7 months

Jack’s 7 month birthday was on the day that we were heading to Plano for the Christmas break. Dad had already headed to the ranch to deer hunt and took the camera so this month’s photos are courtesy of the Iphone. Tyler got a deer so he put the good camera to good use.  Man the last month has been crazy with all the holidays and work.  But our little man is doing better than ever and developing so much each week.  He's not my tiny little baby, anymore!

Size: We haven’t weighed you since your 6 months appointment, but you are growing. You are still in 6 month clothes & wearing size 2 diapers. You will be moving onto 9 month clothes and size 3 diapers very soon.

Sleep: You are still waking up about once a night (sometimes twice). We are working on giving you your pacifier and patting you back to sleep. Sometimes this works and other times I end up feeding you. We are trying to break any early morning habits you have (normally you wake around 4 and 5). You go to bed between 7 and 8pm and wake up about 7:15am.

You have started rolling to your side and sleeping on your side. You still will not roll to your stomach, however, we have tried having you nap on your stomach every once in a while. You are quite the mover in your crib at night and move all around.

Activities: Currently you LOVE your jumparoo and will jump and play for very long periods of time in it. Before, your feet did not touch the ground very much so you would just play, but now you jump up and down so much. You are very entertaining to watch.

You love sitting up and playing with toys. You are particularly interested in remote controls, computer pads, & iphones when not playing with your toys.

Food: You are still eating 7-8oz of milk about 4-5 times a day. You have tried many new solids in the last month and tend to like fruits much more than vegetables. You have eaten bananas, mangos, peaches, pears, apples, peas, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, and carrots. You gag when we try to feed you peas…not a fan.

New things: You celebrated your first Thanksgiving and made your first overnight trip to Wichita Falls. You did great during the Thanksgiving meals and just sat with us at lunch and played in your jumper at dinner.

You are so alert & curious. Your hand eye coordination is improving and you grab and pick up everything. You pass things from hand to hand and have learned how to maneuver your pacifier. You turn it around chew on it and then can put it back in your mouth when you want to suck. You tend to pull everything towards your mouth.

When we are holding you while sitting at a table you want to grab EVERYTHING. We have to keep all glasses and plates away from you or you will get them. I try to bring as many toys as possible to prevent this.

You went on your first nursing strike this month & refused to nurse for about 3 days. You would just cry and cry when I tried to nurse you, but you took a bottle fine. It didn’t help that mom’s pump broke during these 3 days (thank goodness for hospital pump rentals). Now you are back to normal.
I have decided you are a blankie baby. We pretty much only use the Aden & Anais blankets with you and we rotate them all, but in order for you to fall asleep or feel comfortable in your carseat you need a blanket to hold on to. When you’re falling asleep in your carseat or if the blanket is not swaddled around you tightly you pull the blanket to your face and fall asleep. This is a bit scary for me so I am often moving it after you fall asleep.

You are not quite crawling but you are getting close. You have mastered sitting up and will often see something far away that you want to grab (a phone or remote normally). When you see the object you will lean over and fall onto your stomach in the ready to crawl position, but pretty much get stuck there. On the hard floor you push yourself backwards when you are trying to get to something.