Seven Months

 

 Carter, you are seven months old today! Each month just goes by quicker and quicker.  It is so great watching you grow and change right before our eyes.  I once again will be filling this blog with your pictures because I can't get enough of your cute face.  I love you little man!

 

 

 

 



Daredevil in the making! I snapped this picture and tossed the camera to grab him.



Look Mom! One hand!

 

 

No more pictures!!

BABY STATS:

(So, I overestimated your height and weight last month. That's what happens when you weigh yourself first and then weigh yourself holding you to get your weight!)

Weight: 15 lbs 8 oz 

Length: 25 3/4 in

Hair Color:

Red with a little blond

Eye color:

Blue with a little green on the inside

Diaper Size: You are wearing size 3 diapers.

Clothes Size: You are in 6 month clothes mainly but I have been pulling out a few 9 months clothes for you.  Some of the 6 month shirts aren't long enough and your little belly hangs out.

Nicknames: Tarter Sauce!

Sleep: You are pretty scheduled with your sleep still.  You take 3 naps a day and sleep, almost, all through the night.  You have been going through a spurt where you are waking up every morning between 2-3am. 

Eat: You are still nursing and you have been getting to try more solids.  You like avocado.  We are doing a mixture of purees and Baby Led Weaning.  With Baby Led Weaning you get manageable pieces of solid food.  You don't actually eat much but mainly taste it and figure out how to maneuver it around your mouth.  You have tried green beans, noodles, bread, pear, banana, carrots, potatoes, chicken and fish.  Our only issue right now is you have started to bite me when you are nursing.  Not cool!!

Daily Routine: You are still on the same routine as last month.  You wake up between 6-6:30am.  Then you play for 2 hours before you take your first hour long nap.  Once you are up you play for 2.5 hours until your next nap.  We do that all again one more time for the day and then by 6:30pm you get a bath before your 7pm bedtime. 

Milestone: You now sit like a champ without using one arm to hold you up!  It makes it so much easier for you to sit and play with a toy now.

You are pulling up to stand on anything and everything now.  You will even let one hand go to reach, grab, smack something or to just stand there like a champ.  You have also figured out how to crouch back down to sit after standing.  You started out just falling backwards whenever you were done so we had to start pitting pillows behind you to prevent a bumped head. You will attempt to stand on your own but that also results in a fall.

You have figured out how to blow raspberries! It is so cute.  You will mimic anyone blowing raspberries at you and laugh.

You used a sippy cup for the first time this month.  You still don't really know what to do with it so a lot of the time you are just playing with it.

 

Likes: You like to poop EVERY time you are in the car seat.  We really don't get it but its a guarantee that if you are in the car seat and start fussing, that you pooped. Haha!
You love your brother!  You chase him all around the house and laugh at him.

You get so excited to see your family.   Whenever you see your Grandparents you start smiling and crawling for them.   

Dislikes: You hate having your diaper changed.  You do not have the time to sit still to get the diaper put back on once it is off.  You get so mad and try to turn over and crawl away before I can get it back on you. 
You don't like seeing other people eat if you aren't being fed too. I was eating a Madeline and you yelled at me while I ate it.  You are way too young for a cookie so I didn't share.  You cried when I finished it.  I promise I will not eat anything you can't have, in your presence, from now on!

Firsts:

First time in the Inflatable Ducky Bath

First shopping trip sitting in the cart

 

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