Mary Clark...oops is 7 months tomorrow

At 6 months old Mary Clark was 27", 90th percentile, and 16 lbs 1 oz, 50th percentile. She also had an ear infection, the same one she had back in mid-January. I am pretty sure this is something we will struggle with and eventually have to get tubes. This is foreign to us, because Mary Clark has already had more ear infections than Meg. Mary Clark is playing so well with all of her and Meg's toys and sits up very solidly. She lights up whenever anyone is interacting with her and always babbles back. I cannot imagine that she will talk as much as Meg, but who knows. She is a more sporadic eater than Meg and often does not finish her bottle/food. But, she has liked everything we have given her. She has also been playing with the sippy cup, and is really catching on well. She has just recently become very needy in the afternoons. It is VERY hard for me to cook dinner. She is so content if you are just sitting beside her as she plays, but as soon as you get up to do something else she starts screaming her pretty little head off. The highchair right beside me in the kitchen works well for a bit. But, today I did find her chewing on a marker (luckily it was closed) that Meg thought she "needed". Yes, since it was entertaining her I even let her keep it. She is well on her way to the break through of her first tooth.