Friday, March 13, 2015

7 Months Old!

Ethan is already seven months old and very mobile.  He started getting up on his hands and knees pretty consistently and then right before turning seven months old, he started crawling.  Within one week, he went from moving one hand and foot to crawling across the room.  This has been quite a change for Isaac to get used to.  He shows Ethan how to crawl but then he also gets upset when Ethan knocks down his towers or takes his toys away.  Let the fun begin!  It is pretty fun to watch them play together though.  Ethan can now get to where Isaac is playing so they end up playing with the same toys a lot now.  I added a video of Ethan crawling!

Ethan is a very chill boy.  He is more than willing to hang out in his car seat or stroller when we are out and he rarely fusses to get out.  I think he has a little temper though.  He is either very calm or basically yelling because he wants something (to be held, fed, put to sleep, etc.).  There is not much in between.

I am still so thankful that he has figured out how to sleep.  We put him to bed around 7 pm but it is still pretty common for him to get up around 3-4 am to eat but then he sleeps until about 6:30 am.  He sleeps in his crib at night and for all naps.  It is nice to be done with the swing as well as the need to feed him to get him to sleep.  He now lays down completely awake and puts himself to sleep.

Ethan's first tooth started coming in right around 7 months.  The second front, bottom tooth will likely be coming in soon.  He has been handling them quite well.

Apparently, Ethan wants to be just like his brother.  He has been eating solid food for about one month and he has already thrown up twice from it.  I think it is more a function of an immature digestive system than the type of food that I gave him but time will tell.  Sometimes, I wish I could only give him milk for the first year.  Hopefully, his system gets used to the food soon.

We are very excited for the weather to get warm and stay warm.  This week even reached the fifties so we took multiple walks and runs.  We are excited to be able to go to the park on a more regular basis in the near future.