Jacob - Seven Months

Waaaaay behind on this one and so much to catch up on with the 'ole blog, but I'm a little OCD about documenting things in order.  On December 13th, Jacob turned seven months old.  What a crazy seven months it has been, but we are loving every minute with sweet Jacob.  He is such a cuddle bug and I try to remember this up side when he is being a clingy momma's boy :)

Stats:  No pediatrician appointment this month, so no stats

Sizes: Size 3 diapers, 6-9 month clothes

Schedule:  We're still on a rough three hour schedule with Jacob taking 2-4 naps per day depending on how much we're home and how well he sleeps.  Ideally, he sleeps from about 8:30-10:00, 12ish-3ish, and a catnap around 5:00.  He really struggles to be up much longer than about two hours so sometimes we have to squeeze a catnap in just before lunch and push the afternoon nap back a little bit.

Sleep:  Still sleeping swaddled from the waist down with a paci and lovie.  He sleeps through the night, but usually needs a paci around 5 a.m.

Eating:  Still breastfeeding.  Also eating pureed sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, green beans, peas, apples, pears, bananas, peaches, prunes, yogurt, oatmeal, and rice cereal.  We tried Puffs about a week ago and he likes them ok.  Sometimes they are a great distraction while I get his food ready.  The boy does NOT like to wait for his food.

Likes:  eating, his lovie, his paci, mommy, daddy's voice, Miller {sometimes}, sitting up to play, exersaucer {for limited amounts of time},  kisses {giggles like crazy when you kiss his chest or tummy}, being tickled, books

Dislikes:  playing alone for more than a few minutes at a time, waiting for food, being on his tummy, when mommy walks through the room and doesn't come pick him up

Milestones:  About a week after he turned six months old, he was sitting up on his on pretty well.  He has perfected it now and rarely falls over.  About half of the time he can find his paci if it's close by and put it in this mouth.  This is huge!  It helps a lot at night and I'm trying to give him plenty of time to try and find one on his own before going in to give him one.

Jacob is such a joy and a blessing and I wish I could just freeze time so that I could keep him little.  Thank you, Lord, for this sweet baby boy!