7 Months and Counting

I can't believe Jaina is 7 months old. I guess it's because she's our second, but the time and the milestones seem to go so much faster than they did with Reilly. At this point with Reilly, we already knew we were going to have Jaina. So crazy... And at this point with Reilly, we had just done "cry-it-out." EXTREMELY hard, but with wonderful results. We haven't been sleeping well at ALL since Jaina wakes up 4-12 times a night mostly needing to be re-swaddled or her pacifier, and today we started trying to teach her to go to sleep on her own too. (She's been going to sleep by herself, but swaddled and with her pacifier, which she doesn't keep in if her hands are free...) She already took one nap this way, and it didn't seem to be as rough on her as on Reilly. I hope and pray she adjusts quickly. It would be so nice to get better sleep at night, and to move them into the same room together...

Reilly's doing well. He woke up with a low-grade fever today, but was feeling just fine pretty quickly. I'm not sure if it's from a little cold he's getting (he's been coughing the last few days) or if it's from teeth he's trying to cut. He still needs to get all of his little incisors through. Sigh.

Here are pictures of Jaina (and for comparisom) Reilly at 7 months. Oh, and Jaina's 6 month pictures as well, which we just got back from JC Penney's...