havin it lol. some nights she is totally fine on her belly and sleeps great, other times, she is not a happy camper. so bizarre!

are any of your LO's babbling, like mamamam or dadadada? mine isnt and i am getting a little worried. she yells, shrieks, squeals, and makes vowels sounds, and a PFFF sound, but so far, no babbling.....

I think we've got tooth number two attempting to come in!

M is doing great!! She is a champion sitter! All her teachers comment on her incredible posture. And when she's sitting she can fold herself in half to chew on her little toes and then pop right back up. It's pretty adorable. She has ZERO interest in crawling. If I try to bend her legs up under here so she's on her knees she gets PISSED at me. Honestly, I'm fine with that. I would prefer her to be stationary a little bit longer.

I think there is a chance we are teething? The past couple night she has been up screaming for TWO HOURS in the middle of the night. I don't see teeth but she seems a little swollen on her lower gums so we'll see.

We started rice cereal this week and girlfriend loves it. She flaps her arms and legs in excitement and lunges for the spoon. At this point we are giving her about 75% breastmilk/25% cereal so I'm sure that's part of why she enjoys it so much. She's a milk monster.

A milestone I'm super excited about it that we are heading down to FL for a 5 night trip this weekend and I'm so so so looking forward to putting her toes in the ocean for the first time.

@lindseykaye: We'll be in Destin! Will you be anywhere near there?

@mrsjyw: My LO is a champion at the purees and cereal. We've given him some bananas, steamed broccoli, oranges and lemon, but he just sucks on those. He loves grabbing toys, hair, lips, noses, necklaces and his own feet! He doesn't sit well by himself yet, but he was five weeks early and has been a little behind on some of the motor milestones. He rolls both ways, but still sometimes cries for us to help him when he gets stuck on his stomach at night-not sure why since he's been rolling from his stomach to back for a couple months now. Our nanny thinks he will also skip crawling and go straight to standing since he loves when we help him stand.

My favorite thing right now is when I nurse him, one of his hands will rub my side or my arm the whole time. So sweet! He's also is super social and smiles at everyone, but definitely does the selective social smiling and saves the biggest for the people he recognizes.

@kodybear: My LO has started with the stranger anxiety as well. Crowds of people are NOT ok with her. And blonde women are apparently the devil! Thank Goodness both her day care teachers are brunettes. They were telling me that whenever the blonde floaters come in her room M just stares at them and cries until they leave!! And God forbid one of them tries to pick her up!!

We hit a not so fun milestone yesterday. LO has her first ear infection. The poor thing wasn't fussy at all and never ran a fever so we figured her runny nose was due to the fact that she's cutting her first tooth. But while we were down in FL she started coughing so we came home a day early to get her checked out and she has a nasty double ear infection. We started her on amoxicillin which is hurting her tummy so we had a diarrhea episode at two am which was no fun for anyone. Starting her on probiotics tonight to see if it helps. Hoping she is back to her normal self soon!!

@scg00387: yes thank you! We saw the ped yesterday and he said the ears are improving! He didn't think the rash was from yeast so he said to go ahead with the Triple Paste. That plus baking soda baths seems to be really helping! Thank you for asking : ) So exciting that your LO is crawling already!! I'll be honest that I'm perfectly happy with my stationary baby... Baby proofing overwhelms me!!

@MamaMoose: Poor peanut!

@mrsjyw: Just going to add that my LO has ZERO interest in standing while holding fingers, holding on to the couch, or "walking" so maybe it's one or the other!!

LO can now sit himself up from laying on his back... he is quite impressed with himself when I turn back around and he is smirking at me!

@mrsjyw: LO is starting to think about crawling but she doesn't quite have the coordination yet. If she is sitting up and sees something that she wants she has figured out how to tuck a foot under her to go forward onto her arms. Then she'll sort of rock back and forth. But once she tries to actually reach forward she face plants! She does looooove to stand though. She thinks she's such a big girl when she stand and holds our hands.

@mrsjyw: i think my LO is pretty close to crawling. she loves being on her tummy now and can lift her stomach for a little bit. but she has zero interest in standing. she doesn't put her weight down when i hold her in a standing position. so i think she may be a late walker?

@highwire: More teeth! My goodness. I was thinking we would have more any minute but they are taking their time (and a toll on sleep and eating!). LE has started to stand in her crib, too. She can pull up on just about anything now and can transition back-belly-sit-stand now. Taking her 7 month photo on Monday was SO HARD and the one I did get was pretty terrible.

@mrsjyw: It's hard not to do this but really, don't worry about crawiling. Only because it is really crazy at our house now that little miss is 90% mobile. She doesn't properly crawl quite yet but she can get wherever she wants and fast. Then she tries to pull up on whatever she's gotten to. It is ridiculous and she takes lots of tumbles but thankfully nothing too bad yet.

It's so interesting to hear about what everyone's babies are doing first/well/late. Only because I know they're all different and they will all end up in the same spot. Like, some of the early teethers don't have any more than the two bottom still and others are getting more. And LE was really quick to roll and scoot but just last week finally is sitting independently.

@bamblm: Can I just say how sweet and adorable it sounds that your little dude rubs your arm while he nurses? My girl has been pinching me (really hard, on my back-of-the-arm fat) and it hurts so bad! I have started wearing a sweater or robe every time I nurse her so my skin isn't exposed but it is Florida and it is getting HOT out!

@lindseykaye: my LO is doing the pinching thing too! My mom says I did it to her, so I guess what goes around comes around

@mrsjyw: Smart mama!

When I get tired of chasing her around trying to keep her on the blanket (we have super hard terrazzo floors so I try my best for her not to crawl on them quite yet) I like to play 'fetch'. I sit in the middle and roll a ball to one corner and she scoots to it and gets it. When I see that she is getting bored with it I take it and roll it to the next corner. She follows, and then it's more of the same. She loves it but I feel slightly guilty that I am playing with her like a puppy!

@NovBaby1112: mine' s toothless!

@highwire: @lindseykaye: unfortunately the sweet, sweet affection of my LO lasted maybe a week. Now he's into popping off at any sound (real or imagined) and looking around, dribbling milk everywhere.