My Jaden {is 7 months old}

My Jaden was 7 months old yesterday. 7 months? It's crazy to think of how fast it's flown by. He's getting so big and so many days I take advantage of the time I have with him.







Here's what he's been doing lately....









Movement



J likes to roll around- a lot! Still no crawling but wow is he a little rolly poley. He's sitting up pretty well on his own now. I still don't trust leaving him sitting up in the living room on his own. He's bound to get distracted by something or the dog and lean towards her and fall over. Even though he's not crawling he is liking when I pull him up by his arms. He pushes on his legs to a standing position, gives a great big grin and squints his eyes. (that's my boy) He is playing with toys all the time and shoving anything he can reach in his mouth. (speaking of, I think a tooth will be making it's debut in a few weeks)



Grub



We've moved to the 2nd stage of baby food because this little oinker loves to eat. 1 serving of fruits and veggies a day, and 1-2 servings of baby oatmeal. When he chows down on just a bottle it's between 6-8 oz. We've also been incorporating a sippy cup (still a work in progress), puffs (another work in progress) and mum mums. He LOVES the mum mums. Puffs are too small for him to figure out yet. He gets them in his hands and goes to put them in his mouth but misses because his thumb is there, and because he can't see them.

Sleep


Little man is still sleeping 10-12 hours a night (sweet!) and takes 1-3 naps during the day.


Sound



Jaden squeals sometimes when he's being tickled. He laughs when we play peek a boo with him. His toothless smile in combination with his belly laughs make my day. He's making the following sounds:


ga


da


hu


ya


and ma (only when he's MAD)


and get this....He's mimicking "Hi da da" on a regular basis. Not mommy. Dada. He even stared at Stephen the other day for a long time and then said "da...da". I'm secretly waiting to write in the baby book his first word until I clearly hear mama. Just kidding. I frequently go around saying "ma ma ma ma ma ma. Say Ma ma ma ma." Jaden looks at me, makes a fart noise with his mouth and says "da da".








What a turd.