7 Months Old!

Today Nicholas is seven months old! We still can't believe how big he is. He is too big for 6 month clothes and some 9 month as well. I'm not sure what his length/weight is, but I'm sure he's still at the top of the charts. Today I took him to Greenvale for his second dose of the seasonal flu vaccine. Nicholas was a champ and cried for only a few seconds before calming down. Hopefully we can continue to keep him healthy.

The biggest change this past month was the bottom two teeth that appeared. It seems as though his top two central incisors aren't far away because he is more fussy than usual and can't keep his fingers out of his mouth (still upside down of course). Because he likes to suck on his fingers, he doesn't (and hasn't for a few months) take a pacifier. I'm happy about this since we won't have to deal with the issue of taking the pacifier away from him down the road.

Just recently Nicholas has started to scrunch up his nose when he's happy (sometimes resulting in a snort, which is the cutest thing!) He also is finally able to get his toes in his mouth, which he has been working on for awhile. Nicholas is able to sit by himself, but will end up falling sideways/backwards after a little while if we don't watch him. It also looks like he is in the beginning stages of crawling. He will pull his knees up underneath him, but he ends up going in reverse.

We have recently started him on Stage 2 baby food. He is happy about this because the serving sizes are bigger. Nicholas likes all food and hasn't had any bad reactions since the green bean episode. His mouth is always open and ready for more when he's in the high chair.

Up until the week of Christmas, his schedule was pretty consistent - go to bed at 8 and wake up around 6:30. Now we are working on getting him back on that schedule.


Here is his scrunched up nose face - he looks mad but it's so funny!