7 Months

Really?  7 months?  It’s true.  I cannot believe it.  I have a feeling that I’ll blink and he’ll be running around outside getting into all kinds of dirty, germy things.  Then I’ll blink again and he’ll be graduating high school.  Yikes.

This boy loves to eat, even though he isn’t great at it yet.  He is using the high chair now (thanks, Lisa!) instead of the pink bumbo seat we borrowed (thanks, Jackie!).

He chews on everything, but he doesn’t have any teeth yet.

Carson is becoming such a fun baby!  He smiles and laughs, makes all kinds of guttural noises I am certain only little boys make, gets excited when he sees me and Ben, and has started reaching for us, which is just precious.

 

We are slowly but surely getting into a fairly predictable schedule.  He wakes up between 6:30 and 7 every morning and then takes 3 naps, about an hour (sometimes two!)  each, throughout the day, and then comes bedtime.  How we hate bedtime.  I’ve tried the tricks for bedtime; give him a relaxing bath, read a book, create a calm environment (most of the time) and there is still nothing that guarantees he goes to bed when we put him down.  Sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn’t.  But when he finally falls asleep, he sleeps all night.  I am sure that will change, but I’m trying to enjoy it while it lasts.

Our little guy is not so little anymore.  He’s not super round, but he is quite long.  He is popping the snaps on many of his 6-9 month onesies, but doesn’t fill them out.  So clothes are kind of a problem for us at the moment.

Carson obviously wants to move.  He’ll “walk” when you stand him up and hold his hands.  He’s not crawling yet, but today he worked for quite a while to get his legs up underneath his tummy but then got frustrated that he couldn’t get anywhere.

I bought a little inflatable pool that we’ve used the last couple days.  We just spend about 20 minutes out there, but Carson likes it.  He got really good at splashing today!

He doesn’t suck his thumb or take a pacifier.  He likes these fingers.

We tried a sippy cup, but he just chews on it, the handles are his favorite.  I really only give him the sippy cup to see him get all excited about it.  I love this boy.