Happy 7 months Henry!!!
Weight: We didn't go to the doctor this month, so I'm not sure.
Length: same here.
Clothes: Just about out of 6 month stuff, it all still fits around but it's getting pretty short. He is in 9 month footy jammies and is about there as far as jackets and pants go. Shirts and onesies still fit okay. 12 month is still too big. I had to get this little aviator jump suit because it was on sale and so cute. He already had the hat. Adorable little guy.
I have an obsession with baby shoes.
Likes: His favorite things are rolling around the floor between all his toys, his duck rattle all of a sudden, his new farm toy I pulled out of the basement. The crawl N' roll ball and his caterpillar rattle. He loves teething toys as well since he got his first tooth!! It finally popped through 1 day before he turned 7 months. It's his bottom left one. Can you see the tiny little mark on his gums in the center?
Dislikes: speaking of which, he does not like teething. But who does. Poor little guy. He is trying so hard to stay happy but somedays he just melts into me and whines while I rub his gums with my finger back and forth until he falls asleep.
Sleeping: He sleeps in his crib of course but lately (the last 3 weeks) he has decided that 2-4am is PLAY TIME! He fusses enough to get me to come in the room and then when he sees me he smiles and coos and laughs and puts his arms up for me to get him. He doesn't care about eating much at that time just wants to snuggle and sit on my lap and play. Dr. Grossman said "no sir, that is not play time" and told me this is the time when he is old enough to learn to cry it out. I'm not a cry it out kinda mom. It kills me when he cries, maybe because it's so incredibly rare. Seriously he's never cried with shots once, he just is so easy going and good. When he actually cries I know he either doesn't feel good or he's pissed (which is also rare). Dr. Grossman said to go in there when he wakes me up and tell him "Henry, I'm here. I love you very much but it is night time and not play time. Go to sleep" give him his pacifier and walk right back out without picking him. 5 seconds. That way he knows I heard him, that I'm there and I love him but that he doesn't call the shots on play time. I did it once and he played in his crib and kicked around for 45 minutes until he finally got MAD! He screamed bloody murder and actually cried, I could see real tears on the monitor and I felt horrid so I let him do that for 20 minutes but when he actually cries I don't think it helps to not respond so I went to get him, he wanted to nurse and I fed him. He ate ALOT and then immediately fell back to sleep. I felt terrible that maybe he really was hungry and I cried too. Poor guy. Mean mommy. I was geared up to try again the following night and he has slept through the night the next 5 nights. Explain that one to me.
Here he is looking over his crib rail for me. :( Heart Breaking.
About ten minutes later....out.
He wanted to hold my hand the other day while he fell asleep, Sweetest little momma's boy ever.
He has figured out that he can find his pacifier and put it back in himself which helps with the self soothing thing. He doesn't always put in back in the right way but apparently he doesn't care. He slept like this for 30 minutes.
Then he takes long naps because he has been awake all night. But we are working on it.
Eating: Per his usual, he is great eater. He loves his fruit and vegetables and now we are trying to get him onto table food. I am still exclusively breastfeeding (no formula) when he takes milk but we are working on adding lunch to our routine as well as breakfast and dinner that we already do. I've been giving him ripe banana, chunks of avacado, pears etc and some organic yogurt melts that dissolve in his mouth. He is funny about texture but he is learning.
He can officially sit in a high chair like a big boy when we go out to eat.
Playing: He lays on the floor and rolls and rolls and rolls around. I have a big blanket set down with all his toys on it and he literally is never on it. He is on the carpet around it rolling all over. He is spending more time on his tummy than his back and loves to sit and play with toys too. I put his big swing away because he doesn't like sitting in it anymore. :(
Other Milestones: He is working on sounds now, he coos and babbles all the time but there have been some definitive H, D and M sounds mixed in now. I am working with him on saying "Hi", he sounds like he says it alot but it's more of a "hi-i-i-i-i-hi-i-i" babble. We will see what his first words are. I can't wait!
What Dr. Grossman Said: We saw him very briefly for his flu shot booster and I had him look in his ears while we were there just to confirm his pulling on them is jaw/teething pain and not actual ear pain. He agreed but I was glad I checked. He always comments on how social and laid back he is which is nice for me as a mom. I love those qualities in him. It makes me feel like I am doing a good job. We won't have another check up until 9 months, cra-zy!
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