Our little
Ethan is growing by leaps and bounds! We
are now at the seven-month birthday and a lot of fun things have happened this
past month. There have been many new
things to try!
The
"biggest" change is that Ethan is now eating baby food! We thought he would love it and take to it
right away, but this has not been the case.
He was all excited to eat his first bite of oatmeal cereal, but when
that spoon went in the face he made was priceless! You could almost hear him say, "What IS
this stuff? The food I've been eyeing on
your plate could not possibly taste this bad!" We've progressed to the veggies and some
fruits, but nothing seems to be good. He
still turns his nose up at all food and doesn't eat much. Most of it his little tongue just spits back
out. It has definitely become a race to
see if we can catch what's coming back out before he can get his fingers in it
and make a mess! The spoon is a much
more enjoyable thing than the food. He
loves to grab it and chew on it! Daddy
is teaching him to not grab or chew it so mealtime can be more efficient, but
it's still a work in progress.
A surprising change for us this past month was
that Ethan got his first two teeth!
Momma and Daddy weren't really expecting them to come anytime soon,
though Momma did check periodically since Ethan had been chewing and drooling A
LOT! One morning she checked-nothing
there. The next morning Caleb noticed
"something in Ethan's mouth" and lo and behold there were the
beginnings of two teeth! We haven't seen
any more since, but those two popping up from the bottom gum are very
cute!
Bathtime has
also changed drastically this month.
Ethan has "graduated" to the tub-sitter, which he LOVES! He had been trying to sit up in the infant
tub for awhile, so we decided we might as well try the other. He really enjoys being able to sit up and
play with some toys while getting clean.
The best benefit is that now Caleb can fit in the tub too, so bathtime
is now brother playtime. It's really fun
to watch them interact as Ethan tries to grab the couple of toys he's not
allowed to have and Caleb giggles and says, "No, no Ethan" and replaces the toy with something
else. Which Ethan chews on for a second
and tries to go after the "forbidden" toy again!
Ethan can now
roll both ways! Yeah! This makes it fun to keep things out of his
way. Though we have found that it is
another skill completely, to bump into something and be able to think,
"Hmm, guess I better roll the other way." This means that Ethan still gets stuck
frequently when he bumps into the furniture!
Silly baby!
Night time
sleep is still a huge struggle. Ethan
still sleeps better all wrapped up and swaddled, but he is now strong enough to
get out of that swaddle which wakes him up and he gets mad. So, Momma is still waking up many times at
night to re-swaddle him AND get that pacifier back in his mouth! I am definitely waking more times NOW than I
was when he was one month! I only get
about two or three hours of consecutive sleep before having to "help"
Ethan out. We've got to get this soon,
I'm running on fumes!
Another new
change for Ethan is the Jumperoo. He's
now strong enough at holding his own head up and pretty much sitting up on his
own that Daddy got out the Jumperoo to see how Ethan liked it. It is one of his FAVORITE places to be! He can jump for a very long time, especially
when someone sits right next to him while he's jumping to keep him
company. He loves the toys to chew on
and the light up parts with music too!
It's really fun to watch Caleb "play" with him while he's
jumping. Caleb will stand in front of
Ethan jumping and say, "Jump, Ethan, Jump." At which Ethan will giggle and begin jumping
too! Very adorable.
Ethan is such
a sweet baby! We have so much fun
watching him grow and change each month.
What a joy and delight he is! I
can't wait to see what new changes come this next month!
