Ben: 7 months

Ben's 7 monthday was marked by a diagnosis of a double ear infection. Poor little guy. The pediatrician who saw him was impressed that this is his first sickness though, being in daycare and all (although only for 3 months and now only a few times a week).

Ben is starting to be on the move! He rolls around to get to where he wants to go. Mostly he goes for Colin's toys and the wall. He can sit up like a pro, and is even stretching himself to try to get onto his belly from a sitting position. He can scoot backwards, spin in a circle on his belly, and I swear he moved from one spot to another while sitting yesterday. He wants to start pulling up now as well. He'll even try to pull up onto a wall which doesn't work so well :) We've been swimming quite a few times and he seems to really like being in the water.

Ben is eating a bunch of solid table foods now. We're doing Baby Lead Weaning (aka Baby Self Feeding) so we skipped purees. He eats oatmeal, waffles, pancakes, avocados, bananas, peaches, pears, apples, carrots, peas, carrots, sweet potato fries, mango, spaghetti noodles, some hot dishes, chicken, puffs, yogurt, rice, and I'm sure there's more he's had that I just can't think of. He's using a sippy cup with a straw and loving it. For now he gets water in it and he not only loves to drink, he also likes to spit the water out and bang the cup on his high chair tray.

At his appointment for his ear infection on Tuesday, he weighed in at 28 lbs 11 oz. He's gaining a pound a month now instead of a pound a week! Reassuring. I did pack away all of the 12 month clothes recently. He's definitely in 18 months and moving quickly to 24 months (I refuse to get out the 2Ts. A 7 month old should not be wearing clothes that end with a T!).

Ben wakes up at night about 1-2 times. He usually goes to bed by 8:00, wakes up between 11-1 and then again at about 5 and goes back to sleep for another hour.

Ben communicates using a high-pitched screams. He makes other "talking" sounds too, of course, but no real "babbles" yet. And he blows raspberries like it's his job.

 

He's working on his front teeth (still). Some days he wears 3 different shirts because he gets them so sopping wet with drool.

I have a feeling this month we'll be seeing Benny become more mobile and then WATCH OUT, big bro! I can('t) wait. I'm not exaggerating when I say he's a little on the heavy side to carry around. ;) All the more of little Benny Boy to love.