Baby Brother is 7 Months Old!

Baby Brother weighs 18 pounds! It's hard to believe that our little sausage was ever in danger of falling off the growth chart! He wears size 6 to 12 month clothes, and even some 12 to 18 month.  He LOVES food, and eats 2-3 servings per meal!  We are feeding him lunch and dinner and his most recent favorite is apples with zucchini.  I usually make baby food out of whatever yummy fruits and vegetables come in our co-op every week, and so far, it's working great!  He's still nursing every 2 hours during the day...the kid loves to eat!

The sleeping was getting so much better...and then came the teeth! He's back to waking 2 to 3 times per night, so I'm waiting for the teething to calm down and then we'll try sleep training again. He goes to bed at 6:00 p.m. and wakes up around 6:00 a.m. He takes 2 to 3 naps a day, and those are getting better, too. Sometimes, I even get 2 hours in the afternoon. K is back to napping on non-school days, which makes for a happy Mama when I can get everyone to sleep at the same time!

Baby Brother is sitting up, but still a little wobbly. No crawling yet, but he gets up on all fours and rocks, and he does the inch worm to get what he needs. He's also gotten good at turning on his belly to change directions. But he still gets his legs wedged under the couch quite often and doesn't know how to get out!

Baby Brother is really happy and laid back. He will make a toy out of anything you give him...K even worries he will eat her clothes when he gets his hands on them! He smiles at everyone, but especially loves his big sister and lights up whenever she comes into the room. He is fascinated by everything she does and sometimes just laughs hysterically at the most mundane of tasks. He has figured out how to use his hands and will often try to grab her hair. She tells on him, which is kindof funny, like he's supposed to know better already.

Baby Brother's babbling vocabulary is growing, as well. Patrick heard him say "Ma ma" a few weeks ago, and I hear "Da da da" all the time. He loves his Dada and is so happy when Patrick comes home from work. They go for walks together on a lot of mornings and on the weekends. I think the stranger anxiety is kicking in because he will get fussy if he doesn't like who is holding him. Not the same baby as the one who I had to hand off to strangers while flying with the kids a few weeks ago :)

Not sure if you can tell from the picture, but his hair is coming in really blond, and curling a little in the back. And his eyes are fiercely blue; so blue that I have to use red-eye correction in every picture we take! B is getting big so fast!!!