Sevens Months Old

Preston is seven months old today and his two biggest accomplishments this month were.....

1.) Solid foods

Preston started eating solid foods this last month and took to it like no kid I have ever seen. Connor did not have any problems with transitioning to solid foods but even he was not as quick to learn it as Preston. Preston now gets really excited when he sees a jar of baby food or a baby bowl with a spoon in it for him. He also is really good at chewing while he is eating, even though his food has nothing chewy in it. I am hoping this means we will not have any problems with him when it comes time to introduce crackers and chewy food.

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2.) Greatly increased mobility

Preston is able to roll and scoot anywhere he wants to go now. You can set him down in one area of the room and 30seconds later look up and he is all the way across the room! It is hard to keep up with the kid sometimes. Luckily though he is easily entertained by it and by the toys he can now reach. And since this makes him more independant it frees up Mom's hands to do other things around the house. Preston is also trying very hard to crawl now, so we are trying hard to remember to let him have barefeet in the house. This way he can get some traction on the carpet with them.


"Mmmmmmm....Toes!"

**NOTE: The rest of this post is pretty mundane but atleast it will let you know how well the little man is doing. If you dont want to read due to a low boredom threshold, it is ok to stop now.

Other than those two big accomplishments, Preston is only occasionally sleeping through the night. We thought that the increase in solids in his nighttime routine plus switching to specially formulated nighttime formula would help him sleep through the night but we were wrong. Most nights he is hungry around 1 to 2am but luckily he goes back to sleep very quickly. He will be sleeping through the night someday though. Atleast, that is what I keep telling myself!

Traci, the boys' nanny, has been great at getting Preston on a napping schedule. He naps twice a day and his second nap is at the same time (usually) as Connor's nap. So that gives us atleast one break a day to do something non-kid related.

Preston is still a big talker and talks almost non-stop. He loves to say "Ma! Ma!" now even though I know it is not meant for me just yet. He is a big giggler and squealer and loves to answer you when you call his name. He also loves to watch the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Little Einsteins. I know you read and hear everywhere "Dont let you kid watch TV till they are 2!" but that is just plain impossible when you are in the room with both boys at once and one is obsessed with Rocket aka...Little Einsteins. So we have taken the "TV in moderation" approach in our house.