Life as a momma has been busy, but wonderful! I can't believe almost 9 months have passed by! Caroline has been growing and changing so quickly. My life has done a 180 as I am now a SAHM and have moved across the country for my husband's job.
Here's how Caroline is doing...
Moving: Rolling (I need to look this up... I forget!). Sitting up at 5 1/2 months, crawling at 7 1/2 months, pulling up to her feet at 8 1/2 months.
Eating: Caroline has now been breastfeeding for her whole life. We've never had to supplement with formula despite some slow weight gain. We started solids at 6 months with homemade purees. She wasn't really interested in eating at all, so we tried baby led solids (or BLW) at 7 1/2 months and at 8 months she is finally interested and is enjoying food!
Sleeping: We've had an odd night when she slept over 5 hours (which is considered STTN), but she isn't the best at sleeping. That's okay though. I get sick of everyone asking me if she's STTN yet. I'm not going to sleep train and especially not interested in CIO technique. It's been a challenge getting DH to be on board with not trying CIO since many of the other dads he's talked to tell him that's what he needs to do.
Pooing: We starting using the EC (elimination communication) technique around 3 months. We've had some lulls in success, but overall, Caroline uses the potty quite often when I offer it to her (we only do it part time). I wish we could have used cloth diapers, but with the move, we've been using disposables. I've found the Target brand to work well (and are cheap), so that's what we use.
So, there's a little bit of how things are going! I may or may not update more often. I've preferred to spend my time with my beautiful daughter!
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