7 Months

7 months!

This by far has been my LEAST favorite month so far!  

This month has been a month of increased fussiness and difficulty sleeping.  

However, I think we have finally figured out why that is- BASICALLY YOU ARE HUNGRY ALL THE TIME!!!!  And also you are going thru your next wonderweek- i.e crawling and pulling yourself up which you can get very frustrated with. 

You also now need to put yourself to sleep and thanks to a doctor that grampy works with we were given some good tools that have helped.   

Do not get me wrong, I have still had moments that I have loved, but I am ready for the happy all the time Collin to be back.  

Your sleeping this month has stunk..... 

Some nights sleeping 10 hours and some nights waking up every 3- seriously this is not fun!  At first we just thought you were going thru a phase, we tried the Ferber Method on night and failed miserably!  After 2 hours we gave up, that is when we decided.... maybe you are hungry.  BINGO.... 

Then you went back to sleeping well for a couple days then back to being a terror-

this is when we figured out that you need to learn to put yourself to sleep.  

No more rocking, no more singing, etc.  

So now you are drinking 35-42 ounces a day  of breastmilk and then eating 2-4 ounces twice a day of level II food with a snack of 1-2 ounces in the middle of the day.  Yes I know this is more than is recommended but as your grandmother pointed out to me... YOU ARE HUGE... and once we increased your food intake you were much happier and also sleeping better.  

Your favorite fruit are Mangos and Apples.  

Your favorite veggies are Yams.  

You have started eating more meat and grains.  

You absolutely love yougurt!

You are starting to grab for food and wanting to hold your own fork and feed yourself.

We have started working with a slippy cup but really you just play with it right now.  

You know the sign for “Milk”- you can’t sign it yet but if i make the sign and you are hungry you get fussy.  I am starting to love signing.  Right now we just do-  More, Milk, All Done, Mama, and Dada.  

You can pretty much move completely around the room in between crawling and inch worming.  You are starting to try to pull yourself up and trying to stand on your own.  You will not sit still for me to change your diaper, for me to dress you and now for me to feed you.... not fun!  I am learning distraction and giving you a toy that you can mouth seems to help.  

I no longer can get good pictures because you are too fast!

You are taking two naps each day-  they range anywhere from 1 hour to 2 hours but you are definitely down to two naps now and they are thankfully longer.  

You are huge in 9-12 month clothes.  

I actually returned some 9 months for 12 months.  

You were 19 pounds 14 ounces at your 6 month (90%) and 29 inches (98%)  - again not from the Oliveria side.  Your eyes are still blue and I think are going to stay blue.  

You said “Mama” way before “Dada” and now have to point to mama and dada at our picture when we walk in the house because that is something that I have done with you for the last couple of months and now it is our routine. 

You are doing well at school, and loving your teachers.  I know it is only time before they want to move you up to the next room.  This is something I am not happy about but know that it is what it is.  

You now love Clemson- I wish he loved you.... 
He is being a pain in the butt but hopefully will come around.  

Coming up next month....

First Halloween