He's growing up so fast I can't believe it's been 7 months (tomorrow)! It seems so short of a time span but he has changed and grown so much. He makes us so proud everyday.
- He's got to be at least 18 pounds and I'd say 26-26.5 inches (his next appointment isn't until 9 months).
- He's trying to crawl now anytime you put him on the floor. He gets on his hands and knees and does this cute worm thing to move forward. He's even taken 2-3 steps crawling.
- He has only once figured out how to go from crawling position to sitting.
- He goes from sitting to hands and knees very well now.
- He hasn't figured out how to go from lying down to sitting up yet.
- He stays seated very well when you place him correctly.
- He has stayed standing when placed that way and holding onto something. Like a week ago when DH placed him in the pack n play in a standing position and placed his hands on the railing. He stood there on his own very well.
- He eats 3 solid meals per day (homemade) plus 24-30 ounces of formula. He's at around 6 ounces every 3-4 hours during the day.
- He has started trying finger foods like puffs and Mum Mums and does very well.
- He is sleeping anywhere from 8pm/9pm until about 6:30am/7am every night with only 1 or 2 times where we end up coming in to put the paci back in his mouth after whining a little. He hasn't been asking for the bottle in the middle of the night for several days now. He naps usually from 9:30am-10:15(ish) then again for 2 hours at school from 12:45pm-2:45(ish) and then again around 5pm or 6pm for 20 minutes or so. He now falls asleep without a problem when we put him in his crib for naps while awake but drowsy.
- He loves to blow raspberries all the time
- He vocalizes a ton. "Dadadadadada" and stuff like that. He's even trying combinations of sounds.
- It's definitely harder to keep him entertained now. We bought him new toys to stimulate his brain. He still enjoys his jumperoo but it seems like he's not able to spend as much time in it as he did before. He enjoys his walker too but he doesn't move in it too much yet. He has moved back and forth in it but hasn't figured out how to really get it going. And of course, we interact with him a ton!
- He loves to bounce in our laps while we hold him in a standing position.
- When DH says "Where's Mommy?" he turns in every direction looking for me and stops when he finds me. He does the same for Daddy when I ask "Where's Daddy?"
- We put these wall decals in his room of various animals. Whenever we leave his room we point a few out to him "Say 'Hi Monkey friend!", "Say 'Hi, Turtle friend!", etc. That puts a huge smile on his face! We have a large monkey decal right above his crib and whenever I have him standing on my lap in the rocker he has a direct view of the monkey. Without being prompted he starts smiling at his monkey friend...so cute!
- He makes this funny sound that's like a prelude to his laughter. It sounds like when you inhale while constricting your throat muscles a little. It's hard to describe. Sort of what someone with asthma sounds like trying to inhale during an asthma attack. (He doesn't have asthma! No worries!)
- He loves the water! Bath time calms him down quickly if he's fussy and he LOVES pool day at school (it's not actually a pool, just water squirting out of this plastic kiddie splash pool thingy).
- He still has eczema on his face and some places on his body but it isn't too bad. His face is actually much better now.
- He is so resilient and flexible. He doesn't mind being held/changed/played with by different people.
I can keep going but I'd like to keep the readers I've still got (if any?) lol!
I will try to do better with keeping up with my blog and I will try to make it interesting.
Things I'd like to post about soon:
- Our plan to buy a house next year
- Ryan's food...I'll be experimenting with new recipes soon
- Our planned trip to FL to visit my mom in a couple months
- I'm sure there's more ;)
Ok...ta ta for now!
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