Age: 7 months
Weight: about 17 pounds
Clothing Size: mostly 6-9
months with a few things 3-6 months that still fit, some shorts, and Gymboree
outfits.
Likes: Bathtime. He took his first bath in the big boy bathtub and loves it! He plays and splashes, and even flops down to his belly. Taking walks. Playing outside. Laying in bed with mommy.
Dislikes: Being left alone
in the room, he at least wants to be able to see someone.
Sleeping: Bedtime has backed
up about an hour. Day care really wears him out. He is occasionally sleeping
through the night, but he does wake up wanting to eat, and I have to relax him
and get him back to sleep. Hoping it gets easier. Not much consistency.
Eating: At his 6 month
check-up I was told to eliminate the middle of the night feeding. After waiting
for him to get over his first cold it has been going pretty good. Other than
that, he eats cereal in the morning for breakfast, and loves it. He is doing
much better taking a bottle at day care. At home he eats baby food at dinner,
and nurses before bed. He is hilarious at bedtime when I am getting ready to
feed him, he gets so excited and animating waiting for me. He learned to hold
his own bottle, and is doing very well feeding himself.
Playing: Right after he
turned 6 months he began to sit up very good on his own. One night, he was just
able to sit up, and sat there for a good 20 minutes. We have also found that he
is entertained in his “ghetto” playpen (a laundry basket). I think it is
because it keeps his toys close. The “ghetto” playpen didn’t last too long, we
had to move him up to the full size playpen, which isn’t as convenient but
works just as well. He likes to watch Mickey Mouse in the mornings on my iPad,
and many times if I am on my iPad in front of him, he acts as though he wants
it.
What we did this Month: With
the move, starting school, and going to day care things have been very busy.
Tooth number 2 has made its appearance, again the lower middle. Grandma
or Grandpa takes him to daycare in the morning, it’s a big help to me since
it’s so far out of my way. We made a trip back down to Murray, which completely
threw off his schedule for the weekend. I took Connor to his first U of L
tailgate, although we didn’t stay for the game. He of course loved being outside,
but seemed to be taking the whole experience in.
First Tailgate
Baby Contest: Second Runner Up
