7 Months Old!

Some ways Ian has changed in the past month:

1. He gained 1.5lbs as he now weighs 17.25lbs, which puts him at the 28th percentile!  Size 3-6 month pants now fit him (they were too long in the past). He mostly wears size 6-9 month clothing as he is in the pictures in this post. The ones in the brown outfit were taken on Saturday, and the blue outfit photos were taken today.

2. He's getting much closer to being able to sit independently. He's at least a month behind his sister in this regard.

3. When he wakes up, he rolls over onto his back. This means he's usually happily looking at his mobile when I go up to get him out of his crib. Previously he was always upset when I'd go get him even though I'd go as soon as I realized he had awakened.

4. He's enjoying playing with toys even more although he's still not a fan of the gym. He will play with toys while he's in the highchair, his swing, or the bouncer. He is so strong he pulls the toys off of the bouncer and regularly pulls the cow so that it makes music. The gloworm his Aunt Millie got him for Christmas is one of his favorite toys.

5. He's gotten a little better at eating solid food although he's still lagging far behind where Nadia was at this stage. He much prefers milk over anything that's served on a spoon! I'm grateful though that unlike his sister he still loves to nurse. It's so wonderful to have nursing not be a stressful thing any more now that he's gaining weight nicely, off the shield, and nurses very easily.

6. He still laughs and smiles very easily, and he's becoming more and more verbal. He also loves to blow raspberries, lol!

7. He adores his sister. If I have to compete with her for his attention, I will always lose. If she gives him any attention whatsoever, he laughs a deep belly laugh.

8. He's gotten a little better about tummy time, but he still doesn't like it very much.

9. He discovered his feet! I was wondering when he'd start playing with them. He finally has done so.

10. His blonde hair came in quite nicely over the past month.

11. He's doing much better with sleeping at night. That wasn't the case last night when I let him cry at 4:30am because I had already fed him from 3:15-3:45, but the previous two nights he had slept through the night without any feedings - YAY!

12. His naps have gotten a bit longer. The average is now 45 minutes, and sometimes they are 1 hour long whereas a month ago the average was 30 minutes.