Aiden's 7 Month Birthday

Happy 7 Month Birthday! Lets get caught up on the biggest month so far! Aiden got two teeth this month! Right around his 6 1/2 month birthday Nanny felt his first tooth and now you can see it pretty well. Right beside the first one (the bottom center tooth on the left side) is his second (the other half of the pair on the right side). Can you see them?

Not only did he get some teeth - he started moving! Do you see his awesome crawling stance above? He has all the motions right but he seems to only go in reverse! If we put a toy in front of him he sees it and still crawls backward to 'get' it. He gets pretty frustrated that he can't get where he wants so I hope he figures out the right forward gear soon! He has even been standing up on his own for a couple of moments when we put him up to the ottoman. He'll be cruising before we know it! I can't believe how quickly they learn so many skills!

He has been refusing to drink from a bottle (except in the middle of the night - of course!) for over a month now but he finally got the hang of the sippy cup! Yesterday he had about 4 ounces of (seriously diluted) juice. I hope this is a skill he decides to use often. He likes to play with it whether he is drinking from it or not.

His appetite is still really good. But we have to hide milk in oatmeal or anything just so we can get him to drink the 20oz a day minimum. He isn't sleeping yet but he seems to be making some improvements - he is only getting up four times a night (instead of every hour and a half) and only eating two of the four times he wakes. The doctor said maybe he'll start sleeping around 10 months - I hope we can make it that long!

He is just getting over another ear infection - it looks like that is going to be a common occurence since both Jason and my dad got lots of ear infections when they were kids. I'm just hoping the antibiotics don't give him thrush again! And the stranger anxiety has set in. Aiden didn't recognize Jason when he got back from a week long business trip to Japan. He makes a very convincing pouty face and then starts crying when strangers get too close.

Aiden's intensity these days is unmatched. I think he was trying to set this rattle on fire with the laserbeams coming out of his eyes! He is definitely trying to figure out everything around him!

He is outgrowing his 12-18 month onesies and pants to we have the 18-24 month stuff ready to go. I think we will probably transition to that size before we hit 8 months.

We'll keep you updated about other cool stuff we do!

Airshow

Aiden got to share his Daddy's favorite hobby - airplanes! Okay, call me a paranoid first time mom but we did sunscreen, full coverage hat, long pant/sleeves, and ear muffs. Those airplanes are loud! I definitely wasn't prepared for the amount of noise some of those them made! He only actually saw a couple but he heard lots of them - especially the F22. It hurt my ears and we didn't cover Aiden's ears quickly enough for its first pass so there were some tears until we got the earmuffs on. Thanks to the Bakers for lending them to us! Surprisingly the muffs didn't bother him - he didn't try to take them off at all. He even fell asleep wearing them! I was thinking maybe he should wear them for every nap - he slept awesome. The airshow was a success but we'll be sure to get some of our own muffs for him next time!