7 Months

I can't believe Isla is already 7 months. Well, 7 and a half months if I'm being specific. There have been a lot of long days, but these 7 months have flown by. As with Isla's 4 month summary, I missed her 6 month recap, so this will have to suffice for a peek at Isla at 6 and 7 months old.

At 6 months, Isla weighed 17 pounds, 11 ounces and was 28 inches long.
She can sit! She is so much happier now that she can sit up and see everything going on around her. This means she has also transitioned to big girl baths with Natalie. I love those two in the tub together.
Isla had a rough December. She had an ear infection early in the month and was prescribed amoxicillin. A few days after starting the antibiotic she developed a high fever and full body rash and we learned that she is allergic to amoxicillin. The fever went away and then came back with a vengeance, lasting almost 10 days. We had to do a blood draw and other uncomfortable tests to make sure something more serious wasn't going on. In the end, we think it was just a horrible virus as all her tests came back normal.
Isla has been doing great ever since and has settled into a happy routine. She generally takes three 1-hour naps a day, though she has had to learn to be flexible in order to keep up with Natalie's social events, i.e. morning play dates. She goes to bed around 7:30pm and wakes up at 6-ish in the morning. I used to do a nightly "dream feeding" around 10:30 or 11pm, but I have recently dropped that and she is doing fine without it. She still nurses 5 times throughout the day and is up to two solid food meals a day. She has liked everything we have given her to try so far with the exception of bananas, which she spits out every time.
She is developing a happier personality and is quick to smile. She is still a mama's girl, but she is getting better at being with other people too. She has recently started reaching her arms out to me when she wants me to take her from someone else or pick her up and I absolutely love it. It is so sweet to see her lifting those little arms in the air and wanting me. I love her to pieces and am so glad she's mine!
Update! January 17, 2013 - Isla's first tooth cut through! It is one of her bottom middle teeth (left side) and the other bottom middle tooth feels close as well.