Jacob Isaiah: Seven Months

I wrote the following on March 14th, but am just now getting to actually blog about the seventh month.  So. . . he actually turned 7 months a month ago :)  I am going to be catching up on my blogging since it is spring break so stay tuned this week!

March 14, 2012

Sweet baby Jacob turned 7 months this past weekend and is growing up soooooo fast!  The first couple of weeks people told us that time would FLY after you had kids.  Well. . . at that point, time felt like it was moving really slowly because we were getting NO sleep!  I actually hoped we could fast forward to the sleeping part!  Ha!  Well, now baby boy is seven months and I look back this has definitely been the fastest seven months of my life.  Every day is so full with activities for little man, that bedtime gets here and Brett and I can’t believe that it is already time to go to sleep.  Each day we are more and more thankful for the blessing he is.  We can’t wait to enter this next crawling and walking stage and watch him explore his world more.  In the pic below Brett stood him up and then took his hands off him for a second to take the pic.  When he sent me the text, my eyes popped out of my head!  Then I realized that he hadn't gone from not crawling to pulling up in one day!

This month Jacob dropped a nap and now only takes three naps a day.  He still eats 6 bottles but has just added cereal and veggies to his daily fare.  He is a superstar at sitting up and prefers that to tummy time.  When we turn Baby Einstein on, he squeals, talks up a storm, and starts bouncing around.  He especially likes the puppets on the movie and “talks” to them.  Just this month, he has become infatuated with the teething rings that we put in the freezer for him.  He normally will drop a toy within a minute of giving it to him and move on to something else.  He can sometimes keep a teething ring in his hand for up to 30 mins!  We give it to him in the car, when we take him on walks, or while he is in his exersaucer.  A little over two months ago, we couldn’t get him to put anything in his mouth.  He would make the funniest face and push out anything with his little tongue (the way he does with his toothbrush now!)

The other major change pertains to his eating.  Now, he loves to eat and gobbles down two meals a day.  We feed him at his first feeding of the day (around 7am) and at the late afternoon (normally around 5:30).  We give him a little cereal and then add veggies for now.  He loves loves loves sweet potatoes and tolerates carrots and green beans.  The only thing he hates for now is peas.  This morning he made himself almost gag when he was eating them!  Brett and I were dying laughing!

 He is also in love with his Baby Einstein movie.  Here he is propped back on daddy watching his movie.  We thought it was so funny!

 Here he is enjoying tummy time.  Brett sets up all the things so that he'll have to reach to get them.

 

Our last major change was in how observant he has become.  He now LOVES trips to the grocery store (now that he can sit in the top of the buggy).  He watches the other people, listens to other buggies, and checks out all the items on the shelves.  He is mesmerized by the guys that bring in all the buggies in the parking lot.  It is impossible to get his attention if someone is bringing them in at that moment.  It is so fun to see the world through the eyes of a child!  His growing interest in the world around him (especially Chloe) makes us laugh and smile.  We love you Jacob Isaiah!

Practicing sitting up with my pillows around me :)