Rowan - 7 months

Weight: 16 pounds (35%)

Height: 26.25 inches (30%)

Sleep: We are still sleeping through the night! Sometimes she even sleeps until 730 or 8. It is so wonderful! Naps are getting worse and worse - down to only about 20 minutes. We have got to figure out why the naps are so bad. 

Eating: Normal milk routine but also eats solids once a day at dinner with us. We bought her a highchair so she is big time at the big table with everyone!

Milestones: She is eating solids. She is sitting up completely without assistance. And she has started to learn how to roll and turn herself to get where she wants. Finally loves tummy time! She will be keeping up with those big kids in no time!

Clothes / Diapers: size 3 diapers (could almost use a 4) and 6-9 month clothes

Best Moment of the month: I actually took Rowan and Sloan to the grocery store and Sloan insisted on one of those car driving carts. I typically hold Rowan everywhere. Like, everywhere. But I thought she might think it was fun. She was THRILLED. She sat there, holding on to the steering wheel, turning it like she knew what to do. Every now and then she would slide over and fall on Sloan. It was the cutest. My two littles looking so big.

Favorites: I loved seeing her as a sweet little flamingo for Halloween. Emma wore the same costume. She has this little walker that has a car steering wheel on it and she just loves sitting and playing with that thing. She loves the girls pop-its - which are super popular with the elementary school kids. She has started to notice my phone and really really wants it. I forgot about the stage where you cant have anything in front of them. I took the girls to dinner by myself and tried to eat a taco: one bite and Rowan snatched my plate, almost pulling it off the table. Thats why Dan and I would always switch who holds the baby when we need to eat. It is so cute though - their little hands get so fast and they are so proud of themselves. 

We haven't used a bottle warmer much this time around. We just drop the bottle into a mug of warm water and leave it there for however long and can forget its in there and its always the perfect temperature. No more testing to see if its ready or accidentally getting it too hot. 

Six months - all 4 girls

Rowan - 6 months

Weight: 15 pounds (25%)

Height: 25.5 inches (30%)

Sleep: we are mostly back to sleeping through the night!! We had to make her fall asleep on her own, without us rocking her (so she could learn to fall back asleep when she woke up, instead of panicking and crying). And we had to try soothing her in the crib without picking her up. That means mostly just rubbing her belly and calmly telling her everything is okay while she loses.her.mind until a certain number of minutes are up and then doing it again. And again. Until slowly...well, it never actually works, but she doesn't wake up as much.

Eating: Same milk routine as she has been, but we are just about to add soilds to the mix!

Milestones: sleeping through the night is a big one! She is just about to start solids, which I know she will love. She is rolling back to belly and belly to back. She just can't figure out the double and triple roll to actually get places. 

Clothes / Diapers: Size 3 diapers and 3-6 month clothes - although some are starting to get a little short on her. 

Best Moment of the Month: The first time we put her in the exersaucer. We started it much earlier with the other girls - but just hadn't taken the time to bring it down from the attic yet. When we did, she was THRILLED to have this whole new toy that was hers. She was older and more excited and could play with it. It was so fun to see Rowan so happy!

Favorites: She sleeps like a little angel with her hands behind her head - so her (and her sleeping) are two of my favorites. She has started having a little muslin lovie in her crib that is completely breathable. She rubs it over her face right before falling asleep. Actually, I think her sleeping through the night is my favorite. 

I dont think I have mentioned this: to get her to fall asleep for her nap, we have to bounce her on the yoga ball. She falls asleep so quickly! When we transfer her, she wakes up, so we pick up the entire dock a tot with her in it, and bounce her in the dock a tot until she's back asleep. When we transfer her in the DAT, she doesn't wake up because she doesn't feel us setting her down. It's brilliant. And so bougie. And only takes a few minutes so why not. 

Five months - all 4 girls

Rowan - 5 months

Weight: 14 pounds (20%)

Height: 25.5 inches (60%)

Sleep: Oh man - she has definitely lost her best sleeper crown. She started around 3.5 months waking up early - then she started adding in a 2am wake up, then adding a midnight wake up. I would make her cry for 20 minutes before going in. She is AWAKE. She will stay awake for a full 1.5 to 2 hours. It is worse than she ever was as a newborn. I am not sure how much longer we can survive this. But shes so sweet and cute and smiley when you go in there that you just can't be annoyed with her.

Eating: Rowan is taking a bottle! Actually, she much prefers the bottle. I left for a baby shower in Greenville and Dan had to keep her and she took some milk from a bottle but not much. Enough to not be hungry. Then, after starting daycare, she's rocked the bottle and wanted one a night too. Knew daycare would figure it out. 

Milestones: She uses her foot to kick things on the toy bar on her bouncer - and idk if thats an actual milestone - but its my favorite because she so proud of herself. She started school this month! And she found her feet and loves to hold onto them and put them in her mouth - and nothing is cuter than this baby!

Clothes / Diapers: In size 2/3 diapers and 3-6 month clothes. 

Best moment of the month: Probably taking her to the beach. She loved the waves on her toes and even though she couldn't enjoy much of the sun, I love the beach so much and really enjoyed showing it to her. I also got quite a few snuggles with a sleepy baby on the beach.

Favorites: This baby seems more high maintenance than the others. I guess maybe because everything is ruined by the 4th that she gets some new stuff. She got some of those weighted sleep sacks so she's all fancy with her new hip sacks. She has a dock-a-tot to nap in. Emma had a DAT but she didn't sleep anywhere so we didn't need an expensive container for her. AND Rowan got a slumberpod tent that goes over a pack and play to make it pitch black. She was so fancy at the beach in her DAT and slumberpod. 

Four months - all 4 girls

Rowan - 4 months

Weight: 12lbs 9 ounces (15%)

Length: 24.5 inches (60%)

Sleep: Rowan has been sleeping through the night this entire month. It has been amazing! Two weeks ago she started waking around 4 a couple nights a week. I secretly loved it because I would pull her in bed with us and snuggle until the other kids were up. But I'm worried its becoming more and more often. 

Eating: Still not taking a bottle and eating 6 times a day.

Milestones: She is starting to use both hands to grab things. It seems like it happened over night - she is now a real baby trying to take things and put them in her mouth. She also has great head control and can use her sit me up seat some. She laughs out loud and we just love that. She also squeals when her sisters are running around and being loud. 

Clothes/Diapers: Size 2 diapers and probably should be in 3-6 month clothes but I haven't gotten those out, so she's still in 0-3 and it's fine. 

Best Moment of the Month: Definitely the first time she squealed when her sisters started to run around. I remember this with Sloan and how she wanted so bad to be part of the excitement of the big kids. And now she is part of that and has her own little sister wanting to be part of the fun. Crazy how fast it goes.

Favorites: Rowan naps in the dockatot - not because she naps better in it, but because we can pick it up to rock her, then lay her in the crib with no "transfer" - ie not waking her up by holding her and then trying to get our arms out from under her. Its a simple act of setting the pillow down. Its comical actually - sitting on the yoga ball, bouncing her, in the dockatot for a transfer. But the other girls napped in a swing at this point, so this can't be any worse. We also have her in a weighted nested bean swaddle - no idea if that matters, but I can't find our old swaddles and it is super cute. This time around we splurged on a baby bjorn bouncy seat and it is amazing for this age. Rowan gets annoyed in the newborn bouncy seats. This one sits up higher and she can be part of the action. If she kicks, it bounces her. She seems to really like it. It also folds flat which is perfect for travel. AND we splurged on a slumberpod so we could share a room with Rowan and Dan could read with his book light without waking her. It keeps it dark in her little tent while we have the lights on.