7 Months Already!

This month seemed to be a big one for Max! We had a lot of little milestones along the way, he is getting to be such a big guy.

Max is wearing some 9 month things but a lot of 12 month things, we had some good Kohl's coupons, and I only bought him 12 month clothes.  I'm having a hard time with pants, if they aren't stretchy enough they don't fit him well on his chunky little legs, but are often too long, so fall and winter are going to be interesting!  He is now in a size 4 diaper.. the same as Ella.  Makes diaper shopping easy, but makes me laugh, they are tighter on him than on her too :)

He still does the 4, 8 oz bottles per day and now baby food 2 times per day.  For a bit there he was at 3 times a day but then he got a little cold and his "schedule" got all messed up and we are just figuring out what works still.  So far he has had sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, peas and green beans and he as gobbled them all up!

On the verge of crawling!!!

For the most part he is still sleeping all night, although we have had a few nights where he wants his paci or his back rubbed for a bit, etc.  Usually just once or twice and not for very long.  He has his 2 bottom teeth, but I think he may be getting one on the top as well, which could be adding to the waking at night.  He is not a great napper.  He often skips a morning nap and maybe takes a 45 minute to an hour nap in the afternoon, and he really, really fights going down for it. Typically this makes for a more cranky mommy than Max ;)

This was the first time Max sat up in the cart - he did pretty good for the most part, but I did have to carry him for part of the trip.  Thankfully Daddy was with us!  Ella typically does not want her picture taken these days (she was smiling at something different here and just a lucky shot that I caught it on camera), but later in the store when we had no camera in sight she put her arm around him, smiled big, and yelled 'cheese!' :)  Also, it really wasn't that cold out, she insisted on wearing her coat :)

This month we also switched Max to have a regular seat on the stroller rather than just being in his car seat.  He likes having more space, but he looks like such a big boy!! Here you can also see how I have to roll up his pants multiple times!

And we also upgraded Max's car seat just this week!  He was just getting too big for the baby carrier and now that he can sit up on his own it is easier to have him out of the baby carrier.  We switched Ella out of the same baby seat at 17 months!!!  Nick said, 'at least he looks little again' :) We actually just got this and haven't even installed it in the car yet so the first ride will be this weekend!

 

 

Ella at 7 months can be seen here, and side by side: 

Half Birthday!

Max is 6 months old already! Sometimes the days seem long, but that 6 months sure went by quick!

Max is still a happy guy, he loves to smile and really loves when his big sister is around... he will almost always stop crying if she comes to give him a hug or a kiss, which she is pretty good about doing!  He has been a little fussy lately, but I think that is because he now has 2 teeth!  They are the bottom 2 front teeth and they both have broken through, but still hard to see.  He is also always fussy when we are trying to have dinner, without fail. Hopefully he will grow out of that phase before too long!

I waited to do this post because we went to the Dr. today to get Max's official height and weight!  He is 20 pounds and 11 ounces (94th percentile) and 27" tall (65th percentile)! He is a big little guy but we love him!  He currently wears 6 and 9 month clothes, but the 6 month things are getting small quick! He is in a size 3 diaper, but I will be moving him up to size 4 with the next box of diapers I buy (which will be the same size as Ella!).

He still takes four 8oz bottles a day but we are adding in baby food or rice cereal 3 times a day now.  He has only had sweet potatoes and squash so far and the squash didn't seem to sit well with him as he was very very cranky after that.  He is still a good sleeper, although he has been waking up a few times lately, I had thought it was because his paci fell out so I was going to try and break him of it, but I think it was the teeth, now that those have come through he has gone back to normal!

As of his birthday he can finally roll over both ways! Which is really nice because he would get very frustrated stuck on his stomach!  Now that he can roll both ways he is getting around!  Ella crawled pretty early so I don't really remember this stage, but he will roll across a room to get to something he wants!  He is also getting better and better at sitting on his own and can sit and play with toys for a little while before losing his balance.  He is also playing with and grabbing onto toys more than ever before!

For his half birthday (or by coincidence) we decided to take Max to the pool for the first time!  He has been sitting up pretty well so we thought he might do ok in the pool float we have and he LOVED it!  He was splashing and kicking the whole time we were in there!  We had a lot of fun :)

A look back at the last 6 months...

 

 

Ella at 6 months can be found here, and for a side by side comparison...

Max Grows Up

Max has hit a lot of milestones in the last couple days!  It is very bittersweet because it doesn't really seem possible yet!

He had his first baby food Tuesday!  He LOVED it!  We have been trying rice cereal for weeks now but he just wasn't getting the hang of it, finally Tuesday morning he scarfed it down, I happened to be going to the store that day so I decided to pick up some sweet potatoes, they were a big hit!

He is also soooo close to being able to sit on his own!  This picture is blurry because he isn't very stable yet, I'm sure he will have the hang of it soon.  I'm really looking forward to this because I can tell he gets frustrated laying down, but he is too big for the bumbo!

And I don't have a picture of this one, but he has a tooth that broke through!  Which explains why he has been a little more cranky lately... and all the drooling :)

Too big, too quick!