7 months old

 

Growing up so fast! It seems like it took him awhile to get to this stage, but now he's getting so big! Literally..he's a big boy.  Do you see how he comes to James' shoulder?!

 

  He is so much fun. He's so sweet. Smiley. Chatty. Happy. Love him so much.

 

Here's what he's up to this month:

 

*Sleeping from 7:30/8-6:30am. Waking up one or two times in the night. Last week it was only once..it was so nice!! It seems like if I can stuff him with enough food (about as much as an adult) then he'll sleep. He slept from 10-7 the other day!

 

*Speaking of food..I always knew our grocery budget would be through the roof with 3 huge men in my house. But I think Eli is going to cause that budget to go up a lot sooner than I thought!! He seriously eats a half a bowl full of food. It's amazing. He's the best eater too. Just opens right up and swallows it without spitting any out or fighting me to put it in. It's so quick!

 

I'm feeding him in the morning around 9:30, after his first nap. And around 7, before he goes to bed. He's tried banana, sweet potato, yogurt, pears, prunes, green beans, carrots. Likes them all! I just mash up a banana every morning, but at night I have been giving him baby food that I have acquired randomly. So I have used that all up and now it's time to jump on the homemade train! I have pureed some sweet potatoes for him already, but that's it. So I have some carrots and squash in the oven. I figure we'll eat what we want and then I'll puree the rest for him! Seems easy enough right now. We'll see what happens when he's eating more often..hopefully I can keep up with him! But the baby food jars are $1 each (not organic) and he would go through 2 of those. Today I bought a squash for $2 and organic carrots for $1.20. and those will last him longer than one feeding. So I think with his appetite I am going to have to keep making it. Plus it just tastes better!

 

*Napping three times a day. Usually a little over an hour each time. He goes down around 9, 12, and 3. The boys usually overlap at 1:00 so its nice to have that time to myself!



*Sitting up by himself! If he reaches really far for a toy he will fall over, but for the most part he's sitting up alone!

so handsome. and his long fingers.

*Getting his arms fully extended while on his tummy. Today he was trying to lift his butt in the air at the same time..crawling soon?! I think he's soo long it might take a little while, but maybe he'll army crawl like James did.

 

*Still has a lot of stranger anxiety. Even if I'm holding him and he's not sure who it talking to him he will start crying sometimes. Usually he will look at me for reassurance and he won't cry, but there are times he still does. And if someone else tries to take him he's for sure crying. Unless you have blonde hair! We've kind of narrowed it down and dark hair and glasses are not his favorite!

 

*He loves toys that light up. Loves to put his hands/toys in his mouth. Loves his exersaucer. Loves to watch James play. Hates hats. He pulls it off in a second.

one of his favorite toys



*Started him on the toilet! He pushes so hard it's easy to know when he's going poop so I've started running him to the toilet. Gotta get them used to having a bare butt. He's gone a few times. A couple times I haven't gotten him on there fast enough. It's hard to run him in there and get his clothes and diaper off before he goes sometimes! It took a little bit of encouraging for me to decide to do it again with Eli (I started this young with James also) because it's a lot of work! It's so much easier to let him to just poop in his diaper! But then I was reminded how nice it is that James was potty trained so young and it's so much nicer to not have to change a stinky diaper!

 

Always busy around here. Enjoying the fall weather and looking forward to the holidays quickly approaching!!