Ethan at 7 Months

Ethan:

Today you are 7 months old! You weigh about 15 lbs. 3 oz. and are about 26.5 inches long. You are in the 4th percentile for weight. You're a little squirt!

You may be small, but you're learning all kinds of new tricks. Your newest skill is blowing wet, drooly raspberries all the time, even while eating. You are also determined to take your socks off whenever humanly possible. Apparently you aren't aware that it's about 20 degrees outside. This wouldn't be such a problem except that you not only take your socks off, but then you chew on them until they are thoroughly soaked, making them useless.

One skill you still haven't learned: how to drink from a bottle (or sippy cup). It's time to figure this out, little buddy.

This month, you've struggled with sleep. Well, not just this month, but that last 3-4 months, which is why we finally just let you cry it out at night and naptime. And, I think it's working. Now, when I lay you down on your back, you will fuss for less than a minute, flip yourself over onto your tummy and sleep like...a baby. This is how you sleep....face down. It scares me to death, because I have no idea how you breathe, but just when I'm ready to go in and check on you, you turn your head and all is well. Besides, there's nothing I can do to stop you from rolling. Now, you just need to learn how to roll back over onto your back.

You've mastered sitting up by yourself. We put you down on the floor on your blanket and give you toys and you grab something in each hand and bang them together. I think you like the noise. You're just like your sister, because she always had to have a toy in each hand.

This month has been very eventful as well. Just after you turned 6 months old, you got sick...and had your first experience with a nebulizer, your first x-rays (twice in one week!), your first trip to the ER and your first hospital admission...all for a nasty case of bronchiolitis. From what I understand, only 1-2% of babies every get admitted to the hospital for this. Apparently, you're an over-achiever! It was a scary time for mom, dad and Emily, but you took it in stride, even when you had to have oxygen via nasal cannulas, or "nose fans" as we described them to Emily. Let's hope that next month won't be nearly as "exciting"!

We love you, little guy.