And he's a solid kid. We get comments all the time about how cute, curious, and big he is. And he is all of those things. He just loves to stare at people, he really drinks them in.
He is NEARLY figuring out how to crawl, and will be especially pleased with himself when he figures out how to walk. He can't sit up on his own yet, as in, go from lying down to sitting up, but he'll sit up for a very long time. He will go from sitting up to down on the floor and start to "worm" crawl towards something he wants. EVERYTHING goes into his mouth.
He takes 4 definite naps a day and goes to sleep at about 6.30/7pm. He likes taking a bath about 6pm with his sister. He really, really loves his sister. And he gets up 2-3 times a night, maybe more if something is up. Last night something was up. I lost track of how many times he woke up. Mostly not to eat, and I don't know what was bothering him. I'm sure if I held him, he'd have slept for longer at times but I like not having to hold him to sleep and my back appreciates it, too. He's finally sleeping in his crib for his last nap of the day 90% of the time. I guess it pays off to stay home and create a consistent routine.
He has 3-4 meals of "solid" food a day, sometimes like 4-5oz of food and sometimes only a handful of spoonfuls. And he drinks milk before a nap, sometimes when he gets up. "What is his favorite food? Food. What is his least favorite food? Not enough food." Yes, still.
He'll take a bottle, as long as it's my milk, and isn't really interested if it's more than 2oz since I'm usually around and he'd rather get the rest from me. He flatly refuses anything that smells of baby formula. I've gotten the smallest amount of formula into his bottle just so he can start to get the taste. Yesterday, I put a bit too much (nearly a 1/4 of a scoop, and a full scoop is for 2oz) with 1.5oz of my milk and 1oz of water. Ugh! What a fight. He eventually took 1oz of it since he was hungry but, wow! I know that when he's hungry, he'll take it, especially if I'm no where around.
He's started to not like being left in a room alone. Although, unlike with Carolina, he's never really left alone. With Carolina, we'd go out very occasionally without her and have my parents come over. Or I'd be in one room and she'd be alone in another for a minute or two. But this kid, I'm always here and his sister is usually around. Maybe that's why the younger ones are more social and the older ones are more independent? Maybe that's just nonsense and it's depends on the personality.
Either way, I'm planning on having him taking formula, without my milk, within 2-3 months. This is trickier with two kids around as I don't have as much time to pump, and he takes more milk, so when I do have the time on a day when I have "extra milk", I don't always have the interest to pump in lieu of something else (sleep, eat, go to the bathroom alone, read something...).
That's the 7 month update while they are both napping. I. Love. Big Naptime. :)
He takes 4 definite naps a day and goes to sleep at about 6.30/7pm. He likes taking a bath about 6pm with his sister. He really, really loves his sister. And he gets up 2-3 times a night, maybe more if something is up. Last night something was up. I lost track of how many times he woke up. Mostly not to eat, and I don't know what was bothering him. I'm sure if I held him, he'd have slept for longer at times but I like not having to hold him to sleep and my back appreciates it, too. He's finally sleeping in his crib for his last nap of the day 90% of the time. I guess it pays off to stay home and create a consistent routine.
He has 3-4 meals of "solid" food a day, sometimes like 4-5oz of food and sometimes only a handful of spoonfuls. And he drinks milk before a nap, sometimes when he gets up. "What is his favorite food? Food. What is his least favorite food? Not enough food." Yes, still.
He'll take a bottle, as long as it's my milk, and isn't really interested if it's more than 2oz since I'm usually around and he'd rather get the rest from me. He flatly refuses anything that smells of baby formula. I've gotten the smallest amount of formula into his bottle just so he can start to get the taste. Yesterday, I put a bit too much (nearly a 1/4 of a scoop, and a full scoop is for 2oz) with 1.5oz of my milk and 1oz of water. Ugh! What a fight. He eventually took 1oz of it since he was hungry but, wow! I know that when he's hungry, he'll take it, especially if I'm no where around.
He's started to not like being left in a room alone. Although, unlike with Carolina, he's never really left alone. With Carolina, we'd go out very occasionally without her and have my parents come over. Or I'd be in one room and she'd be alone in another for a minute or two. But this kid, I'm always here and his sister is usually around. Maybe that's why the younger ones are more social and the older ones are more independent? Maybe that's just nonsense and it's depends on the personality.
Either way, I'm planning on having him taking formula, without my milk, within 2-3 months. This is trickier with two kids around as I don't have as much time to pump, and he takes more milk, so when I do have the time on a day when I have "extra milk", I don't always have the interest to pump in lieu of something else (sleep, eat, go to the bathroom alone, read something...).
That's the 7 month update while they are both napping. I. Love. Big Naptime. :)
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