My favourite Age!

Ottavia is now 7 months and counting, and so far this is the age that we have so far enjoyed the most. Here are a few reasons....

The guessing is over- although from the first couple days as a newborn i had Ottavia pretty much on a 3 hours schedule and my first real task I wanted to conquer was getting a full feed. With nursing and bottle feeding it was tricky at times, but I DID NOT want a snacker because it would make things hard and I did a pretty good job. But now that what I really love is that the guessing game is over of when and what to expect next. Now i know exactly when she takes her bottles, when she takes her naps and when she eats her solids, but also its doesn't have to be to the exact minute, we have time to play with, unlike a new baby, we would feed her and get her in her carseat as fast as we could and we knew we had 3 hours before she needed her bottle....and mean REALLY NEED A BOTTLE RIGHT NOW OR ELSE!! I also love that i can schedule appts or play times or whatever because i know her schedule. Everyone laughed at me when i was pregnant when i told them i'm going to sleep train and have ottavia on a good schedule......HA..now i can laugh at them cause I DID IT!!

Sleeping---one of the HARDEST things we have overcome was napping..Ottavia struggled with the 45 minute intruder for a long time and getting her to nap in her crib took alot of work. Yes i'm one of those mothers that stays home every afternoon and cannot go to the zoo or meet at the park because i'm so protective of O's naps. I also love that she goes to bed at 7 no problem and we usually don't hear from her till 7 again, although the odd night she wakes and needs some love which i'm ok with. I believe that sleep counts on sleep, not...oh if she doesn't nap she will sleep better in the night..WRONG..its the opposite, although there is no more sleeping in the carseat, gone are the days of a sleeping baby while your shopping!

We make eachother laugh-----ahhhh I LOVE this, now Ottavia makes us laugh so much, and we can make her laugh too. I love to act silly and she screeches with joy and giggles and laughs back. Its so fun that she can react to us like that. she LOVES peek-a-boo, as soon as she see's me duck and hide she instantly closes her eyes and waits for me to pop up somewhere!


SHe LOVES us-----Ottavia plays strange BIG TIME. I thought i would have this outgoing baby but instead she loves her mommy and dada. She looks for us and watches our every move to make sure we are in her sight! We especially love going in her room in the morning. She usually talks and plays for a while before we get her up but as soon as she see's us she gets so excited!


I could go on and on and on about how much fun she is now, don't get me wrong we can't pack up and go to vegas like we used to but, things are much more easier now that she is not a teeny baby.....ugh..thinking about having a newborn again honestly make's me feel like barfing! Now we have it soo good it will be hard to go back one day if we want another one because the trials and tribulations of a new baby is alot. Its not all roses and although i adjusted to having a baby really well, its a HUGE change.

As i sit here and type this Ottavia is napping but we are going to meet our 4th day home lady this afternoon. Wish us luck, there are some crazy people out there!

Deena