great small things: jonah is 7 months old!

It has really been an eventful month for Jonah! He seems so much more like a little person now. He is still a very good eater, and so far the only thing he refused to eat was zucchini. Jonah is still getting up twice a nice (usually 11 and then 4), but I'm pretty sure it is out of habit instead of hunger. After I feed him, he often plays for a little in his crib, and then in the morning, he doesn't want to eat that much. During the day, I usually nurse him 6 times...sometimes he drinks a lot, and other times it is just a little. So that makes a total of 8...that seems a little high for being 7 months old, but for right now I'm just going with it. He is happy and healthy. I probably reevaluate at 9 months.

Jonah has also started to do a few more things. My favorite is saying "ba ba ba ma ma ma". He'll repeat that over and over. I haven't caught it on video yet, but I'll try. Jonah isn't quite sitting yet, but he is getting better each day. He'll sit for maybe up to 30 seconds, but he is not even consistent with sitting that long. (Although the weekend after he turned 7 months, he started sitting for longer periods of time to where I can say he is definitely a sitter). He seems to be more interested in crawling, but he hasn't gotten that down either. He'll go up on his hands for a few seconds or he'll get up on his knees for a few seconds, but never at the same time and never does he move. I've noticed that he has seemed a little more frustrated since he wants to move and can't. Little does he know that it won't be long before he is all over the house!

Jonah still loves his brother, and Tobey is certainly becoming more receptive of Jonah. He often talks about Jonah, and I can tell he is excited that Jonah is getting bigger and more capable.

Also, we've tried some puffs, but Jonah doesn't seem to have the fine motor skills necessary to pick them up. It's funny to watch him though because he gets really mad about it.

One other thing is that we thought he got a tooth this month. Adam and I both saw it and felt a little white bump that looked just like a tooth coming through right where a tooth should be coming through. A few hours later, it was gone! We are still waiting for it to make its reappearance, and then Jonah will officially have a tooth.