Julian is 7 Months!

We can hardly believe it, but Julian is 7 months old. It seems true what they say, the days are long but the years are short.

 

Some days feel like we are finally rounding the corner to a full night's sleep, and other days feel so far away from that. He can have a night where he doesn't wake up at all, then 20 nights after that where he will wake up once or more. Luckily, unless he's ill (like he was for all of February), he usually takes his bottle and is back in bed within a 30 minute span.

Last month Julian got introduced to pureed foods and he LOVES it. We finally got to break out the highchair that Uncle Eric and Joe got us back in July, and it's been so much fun to use. So far he's had carrots, sweet potatoes, peas, green beans, apple, avocado, pear, squash, pumpkin, and spinach. He loves carrots the most, but he's beginning to enjoy the combination of fruits with veggies. He hasn't had a veggie or fruit that he's turned down so far, and he just lights up when he gets buckled into the highchair. He has learned to slam his hand down repeatedly on the tray until he gets his food!

Still no teeth though!

 

He's adjusted well to daycare and enjoys seeing his friends there, but he still gets excited and happy to see Mommy and Daddy at the end of the day.

He loves grabbing his feet, reaching for Bruce (Niiro never gets close enough and his hair isn't long enough to grab like Bruce's), pulling Mommy's hair, and trying to get to the doggies while playing in his walker! He definitely loves to be moving or occupied with something unless he's tired and wants snuggles.



He still enjoys when you help him stand up or sit, and loves to look at himself in the mirror. He gets a kick out of scratching his nails on anything and everything, and licking everything! He is still trying to get the hang of crawling - and he will scrunch up his butt, but doesn't understand that he needs to move his arms too. He loves flopping back and forth from his tummy to his back though, and now he really enjoys being a tummy sleeper.

He's an extremely happy, smiley, and giggly baby and we love watching him grow!