Seven Months Old

I don't know what it is about the number seven. When I thought of Ethan being 1 month, 2 months, all the way up to 6 months, I think of my tiny little baby. But now that he's 7 months, I just don't think of him as a baby for some reason. Maybe it's because 7 months is past the halfway mark - 7 is closer to 12 than zero! He's closer to being a big one-year old than a newborn. Okay, enough rambling...


Here are Ethan's stats (according to our unofficial measurements):

Weight: 18.8 pounds
Height: 28 1/2 inches


What Ethan's been up to this month:

• SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!! I can't even think of the last time I had to get up in the middle of the night. It's been at least 2 weeks. Talk about a happier, more rested Mommy!


• Bouncing - that boy LOVES to bounce up and down in his exersaucer


• Smiling - Ethan has been SO happy lately. Even the ladies at daycare have noticed it. He's just much more playful and smily than he's ever been before.


• Rocking and Scooting - When we set Ethan down on the floor, he will stay up on his hands and knees for a little bit now, and sometimes even rock back and forth a little. Once he collapses and is on his belly, he kicks his legs and will scoot backwards a little.


• Eating - He finally loves to eat baby food! He's started pigging out, too. We just switched to the Stage 2 foods, which have bigger jars. He'll usually eat 2 jars at lunch and dinner. When we were on the smaller jars, he'd eat 3! He's learned to eat just about anything, even bananas and green beans, which he didn't care for the first few tries. He still drinks his milk at 7:00am, 11:30am, 4:00pm, and 9pm, but only 6 ounces, except for the bedtime feeding, he drinks 8 ounces.
• Talking - Ethan is especially talkative in the morning when I first get him out of bed and change his diaper. He says "ma ma" a lot, and then a lot of babbling with the /b/ sound.
• Chewing/Gnawing - I didn't think he could do that any more than he already was, but he sure can! He's found a new obsession - a foam star that he plays with in the bathtub. He would chew on that all day if we let him. I need to get a video of that.


• Grabbing - YIKES! He's already broken two of my necklaces and who knows how many hairs he's pulled out.


• Favorites Song - Roll the Gospel Chariot


• Favorite Books - Down by the Bay, Ten in the Bed, Speedy Little Race Cars

Here's Ethan at one month:

Four months:

Seven months!:

Happy seven-month birthday, sweet boy!