7 months old

 

 

Dear Rickybear,

 

It’s Christmas morning and you have just turned 7 months old today.  You are at such a great age right now, even if you are still more interested in the ceiling fan than the twinkling Christmas lights we have decorated the house with.  We have not yet opened presents, but I know you will be a pro at unwrapping them and eating the wrapping paper. 

 

You have had a pretty exciting month.  You went to Bass Pro and visited Santa.  You didn’t cry, but you tugged on his beard.  You had another photo shoot.  You were such a champ even though mommy and daddy were both cranky.  You were fast asleep in the back seat when we saw a Christmas light show that coordinated with music, but afterwards I woke you up and carried you in the sling so we could visit the Messengers, a family who completely decorates their house and yard and welcome hundreds of people every night to come look at their displays.  It was super cold, but we had you wrapped up warmly in a blankie.  You did a great job at keeping mommy warm!  Finally, you made another trip up to work to visit all of the doting ladies.  You weren’t your usual animated self because you skipped your morning nap, but no one seemed to mind when you spit up on them or had a meltdown (or two or three…).  They still thought you were the most adorable lil man.

You are wearing size 6 month clothes.  You can wear 9s, but they are a little long on you. You still never wear shoes, but if you did, you would have on size 2s.  Your Maw Maw bought you the cutest pair of LSU shoes this month!

You wear size 2/3 diapers.  I think that the grandmothers have switched over to using Pampers as well.  You wear Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive during the day and Pampers Baby Dry overnight. 

You still have no teeth.  You seem to be teething because you gnaw on EVERYTHING right now, but I don’t feel any teeth under the gums.

Mommy and daddy are still working overtime so your daily routine is still the same.  Daddy made a "pajama song" that we sing to you ready for your nighttime routine.  We did add fish watching, reading a bedtime story, and singing a song or two to your regime.  We try to get you in bed no later than 9:30 pm.

You are mainly sleeping through the night now.  You occasionally wake up insisting on a bottle, but you can usually make it through.  Your biggest problem is that you scoot all the way up and smash your face into the side of the pack 'n play and then can't really move and you get irritated and start whining.  Or else you flip to your belly and start whining.  Usually I can talk to you and you drift back off to sleep, but sometime I have to adjust your position and lay you back down.

You are a ROLLY POLLY boy right now.  You flip back and forth and back and forth.  It’s too cute!  Except when we are trying to change your diaper and you roll all over…


You like to “talk” a lot now.  LOUDLY.The biggest change has been your eating habits this month since you started eating solids.   You have started having 3 meals a day and that means you aren’t drinking as much formula. You drink 5 oz bottles (on average) of Similac during the day and you take a bottle of Enfamil AR at night.  You are trying pretty hard to pull yourself to standing, but you still need my help to do it.

Making your baby food has been a success so far and I am really proud that I can do that for you.  So far you have tried avocado, oatmeal, green beans, sweet potato, yellow squash, butternut squash, banana, apple, and YoBaby Organic vanilla yogurt.  I have a bunch of fruits frozen in ice cubes just waiting for you to try!  Oh, and some carrots and peas, too.  I hope you like them better than you liked those green beans!  I want you to try everything!

Still no success with a sippy cup.

The cat tolerates you a little better now.  If mommy is nearby then she will sit close enough for you to touch her.  If I don’t help you pet her gently, you tend to yank out a big chunk of her hair and she runs away.  You scare her when you do your happy shriek and flap your arms.  She doesn’t know you do it because you are excited to see her.

You can push up on to all fours and rock back and forth.  No crawling yet, thank goodness.

I think that pretty much sums up your progress for now.  It’s time to go open presents at Maw Maw’s now.  I can’t wait until Christmas next year when you will have a better idea of what’s going on.  I can’t wait to see your excitement!

Love,
Mommy