I don’t really have much exciting to babble about.
At 7 months & change he’s sitting up for quite a while, can correct his balance, but hasn’t sat up on his own yet. He pulled up to standing from sitting via his activity center. Boy was I surprised!
He’s a champ in the walker, but losing interest; he wants me to walk him all over the world unless shoes are involved, in which case sucking on them is the preferred activity. My back is killing me – thank heaven for my massage therapist, she’s a miracle worker.
The crawling thing… not exactly happening regularly yet. He’s still rolling, squirming, swimming & rocking to get places. He’ll make it a few inches & then it’s SPLAT again. Soon enough. He crawls in his sleep just fine.
We are up to 3 meals a day, and he’s fussing about nursing in the daytime – my boobs are killing me & I’m pumping because the kid wants to eat ALL NIGHT. Last night I had 3 dreams, and remember all of them if that tells you anything. Zzzzzzzzzzz. The food list is growing rapidly, but then so is his allergy list. I fear this poor kid will have my food issues. Yogurt is off the menu, it gave him a rash, the runs & major tummy issues. Not surprising considering I had to cut dairy when he was a newborn, but still disappointing. We’ll reintroduce it later & see if it’s any better. He actually tolerated green beans mixed with tofu & oat cereal. Someday I will win on the green beans thing… or he’ll hate them as much as I do; whichever. Beets are a win when mixed with applesauce. Egg yolks are fab when mixed with bananas (so is tofu & bananas, kinda like tapioca, which I miss desperately & can’t eat anymore, so baby-food combo win for the mamma too!). Peaches & pears & oat cereal are awesome. peas & oat cereal are great, we’re doing whole peas in the blender now vs. hulled peas in the foley food mill, what a relief that he can handle a bit of texture now! He plays with his food more, which is good. That high chair tray is finally coming in handy. Still only a little in the mouth via fingers, but he piles the goop up & sucks it off the tray. Whatever works kid.
Object permanence is mastered. He hides his own toys in blankets & then finds them.
He says “up” “hi” “mama” “ga-ma” “boowa (boob)” also “boob-boob” and “ungy.” Yesterday was “yeah” which I realize I say way too much. He said “cake” once but hasn’t said it again, but I haven’t mentioned it either and we haven’t had any. He does NOT like chocolate cake (YAY! more for me!).
Naps are still MommyLapNap, so nap time is not “get stuff done time.” At some point this kid will be too big for my lap & we’ll have to adjust. For now I’ll take it. He gets a nap, I get internet or book time and he wakes up happy. I won’t deny being a fan of the cuddles either.
Time. It has flown and there isn’t enough of it, and some days are empty and some drag and some never end or end too soon. I’ve been trying to get his reenacting outfits together in stolen moments, but what once would have taken me a couple days at the most has been a week & counting and nowhere near done. Tick Tock & I still have to make Husband something decent (read “not polyester”) to wear.
the sorta crunchy mama 