7 Months

I have a 7 month old - unbelievable!  He is getting bigger, learning more, and becoming more & more precious daily.  It is so neat to see how much he has changed just in the last few months alone.  This is such a fun stage!  Matthew loves to play, snuggle, and explore.  He is so very curious about the world around him and I love it!  Here are our 7 month stats - enjoy!

~ We do not go back to the doctor again until you are 9 months old, but we did our own measurements.  You are close to 20lbs and are still measuring 27 inches.  I picked you up the other day and it felt like you had gotten bigger over night!

~ You're in size 3 diapers during the day and size 4 at night.  I am starting to pack up your 3-6 month clothes and will need to do the same with your 6 month clothes soon.  Right now, you should be in 6-9 month clothes, but that size is SO hard to find.  

~ You are still taking a bottle of formula 4 times a day, but you are now eating 8-8.5 oz at 8, noon, 4, and 8.  This schedule started when you dropped your 6:30 pm nap.  You now only nap from about 9:30-11:30 and 2:30-4.  With no nap in the evening, you are exhausted by 8:00 and are ready for your bottle and bedtime.  You are also eating fruits/vegetables twice a day (9:00 am and 7:00 pm).  You've eaten, and liked, pears and apples.  You did not like bananas and avocado.

~ I posted in your 6 month blog that you were rolling everywhere - boy was I wrong.  Now, you are REALLY rolling EVERYWHERE!  If you want to get somewhere, you just roll.  I can see your brain working to figure out how to get to your destination and/or toy.  You've also started scooting with your feet.  You're not crawling yet, but I can tell you want to so badly.  You can push up with your arms and get up on your knees, just not at the same time.  You'll get it soon :-)  In the mean time, you are definitely a little busy-body.

~ You talk constantly and I love it!  You've said "mama", "dada", "baba", and "gaga".  I'm happy to report that you said "mama" first, even though you still don't associate the word with me.  I could listen to your stories all day.  You make your daddy and me laugh because you are now working on squealing and screaming as loud as you can.

~ My absolute favorite thing is that you are reaching for me when you want to be held.  It is the cutest thing ever!  You really started this while at a bridal shower and were being passed around.  Since then, those little arms raise up when you see me and it puts a big smile on my face :-)

~ You've loved it when we clap our hands since day one, and now you've figured out how to clap your own hands!  Those little hands still amaze you.  You'll stop playing with your toys to observe your hands/fingers and see what all they can do.  It makes you happy when you're able to clap those hands together and make noise with them.

~ Sitting up is now standard.  You'd much rather sit up to play with toys than lay on the floor.  You're working so hard to go from laying down to the sitting up position on your own.  

~ Your favorite things right now are bath time (you love those bath squirty toys), your Little Tikes Workbench, Sophie the Giraffe, jumping, and being tickled.  You still love being read to (the teacher in me loves that) and patting each page as we read.

I cannot thank the Lord enough for the blessing of being your mommy.  You bring so much joy to our family, Matthew, and we look forward to seeing you grow and learn.

You had that monkey flying all over the place during our photo shoot.