7 Months Old!

Eli,

You are seven months, 5 months away from turning one and I can't believe it! You are the sweetest, cuddliest baby ever and I enjoy spending every moment with you! You are so happy and already have the cutest personality. You are starting to look more and more like a little boy and less like a little baby, this makes me so sad, but I must say I think you are going to be one handsome little man, just like your daddy! We love you little man and can't wait to see what 8 months brings!

Love,

Mommy

A little about you at 7 months old:

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  6 mo. clothes are too small and you are more in the 9-12 mo. range. You are still in size 3 diapers and your size 2 shoe is on the verge of being too small.


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  You are no longer eating cereal, but 2 baby foods in the morning and evening with an occasional food in the afternoon. You are also eating fruit melts, fruit puffs and soggy cheerios (and have had ice cream on occasion)!


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  We are working on weaning to a bottle because all of a sudden Mommy is not making enough milk :*( You were getting so frustrated the other day because you weren't getting it fast enough. I tried pumping and found that I was not pumping very much. Not sure if it's a combination of working out a lot more and not drinking enough water, or now that you are eating more baby food, I'm not sure. I am able to nurse you 1-2 times a day, but then you are taking bottles the rest of your feedings. The first time I tried, you wouldn't take a bottle, I offered it on and off for an hour and then gave up. You skipped one feeding and then decided you were over being a tough guy. You are doing great now, at least I know you're taking anywhere from 5-7 oz.


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  You are finally rolling from belly to back, even though I haven't actually seen you do it. I only know because of waking up and checking on you on the monitor. You will be on your tummy at one point and then when I check on you later you're on your back. Maybe you don't even know you're doing it, because you pretend to not know what I'm talking about when I tell you during tummy time that you can do it!


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  You have been sitting up all by yourself for almost a month now and you prefer to sit and play with toys on the floor, rather than play in your exersaucer or jumparoo.


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  You love to be outside, just like your sister. You got a swing for Easter and LOVE it! You love when Rylee swings next you, you just watch her and smile the whole time, it's so sweet!


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  You are grabbing everything in sight, even if I think it is out of your reach you manage to stretch and get whatever it is you want, which is EVERYTHING! You especially LOVE to pull hair, I'm pretty sure Rylee and I will be bald very soon ;)


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  You love to squeal and laugh and your new thing is growling. You sound like a little bear, smiling as you growl, cutest thing!


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  You ride like a big boy all the time now at the store and sit in highchairs at restaurants, you think it's pretty cool!


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  I have found that you like drinking water out of a big boy cup (regular cup) rather than your sippy cup. You will drink out of your sippy for about a second and then just start chewing it. If I give you a regular cup of water, you actually drink it. You also love when I give you some of my water when we are out through a straw!


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  Daddy has tried putting you up on your knees in a crawling position (not sure why, he's crazy). You don't care for it at all, totally not interested, which is totally fine with me, I'm not ready for that yet!

I love you Eli boo!!!