The summer months 7-11 months

Bella at 7 months
Bella at 8 months

In June Bella decided that she didn't need sleep anymore. Our once wonderful sleeping baby, no longer slept. AT ALL!!! In was also then that Jesse and I went on a much needed vacation to Mexico while my mother got to stay with Bella. Poor soul, I think she was looking forward to when she could go home and sleep. We are still struggling with the sleep issues today. Although I have done some research and it seems this sleep thing may be common for chromosomal children, and this is something we will just have to deal with. I would say 3 out of the 7 days we are completely exhausted from a bad night's sleep. And the other 4 days when she sleeps through the night are glorious. This is of course as long as she isn't sick, because when she is sick, everything changes. Bella at 9 months
At around 9 months Bella had stopped gaining weight. In fact from 6 months to 9 months she had lost a couple of ounces. So we started seeing a bunch of new specialists. We meet with a development pediatrician specialist. He was the first doctor to admit to us, that in looking at Bella he would be surprised if she ever walked or talked. He told us to not rule anything out, but also to be prepared for that fact. I believe I cried a little on the way home from that visit, as I was coming to terms with the fact she would probably need a wheelchair, and would be far behind, but I hadn't heard the term "NEVER".
Also because she had stopped gaining weight we were told to stop doing baby foods and concentrate on higher calorie formula to get her the nutrition she needed. So we did.

Bella at 10 months