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7 Months Old!

  

7 months old on July 14, 2013

 

Age: 7 months

Birthday: December 14, 2012

Weight: 18 pounds

Height: Will update later

Favorites: Jack loves his stacking rings and music piano (Thanks Emerson). He's starting to like his Rainforest Jumperoo, that I got for $40 in the Babies R Us clearance section! He LOVEs pears and bananas...major steps in the food department! Loves Elmo's World and Hooplaz Kids Animal Sounds (on youtube). And yes we find ourselves singing these songs alllll the time!

Size: Clothes- 3-6 month or 6 month. A few 9month outfits. Diapers-Size 2 (I think we're ready for 3s)

Milestones: Jack can now hold himself up while standing. He can't quite pull himself up yet, but he's trying. He's trying to move, not really crawl, but just can get his arms and legs to cooperate at the same time.  He might just skip the crawling... He's even louder than last month. He's got the "ma ma", "da da" and "ya ya" sounds down. He even sometimes roars like a monster. :) We're practicing waving. He can do it, but it takes him a while to think about it. He can give high fives too :) Still only 2 teeth!!!

Daily Routine: Finally we have a great routine down....and boy does he depend on it. Wakes up at 6:30, bottle around 7. Walk around 8, short nap, and then playtime. Another bottle plus a fruit at 9:30. 10:15 nap. 12-1:30 playtime. 1:30 bottle. 2:00 nap. 4:00 playtime. 5:15 bottle, plus a veggie. 7:45 bath, bottle then bed. He's usually asleep by 8:30.
Exciting things this month:

Jack is such a sweet and happy boy and boy does he love his Mommy! He give me hugs around my neck all the time and shows so much love. He loves his Daddy too, but it must be me being home with him more, he's super clingy. This month we've really enjoyed hanging out with LOTS of friends. He loves other kids and babies. It is sooooo much fun watching him interact with other kids.

Adventures in baby food...

Jack has started eating solid foods and let me tell you it did not start off well!

His very first encounter with solid foods was so disappointing. We were so excited! I couldn't wait to get started. I was sure he was ready...he was eyeing and grabbing our food all the time. I went out and bought his seat, new bibs, and EVERY SINGLE stage 1 choice they sold. We got the camera ready. And this is the reaction we got. :( Sad mommy here!

We started with apples mixed with oatmeal. It actually didn't start this bad. It took him a few tastes to get to that state.

 Not so bad...

 a little smile...

 not sure...

here come the tears!

After 3 days of apples, we moved to bananas. 

Yep same reaction.

We've since tried almost all of the fruits and vegetables. Things have gotten better and he's now used to the texture. Feeding time isn't always happy...we still get some fussing here and there, but it's MUCH better. His favorites so far are peas, sweet potatoes, and pears! Thank goodness he likes something.

 Loves his peas (yuck!)

Snacking on a Mum-Mum :)