Seven Month Update

Seven Months Old

The Little Guy is seven months old today. Hard for his mommy and daddy to believe! He has grown and changed so much over the last seven months, and it has been such a joy to see it all. At the same time, it is sad because our little mushy baby is gone. He has become such a big boy!

Since we started solid foods last month, Charlie has been packing on the pounds. We haven't weighed him, but you can see him getting chunkier every day. He has rolls and dimples everywhere. His little face has really filled out a lot. And boy, does this kid love to eat! He is eating twice a day, and still loves everything that we give him. He recognizes his spoon and bowl when I take them out. He starts to wiggle in his high chair because he is so excited to eat. It is too cute. Charlie has four teeth to help him eat his solid food. He has the two bottom middle teeth and two fangs on the top. Normally a baby gets the two top middle teeth first, but Charlie decided he wants to look like a vampire for Halloween!

Charlie is sitting like a pro these days. He still has the occasional fall when he leans too far to one side, but all in all he is really stable. He now sits in the grocery cart when we go shopping and in a high chair at a restaurant. He loves it because he can look everywhere. He is still rolling and turning all over the place, and he gets frustrated when he can't get somewhere that he wants to go. He will flop on his belly and you can tell he just wants to take off. He is so ready to crawl, but Nick and I hope that we still have a few months before that happens.

Charlie's memory has really improved. I try to hide the remote, cell phone, and other grown-up toys from him, but he remembers where they are. He will bend and twist to try to get to them. We bought him his own toy remote control and he has a play cell phone and I-pod at grandma and grandpa's house. Another sign of improved cognitive development has been the arrival of separation anxiety. Charlie is very cautious of other people now. He had a full on hissy fit in the store the other day when a sales person touched his arm. I was shocked because he is normally all smiles when someone pays attention to him.

I am sad to say that we are still having big issues with sleep. Apparently Nick and I are paying for the sleepless nights that we gave our parents. Charlie has a horrible time staying asleep. It isn't nearly as bad as it was a few months ago, but he is still waking up at least twice during the night. Some nights he will wake multiple times before Nick and I have gone to bed. I now understand why sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture. It is just such a blessing that I am able to stay at home this year and that we have so much help from family.

Check out the photo gallery for more recent pictures as well as Charlie's Stats on the side of the blog.