~7 Months~

Weight:
20 pounds 1 ounce
Height:

28.5 inches

Clothing Size:
12 Month
Diapers:

Size 3

Feeding:

He is nursing every 3-4 hours, and he eats solids for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  I try to feed him what we are eating, but let's face it, he eats a lot healthier than we do. 

Hair/Eyes:

His hair seems to be getting lighter and fluffier.  My hair was wild and frizzy as a child, and his is starting to stick up.  His eyes are beautiful and blue.

Sleep:

He has been waking up at random times of the night.  Sometimes he wakes up and cried, and sometimes he wakes up and talks to himself.  He can pull up on the crib, so I run in there to make sure he doesn't flip himself over.  We have not been able to lower it since our allen wrench in that size is missing and the screws are stripped.  When we finally get it lowered, I will be more willing to let him cry for a while.

Naps are 45 min to 1.5 hours long...2-3 a day

Favorites:

Cheerios
Sweet Peas
Standing up
Snorting sounds
His big bouncy ball
Going Outside...ready for the cold to be gone completely!
Shelby and Harley still make him smile

Fun stuff:

He crawls fast and everywhere now!  He is no longer just staying in the living room. 

 

He wants to pull up on EVERYTHING.  He will even push himself up off of his dogs.  He sometimes falls over, lands on his back, and whimpers a little and sometimes just lays there and looks at the ceiling like he is trying to figure out what happened.

 

He has figured out the pincer grasp(thumb and forefinger).  Now he can pick up small pieces of food and put them in his mouth.  He gets better at making it to his mouth every day. 

 

Not so fun stuff: 

We have not seen his cousins in 2 weeks because they had the flu and the stomach virus all in one week, so we have quarantined ourselves away.  We will get to see them tomorrow for the first time!

 

He got his 2nd half of the flu shot, so we are "protected" and he was a big boy and did not cry about it.  He whined for a second, and then he stopped when i picked him up.

 

GOOD NEWS:

His heart murmur is gone!  He was born with VSD...ventricular septal defect, and we had our 2nd appointment with the pediatric cardiologist yesterday, and he told us the gabe's heart is perfect now!  We do not have to go back again!