7 Months!

Dear, sweet, little 'Smo.

I cannot believe you're already 7 months old! You are growing and developing so quickly. You are learning so much! You simply amaze me. Every new thing you do is both a joy and a tiny reminder that you won't be a baby forever. For that reason, I try to soak up every little detail of you that I can. At 7 months, here is what you're up to:


+ You crawl!! Well, army crawl, but still! You can get exactly where you want to go with no trouble whatsoever! And you're quick, too! Nothing is stopping you now! :)

Watch out kitties! It won't be long now...

+ You can sit upright unassisted with only minimal toppling.
+ You can get into the seated upright position all on your own.

This is the kind of thing you do now...

Coming out of the toy basket :)

+ You sat in a public high chair for the first time on Mother's Day.
+ Your babbling is becoming more and more coherent. You can make all kinds of letter sounds, even combination of sounds!
+ You click your tongue and smack your lips.
+ You shake your head no and say "uh-uh"
+Still working on eating. Some days are better than others. You're still not very interested in food and you have a very strong gag reflex. So much so that you make yourself throw up at times. It makes me and Daddy very sad to see you struggle, but you don't seem too bothered by it. You seem to really enjoy feeding yourself and gnawing on steamed veggies. Your favorites are green beans, toast fingers with hummus or fruit preserves, pureed peaches, and mashed avocado. You do not like pears or broccoli and you will only sometimes tolerate apple sauce.

Mmmm...black beans! ha!

+ You can put yourself to sleep! You don't do it every night, but you've done it a few times, and recently you've started putting yourself back to sleep when you wake up at night. I hear you wake up and watch you on the monitor. You look around, study your feet, and roll side to side until you eventually settle on one side. You play with the crib bumper until you just fall back asleep. It has allowed Mommy some extra sleep, which is very nice!
+ You slept through the night over the weekend! You woke up once and put yourself back to sleep, but other than that you didn't wake up until 7:30!

Couch naps... too much cuteness!

Sweet and snuggly!

+ You sleep in your own room in your crib for the whole night about 99% of the time. Last night I moved you to my bed after you woke up at 4:45 simply because I missed sleeping with you. :)
+ You give great open mouth kisses! You especially like to kiss Daddy's nose by putting the end of it in your mouth! And whenever I pick you up out of bed to feed you or get you up for the day, you wrap your arms around my neck and kiss/lick my cheek. <3 p="">

Nose kisses! :)

Daddy does some silly things to you...but you're a good sport!

+You're starting to giggle a lot more often, but you still reserve them for especially hilarious things...like Daddy sticking his tongue out at you or Mommy threatening to "eat you up!"
+Despite only laughing occasionally, you smile all the time! Such a happy boy!
 +You love taking baths, but it's getting trickier! You want to sit upright and not reclined in your bath seat. But if you lean forward too much you tip the seat. And if we try to put you directly in the tub, you slip and slide and try to crawl around. Still working on a solution!
+ You HATE getting out of the bath! You scream and cry while we lotion and dress you. You act like we're torturing you. We also have to pin you down b/c you try to roll away. It's all a little dramatic!
+You still like to snuggle when you're sleepy, but you mostly want to get on the floor and play.

I love you with all my heart, little boy! You are SUCH a joy and a happy, laid-back baby! Everyone thinks so! :)

Love,
Mommy