Cooper's Cubbyhole: 7 Months

Weight: 14 lbs 14 oz

Diaper Size: 2

Clothing Size: 3-6 months

Daily Schedule: We get up around 7:30 and you nurse and then play a little. Usually we do breakfast of pureed foods and some fruit or eggs for you to feed yourself.  Your first nap is around 10:00.  The rest of the day varies depending on how long you nap--about 75% of the time your naps are 30 minutes, but sometimes you sleep for an hour or more.  So then you go down about 2 hours after you wake up.  You take about 3 naps a day and go to bed between 7:30 and 8:00 at night.

Things you Love: Mommy, Daddy, Lily.  Trying to crawl.  Bouncing and kicking.  Swimming.  Eating.  Being outside.  Facing out in the carrier

Things you Don’t Love: Being in the car too long.  Being left alone to play.  Being laid down on the changing table.  Being put in your car seat.

Milestones: You started eating foods and you are a big fan!  Now that you are eating foods, you get mad if we are eating and you are not.  You are very impatient and want the next bite of food immediately after the first.  You gobble up your favorite purees--apple and spinach, pears, sweet potato, carrots, chicken, steak.  You are feeding yourself lots of little bites of food as well.

Memorable Moments: Starting Foods.  Your first trip to the State Fair.  Your first stay in a hotel.  Trip to the pumpkin patch.  

Cooper love, we are just having so much fun with you!  You are on the go a lot now.  You are rolling and pivoting and pushing backward to get where you want to go.  You push up tall on your arms and move yourself backward.  You get on hands and knees and rock and you want to crawl so badly but you’re just not there quite yet.  Your smile and your laugh are so much fun and you are always moving, always kicking and always squealing.  You’ve started doing a lot of screaming this month as you experiment with your voice, so we’re having to temper that a little bit--but you just have so much fun!  Starting foods has been the best adventure so far-- you get so excited and so into everything that you eat!  Life with you is always exciting and we love you so much!