Seven Months of Sulking

Earlier this month, Lola had an appointment with Dr. G. Her seven month stats:

Length 28 inches (95th percentile)
Weight 17 lb, 8 oz (55th percentile)



We are slowly making progress with the solid foods. We've attempted (in this order):

rice cereal
avocado
sweet potatoes
peas
avocado (again)
plain yogurt
tofu
banana

Right now her favorite meal is plain yogurt. Every thing else we gave her was rejected. -- Including banana! Weird, huh? The only other person that I know that loves plain yogurt is Amy. Clearly, Lola was meant to be Amy's goddaughter.



In regard to other milestones, Lola seems to be recognizing a few of the ASL signs that we are using with her. She understands "milk" and "more." When we use these two signs, she opens her mouth and given the context, lunges toward either the milk or the spoon.



She is also increasing mobile. She rolls all over the place, and somehow, she can spin on her belly. It's incredible how quickly she can reach a destination without being able to crawl.

In other words, Lola is doing good.

But, I bet you are wondering about our other baby, who really isn't a baby at all, but is instead more like a pouty teenager.

He's still tolerating her, and us.

Granted, Archie has always been of the melancholy sort. When he was a puppy, one vet wanted us to put him on anti-depressants. We opted not to, claiming that he would be OK without them.

Sometimes though, I wish we did.

But no, really, he is doing OK. Josh and I have increased our visits to the local dog park (which he LOVES) and I'm also trying to take him out on more walks.

Plus, I do think he is growing fonder of Lola. He enjoys sitting beneath her high chair and eating all the tofu/banana/peas she flings on the floor. He also runs up to her when we walk in the door and acts as though he is excited to see her. These are all things that give me hope that he is slowly adjusting to his new life.

In meanwhile, I think he's annoyed by the camera.

"Mooooom, leave me alone." (Insert teenage angst.)