Jillian @ 7 Months

Oh this baby girl! She has her bottom 2 teeth and likes food as long as she can feed it to herself. She wants no part of me spoon feeding her and refuses to open her mouth. She will feed herself purees from pouches...she's just a little messy in doing so. She also eats rice rusks, puffs, and pretty much anything her brothers are eating if I let her have some. She loves peach and banana...despises apple. Complete opposite of her brothers at this age.

Jill has just started wearing 18 month jammies due to length. I'm forcing her to remain in 12 month clothes as long as possible since we are "hopefully" at the end of summer. Her hair is almost long enough for me to try a small, lightweight bow.

She's mobile. Awkwardly crawling, but getting where she wants to go. She is such a happy baby. Rarely cries or fusses unless she is hungry or tired or frustrated that she can't do something she wants to. Nicknames include: Bean, Jilly Goat, and B (short for Bean).

Jillian @ 6 Months

Almost a week late, sigh. We held half birthday festivities for Jill...her brothers helped make her half cake and insisted that they get her flowers for a present. So adorable and so much fun!

Jill is wearing 12 month clothes and size 4 diapers. Baby girl has junk in her trunk and I actually have to buy/make her new diaper covers to go with her dresses because the 12 month ones don't do much covering.

She is sitting like a champ. Not crawling yet, but determined. She gets where she wants to go, but gets really frustrated that she can't make crawling happen. She is done with the Bumbo. Loves the walker and her floatie in the baby pool at grandma's house which she uses as a water walker and zips around the pool. She loves the pool and laughs when she gets splashed, my little Pisces.

She puts everything in her mouth and finally cut her first tooth...the second one is close. She started finally getting into food this week...looks like I have another rule follower. :) She loves anything that she can feed herself. She's not a big fan of purees, but eats rice rusks and toasted bread like a champ.

She is loud. And opinionated. And knows what she wants (usually her brothers' toys). And will surely be getting into it with Tony on a regular basis. I'm already suffering from hearing loss. It's also really fun. :)

Jill's First Tooth

Just to be clear, today is August 19th and Jill is still "five" months old. So to be sure that she wasn't outdone by her brother, she cut her first tooth at 5 months also.

We also weighed all 3 last night because I couldn't wait for Monday...

Jill: 19 pounds
Tony: 32 pounds
Alex: 35 pounds

Jillian @ 5 Months

A day late. :( Poor, poor 3rd child. I got caught up in all of the "grandma's moving in to her new house" excitement and failed to realize it was the 20th yesterday. Mommy fail.

Size wise, Jill is just about out of 9 month stuff completely. We're using up the last of her size 3 diapers and then we're moving on to 4s. Her "right sized for her age" feet are finally outgrowing her 0-3 month shoes. Or is it her 3-6 month shoes? Whichever size her white sandals are :)

She loves her Jumperoo, the pool, her new single stroller, and watching her brothers. Her brothers love her too and are so gentle, protective, and helpful with her.

She moved into her crib in her room permanently a few weeks ago and began sleeping better immediately. She did the whole "wakeful 4 month old" thing and taught me something new. Just last night, on her 5 month birthday, she rolled over onto her tummy and snuggled in, then fell asleep. Her daddy was completely astonished by this.

Teething is driving her crazy, but still no first tooth. She had her first "food" last week when she ate 2 rice rusks in one sitting. Nothing really since then though. That should start happening a bit more this month.

She is such an easy baby and an old soul. She just hangs out in her Bumbo seat, her stroller, or the Ergo and keeps up with the rest of us. She went to another wedding this month (The Newcombs)...totally the party girl!

Her hair is starting to fill back in, which makes me happy since we've already acquired quite the collection of bows and I can't wait to start doing her hair...I'm really not that in to the headbands.

I love you Jilly Bean!

The Kids at 4 Months

Jillian @ 4 Months

Jillian is weighing in at 16.5 pounds, but I couldn't get an accurate measurement. She's wearing 9 month clothes and starting to wear 12 month stuff too. I'm considering size 4 diapers given the amount of laundry I've been doing recently. Yes, I find that absurd. Still no teeth, but still chewing and drooling like crazy.

She's been a pro at rolling from back to tummy for over two weeks now and in that time has figured out how to pull her knees up, raise her bottom and come dangerously close to moving her arms in an army crawl style. Thankfully she just plows her head into the ground face first for now.

She likes to be on the move...she has a circuit she likes to repeat over and over: jumper, floor to roll around and play with toys, bumbo seat to watch her brothers,  sitting to standing in someone's lap, and briefly in the rock n play sleeper if Mickey Mouse Clubhouse happens to be on tv.

On her 4 month birthday, she switched from infant carrier to big girl car seat. It's purple and I couldn't be happier! Jill is also very happy to be sitting more upright and cries and fusses much less since we made the switch. In fact she seems to fall asleep in it more quickly too...maybe because she's more comfortable.

She's almost always happy and smiling if someone is talking to her and has started babbling regularly and blowing raspberries. This little girl definitely has the Kolbow gift of gab.

Jill now expects every hockey season to end with the Kings winning the Cup! She loves watching hockey and I'm so very happy that she got 2 months of bonus hockey to watch with daddy.

Jillian @ 3 Months

I love my baby girl!

My sister is getting married today, so I'll be weighing and measuring Jill later this week (hopefully...we're also going to potty train her brothers...oye!)

Jill is determined to sit up. She loves watching her brothers and am pretty sure she's going to master sitting on her own in the near future. If she's propped up, she will pull herself up. This is also happening in the infant carrier/car seat. I'm not ready for her to want to sit up more than it allows...I thought it was bad when the boys outgrow theirs at 6 months!

Within the last week, we officially stopped swaddling Jill at night and she began doing 180s in her crib. Not only does this mean she's mobile, but that she's going to be a crazy sleeper like Alex. Kinda bummed she's not a snuggler like Tony, but that's no surprise since she will also put herself to sleep by sucking her two middle fingers on her right hand. A tad independent this one is.

Her teething was getting kind of bad...she was chewing her fist all afternoon, everyday for a week when I finally decided to try a Baltic amber teething necklace. Within 24 hours of putting it on, she stopped chewing her fist and started doing her finger sucking to sleep on her own. I'm a believer! She started drooling a bit this week, so I won't be surprised if she gets her first tooth within the next month. She was born with bulging gums, so I'm pretty sure she'll be beating Tony's early first tooth at 5 months.

She's been handling wedding week festivities and the disruption to her routine like a champ. The only time she'll really cry is if I miss getting her in her jammies at 7 (a time she has designated, not me). She has set her own schedule and I can pretty much tell time by her...it's kind of awesome.

She started playing with toys and enjoying her fish jumper this week. She had a growth spurt last weekend and it was definitely noticed in her development, both physically and cognitively!  She's in her last week or two in 6 month clothes...I can't believe it! She's already outgrowing some stuff lengthwise and it's making me a little sad. And of course, she's in size 3 diapers. Baby girl has some junk in the trunk! 

Where the first 3 months with the boys were the hardest time for me, both because I was a new mom and because there were two of them, I am completely enjoying this fleeting time of Jill's infancy. She's definitely left the newborn stage and moved into babyhood already. She is an easy baby on top of my twin training, so it is rather often that we sort of forget she's there. When she does want to be held, I am never annoyed (thank you to my friends Ergo and Moby) because I know it won't be long at all until she's running around with her brothers.