Well our baby boy is 7 months and a week old today. It is going way to fast! He started crawling on January 30th and so we will be baby proofing our house this weekend. If he sees a cord across the room he will start inching his way closer. He is a very curious little boy and I know will keep us on our toes.... for the rest of our lives!
I am trying to get him on more of a routine/schedules these last couple of weeks because his nap schedule is driving me crazy. He will sometimes sleep for 30 minutes to an hour and a half. So for the last 2 weeks I have been recording when he is waking up, eating, and sleeping so I can try to shoot for around the same times each day. So far I have discovered he wakes up around 7:15-7:45 and wants to go down for his first nap at 9:00. He can now go 3.5-4 hours before eating. He is also eating baby food 2-3 times a day. He hasn't met a food he doesn't like so far, lol. He likes and has eaten oatmeal, sweet potatoes, squash, pears, bananas, and green beans. He goes to bed at 8:00. We put him in his bed awake but sleepy and he puts himself to sleep within 5 minutes. Same with naps. But he still takes a swing nap once a day in the evening.
He loves pulling up on his toy bucket and does it all the time. He also likes doing deep knee bends. If he is standing and someone is holding his hands or under his armpits he will do them over and over and over and over and over.... and that is where his huge fat thighs have come from! I LOVE his thighs and they are very ticklish, lol.
I was being pressured to get Ramey's haircut... I didn't want to do it but I was having to sweep his hair out of his eyes every few minutes. So we took him to Snip-Its after everyone recommended it and he did great! We went on the weekend so Harry could be there for the first big haircut and the wait was an hour! We we checked in and then went over to Canes and ate some food, Ramey fell asleep in the car and then we drove out to Deer Creek to look at neighborhoods. We want to move to DC in the next year or two. Then we went back to Snip-Its and only had to wait about 5 minutes then we were up! He sat in a bumbo in the chair and just looked around and was great! But I miss his long hair. I pretty much just stared at him the rest of the day and kept running my fingers through his short hair. It needed to be cut, but he just looks like such a big boy now. And Harry and I also made fun of him and said his forehead looks huge now, lol.
Morning of his haircut Middle of his haircut
All done.... Big Boy!
I started my Mom's group bible study on Monday. I am so excited to be in this group and think it is going to be a huge blessing. Everyone was so sweet and welcoming my first time. There are also 5 other tridelts that are doing the Mom's group too, but they are in different small groups. My delta sisters are everywhere!
Ramey and I have also been trying to do play dates with different ladies and their babies. Ramey got to play with Addi Claire, a precious little 14 month old of one of my sorority sisters on Wednesday, (Thanks for having us over Ashley!) and it was so cute seeing them together. They both wanted whatever the other one had, specifically a hippo board book. I can't wait until we get to start teaching manners, lol. It was also fun seeing what Addi could do and thinking Ramey will be doing those things before long...
Today, Ramey was asked to model for one of my long time friend's wife for some photos. Well of course Ramey woke up early today and his naps were very crazy so he was not in the best mood for pictures. At first he just kind of stared at us, lol and tried to eat all of the props. But once Harry got there and then Gib got there after work, Ramey would smile for both of them! Thanks for asking Ramey to be a model for you, Tracy! Sorry he wasn't as smiley as I was thinking he would be! Hopefully you still got some cute ones you can use!
Here is the 7th month list we do each month. Some of this is repeat info from above, lol
7 Months
January 25, 2013
Uses his pincer grip (1/24/2013)
Is very good at pulling up! First time on 1/18/2013
Will not stay on his back or stop moving when we change his
diaper
Loves Ellie and smiles at her when she is just
sitting/laying down
Laughs at Ellie when she barks or makes her toy squeak
Takes 2 naps in his crib a day and 1 or 2 swing naps
Loves to eat sweet potatoes, pears, avocado, banana,
blueberry puffs and oatmeal!
(Note: these are the only foods he has had and he loves them all!)
TMI: Poop has changed
Laughs when we scare/surprise him
Really LOVES to bounce and had huge fatty thunder thighs
Loves it when we clap
Takes baths in the big bathtub but sits in a cushioned thing
and likes splashing in the water and tries to grab for the drain and his penis
Likes to play catch
Will always calm down immediately if I start singing The
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Sits up in his stroller on walks instead of in his carseat
in the stroller
Loves to nurse still- 6 times a day
Grabs my nose, chin, and cheeks… especially when he is
nursing.
Likes to play with mommy’s bra while he is eating. He is a very busy boy.
Enjoys helping mommy fold the laundry
Is obsessed with drawstrings on clothes. Is also fond of tags on blankets,
clothing, toys, etc.
Likes to be tickled on his feet, tummy, sides, butt, nipples
and arm pits! If I put his
arms up he immediately starts laughing and tries to get away because he knows
the tickles are coming. Same when
I take off his socks, he starts to giggle because he knows I am going to kiss
those feet!!!!
Rubs his eyes when he is tired, just like his daddy.
He giggles when I bite his nails (I still refuse to cut them
with clippers ever since I got his little finger. So I bite them or Harry cuts them while I sing The Itsy
Bitsy Spider and entertain him)
He LOVES Beanie- his string bean toy
Still obsessed with tv and will not get very mad if he can’t
watch it
Will grab anything that is sitting on the arm rest of the
couch
Has all 4 limbs moving and wants to crawl but can’t get the
parts working together and ends up scooting backwards
His favorite part of eating is the spoon and gets mad if he
doesn’t get it at the end of the meal to chew on.
Still loves bouncing in his jumper
Needs a haircut... got one on January 27, 2013- 7 months and 2 days old
Babbles a lot more and likes to talk to himself in his crib
when he wakes up.
Favorite words are aday-day-day-day and daddadaddada
Likes when we put a burp cloth or taggie blanket on his head
and he rips it off and smiles
Giggles when we are taking his clothes off and the shirt
gets stuck on his head
Laughs when I pull his pants up and accidently tickle his
booty and thighs
Some pants that should fit, cannot squeeze over his fat
thighs!!!
Wakes up around 7:45 and goes to bed at 8:00. Dreamfeed at 10:30 and sleeps until the
next morning. If he wakes up in
the night he normally puts himself back to sleep and will even grab his paci
and stick it back in,
Sleeps ON his face! We try to turn his face to the side but
sometimes he will fight us and continue going back to it.
Rolls all around the crib before he goes to sleep. Normally he ends up sleeping on his
side or tummy but never sleeps on his back anymore.
