Month 7

Age: 7 Months

He looks so grown up!  Where did my baby go?

Weight: No official weight, but you're definitely continuing to gain weight.

Height:  Taller every day.  Though you haven't outgrown your 6-9 month clothes, yet.

Favorite activity:   Swinging with Grandad.  We bought you a swing before our trip North, but we didn't get it put up before we left.  Grandmother and Grandad have a porch swing on their deck and you spent a lot of time out there swinging with Grandad with the biggest grin on your face.  Installing your swing moved up to priority #1 when we returned.

Honorable mentions:  Crawling, exploring, generally causing trouble...

Least favorite activity:  Boy, diaper changes are a fight.  You're constantly turning over and trying to get away.  I'm going as fast as I can!

Milestones:   There have been so many!  It seems that you're learning something new every other day.  You're close to figuring out how to pull up.  You're becoming more and more independent and you enjoy exploring EVERYTHING.  This month brought us your first long road trip (10+ hours), your dedication at church, and lots of first visits with family.

Words: Still no words, though Grandpa taught you raspberries.  I'm still contemplating a proper "thank you" for that.  :o)  Daddy and I are trying to incorporate more sign language into our day so that, when you are old enough, you will be able to pick it up easily.

Sleep:  Sigh.  Sleep has become our nemesis.  One day, you sleep like clockwork.  Two hours up, two hour nap.  The next day, forty-five minute power naps.  I have no idea how to get things more consistent.  A two week vacation did NOTHING to help our cause.

Mama!  I can taste freedom.  It tastes...furry.

Best Moment:  Watching you interact with your grandparents was pretty darn cool.  You're a lucky little man to have so many people love you so much.

Worst Moment:  The three hours of whining/whimpering as we drove stunk pretty royally.  Luckily, the next day, you slept almost the whole trip the following day.

Oooo...hello puppy!

Eating:  You are eating everything!  You love apricots and sweet potato puffs.  I think you may have some kind of reaction to bananas, but I'm not 100% sure yet.  You used your mesh feeder to eat watermelon and you LOVED it.  We're getting ready to start you on solids three times a day.  First, I need to research what a typical day of food for a 7 month old looks like.  You're not ready to just eat what we eat, but I don't want to feed you the same thing day in and day out.  Month 7 will be a month of food experiments!

What's the big deal, Mama?

Teeth: Still just 2.  Though, I am hoping the top two will pop through any day.  You drool like a St. Bernard, baby.  

If you look close, you can see your two teeth!