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7 months old.

9/8/2012

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Little baby Jack Jack is 7 months old!  And we are loving every single thing about him lately!  He is super expressive, and the many different faces he makes in a matter of seconds cracks me up every time.  He goes from happy to serious to mad to determined to silly to frustrated to excited.... and just plain old cute.
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7months3
His current favorite things include: his crinkly ABC book, wooden puzzle pieces, Mark's computer mouse, bouncing, getting thrown in the air, blowing the loudest raspberries you've ever heard, sitting on Riley's little bus, and playing with keys.  He LOVES being outside, going for walks in the stroller, hanging out in the backpack carrier, and if it's too cold to go outside, he's perfectly happy to look out the window.
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7months13
He absolutely adores Riley.  He watches everything she does, and he listens intently when she tells him stories or reads him a book.  He likes when she sings and jumps around and dances, and his favorite... when he's in the jumper and she yells "go baby go!!!" and he starts jumping around like crazy.  He definitely knows what he's supposed to do when she says "go baby go!"
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7months7
His sleep has gotten significantly better, for the most part.  He takes 2-3 naps per day.  Typically, he wakes up around 6:30, is awake for 2-2.5 hours, and then he goes down for a 1.5-2 hour nap.  For the most part, he goes down in his bed awake and puts himself to sleep with no crying.  Occasionally he will cry and put up a fight, and I'll go in there and just rock him to sleep.  He sleeps with his paci and 2 blankets, usually one in his arms, and one over his face.  He looooooves to have a blanket on his face.
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He falls asleep easily in his stroller, which is AMAZING because it means we aren't "stuck" at home just because I know he needs a nap in the near future.  I can often put him in the double stroller and go for a walk, or put him in his car seat stroller and go for a drive to run errands and I'm confident he will go to sleep without a fight.  Makes things so much easier!!
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If he only takes 2 naps, he goes to bed around 5:30 or 6.  If he takes 3 naps, he goes to bed around 7.  Night time sleep is less than awesome, but manageable. :)  He's usually up 3-4 times a night.  Usually around 10pm, 1am, 4amish, then up for the morning around 6 or 6:30.  I don't always know what time he wakes up as he's usually happy to play in his crib until we come get him!
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7months12
He is one smiley little boy.  In the morning when we come get him from his bed, he goes CRAZY kicking and flapping with the biggest coos and smiles.  He's just the happiest little boy when he wakes up!  He also gets so excited when I come into the room (at any point during the day), he gives me the biggest smiles every time.  He also lights up for his daddy, and loves dancing around the room and singing and jumping with him.
7months10
He's getting really strong, and loves pushing up as high as he can go on his arms, but hasn't figured out how to get up on his knees yet.  He can spin around and push himself backwards, but we're not close to crawling yet.  We're still working on baby sign with him, although we're not as good about it as we should be. 
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Jackson is loving his solids these days.  His favorites are definitely pumpkin and sweet potato, although he loves pretty much all fruits.  He LOVES being able to hold onto a whole plum and feed himself.  Now, we've been pretty careful with him and his solids as I think he's a bit more prone to food allergies than Riley was, and so far I think we have 3 potential things he MAY be allergic to.  One day I gave him this teething rusk, and being sort of stupid, I didn't look at the ingredients.  Well, the main ingredient was wheat, and it had some skim milk powder in it as well.  DUMB.  After chewing on it for a few minutes he got a rash around his mouth, but had no other symptoms.  Then the other day I gave him a rice cracker with dinner, which he LOVED, but he was literally up all night crying and scratching his entire body.  It was so bad that I basically ended up sleeping with him so I could block him from scratching and shush him back to sleep each time.  So we're avoiding anything with any wheat, milk, and rice so far...
7months16
Jackson loves songs, and really likes it when Riley and I sing to him.  He loves grabbing his daddy's hair and face.  He still loves breastfeeding, and feeds verrry frequently during the day (and the night, for that matter).  He rarely gets a bottle, but does okay with it if we have to give him one.  He likes to chew on a sippy cup, but not drink from one.  He much prefers a real cup!
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He's got a little bald spot/patch on the back of his head, presumably from rubbing his head on his mattress when he sleeps.  For a long time he preferred to sleep on that side, although now he rolls around and sleeps on both sides.  He gets mad when I leave the room, he loves to snuggle, and he still doesn't have any teeth!  He loves to throw his toys off the high chair tray and have us retrieve them for him. 
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He's just the sweetest, happiest little guy and we absolutely adore him.  Love you to pieces little Jacky boy!
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