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Adam 8 Months
Adam 8 Months
(Height & weight unknown. We forgot to measure this month. No doctor appointment to do it for us.)
This month our little guy has been busy. He’s officially crawling! Most of the time he’s been doing an army crawl, but later in the month he has really picked up the pace and has been cruising across the living room surprisingly quickly.
He has also conquered sitting up on his own from any position. That has made a huge difference in the way he plays and moves. We had to lower his crib for the first time since he was reaching over the edge with his new ability.
He reaches for me or Marco more deliberately. That just warms my heart.
Adam has been a little chatter box with the baby talk. No real words yet (For us a real first word is going to be something repeatable and referring to something tangible and meaning it.) But we always think we hear one now and then. Mostly a lot of “Ba Ba Boo Maa” noises. And of course growling like a monster. One of this favorite things to do.
He still loves chasing Hops around the house and we often catch the two of them sharing a little moment together. It is just adorable when Adam reaches his hand down to Hops from his walker and Hops licks his fingers. It makes Adam giggle.
We also catch them sharing food. Mostly Adam holding out fruit for Hops to lick. Gross.
Adam HATES getting his diaper changed and will flip, kick, and cry almost the whole time. We keep having to give him new toys to hold and look at just to get a new diaper on him. This little guy does not want to lay on his back anymore. All he wants to do is crawl and explore.
Adam 7 Months
Adam 7 Months
17lbs. 27”
This month our little boy gained some mobility. He can roll over like a pro and has started the beginnings of crawling. Although he is still unable to get to a sitting position on his own, he can balance while sitting up pretty well now. But we still have the occasional face-plant into the rug.
He is very curious about objects around the house and has begun reaching for EVERYTHING. When he “drives” around in his walker, he gets into a lot of trouble and we keep finding more and more things we need to move out of his reach. There have been more than a few occasions when our backs were turned and Adam ends up with something in his mouth, be it papers, dish towels, BBQ brushes, etc.
Under motherly advice from my Mom, we set up little “baby traps” around the house so he can reach for approved objects that will keep him occupied and out of trouble. Works so far, but he is already getting bored of the usual things and I need to change them up pretty soon.
He is laughing a lot more at things we do or noises we make. He especially loves laughing at our dog Hops. There are a few more letter noises added to his baby talk vocabulary. We continue to campaign for first word: Momma or Dadda. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being “Hops”.
He is sleeping wonderfully 12+ hours a night with two great naps during the day. When he wakes up in the morning we can still squeeze a bit of a low-key wake ups for ourselves since he plays in his crib for quite a while before demanding to be set free.
He’s had a few fussy days that we think may be related to teething, but still no little tooth breakthroughs.
He had meat for the first time this month: right around Thanksgiving, we gave him “Turkey Dinner” baby food. Eating has been great. He likes almost everything we give him. But he was very confused and put off by the little mashed potatoes he had at Thanksgiving dinner. He gave us some really sour faces. I think it was a texture thing.
We are still in a bit of disbelief that we have a 7 month old bopping around the house. Does it ever stop being amazing to watch them grow? I hope not.
Adam & Dadda
Last weekend I had a shoot canceled because of Sandy interference, so I decided to have our own photo shoot in the front yard.
Adam 6 Months
Adam 6 Months
14lbs. 7oz. 26” tall
This month it has felt like everything changed. It is very clear that Adam is no longer an infant. He has moved beyond the kicking little baby that could only lay around on his back. Now he is rolling over and reaching for toys, sleeping on his side, and sitting up with help. He can sit in his high chair and play with toys.
The most important change is that he is finally sleeping through the night more often then he isn’t. It is wonderful! Marco and I are so much happier now that we are getting a full night of sleep most nights.
Our little boy has started to growl and make soft B sounds, followed by a lot of spit. He seems like he is testing out some newly discovered tongue and lip configurations.
He has no trouble with new foods and seems to like everything we give him.
Adam LOVES Hops. Whenever Hops is around, he can’t keep his eyes off of him.
Drunk in the Pumpkin Patch
He fell over.