Brooke Update

Wow, Brooke is 7 months old. I can't believe how the time has gone. She is by far the happiest of our babies, but now she is officially the worst sleeper. I thought Adilyn was crazy to be waking up at 6 months, but now Brooke, at 7 months, is still waking up at least twice a night! I know without a doubt it has to do with how chaotic our life was for the last two months, and I know that because she never got into a good sleeper routine while we were moving and living with others that she just hasn't adjusted yet. But, knowing all that doesn't make the sleepless nights any easier! I know that it will all work out, and that she will eventually sleep. I just don't know what to do in the meantime. I never really believed in the the "sleep training" methods because I think kids will sleep when they sleep, but I am about to try anything. She usually wakes up between 12am and 1am to eat, then she will wake up again around 5am. I tried not to feed her at night, and I had Cory go upstairs and hold her, but it didn't really work. Oh well, we will get it all worked out, eventually, and hoping sooner rather than later. I would love, love, love to get a full night sleep one of these days. :) Unfortunately, her sleep habits don't get much better during the day either. She doesn't nap very well, and she usually only sleeps in the car or when I am feeding her. Yikes! We have to get this girl on a schedule!
Brooke is also learning to move around really well! She can sit up on her own pretty well. She just figured out how to get herself sitting when she is laying down on her belly. She can get on her hands and knees and rock back and forth, but she can't quite get coordinated enough to move to crawl. I can tell she will be moving soon, for sure! She can definitely roll and twist to get where she wants to go!
She loves to be right in the center of all the action. If Adilyn and Kacy are running around being crazy, she just stares at them and thinks they are hilarious! Even though she likes to be where the action is, she also is a pretty good independent player. She will sit in the middle of a bunch of toys and just play around with everything.
The girl is still a noisemaker! She will sit in the car and just squeal and talk and makes all kinds of noise. Brooke is always moving her hands. I remember Kacy moving her feet all the time, and I think Adilyn always kicked her legs. Brooke is always moving her hands around like she has "jazz hands" :)
I started feeding her solids about a month ago, and she is doing pretty good with all the new foods. She pretty much ate everything that I gave her at first, now I guess she has realized that she doesn't like certain foods. Anytime I give her something that she doesn't like she will literally gag on it. I thought it was the consistency at first, but then I realized it was just with carrots and peas. Another drama queen on our hands?!?

The girl loves to swing!!!