Seven Months Old

Gray is almost eight months old! This past month has definitely been the most changes we have seen yet from our little guy. He is like a new little person now that he is so mobile. He spends all day crawling around and has also learned to stand/pull up. (Goodbye, parental freedom)! We joke that he is constantly in motion, but it's pretty much true. Unless he is asleep or strapped into something, he is not content to sit still. He LOVES to pull up and then just look around, smiling, like he is quite proud of himself. I am a bit sad that I can't really hold him on my lap anymore...he just wants to get down and GO. :)

Other changes he's made this month:
-Dropped his late afternoon cat nap. Now naps around 10 and 2, although I am struggling to get both kids' naps coordinated and find the best time to leave the house for an outing
-Eating more variety of pureed baby foods and starting more solids (puffs, banana, bread, etc.)
-Still four bottles per day 6-8 ounces. Still on prevacid
-Still no teeth
-Still lots of runny noses and congestion...poor guy :( Thankfully they don't seem to bother him too much.
-His demeanor is still very easy and happy. He usually just goes with the flow for the most part. Right now his personality seems to be kind of quiet...basically the the opposite of his big sis!
-He is vocalizing and babbling a bit more, but still on the quiet side
-Had two weeks of diarrhea which stopped when we switched him to soy formula. Apparently you can be temporarily lactose intolerant? We will try to slowly switch back to regular in a couple weeks and see if it works
-Other things he loves besides crawling and standing are being around his big sister, meal time, playing/laughing/tickling/peekaboo, when we come get him from his crib (big grin, often standing up, waiting for us). And we discovered he LOVES to swing at the park.
-Doesn't love to have diaper changed, clothes changed, or be confined in anything because he just wants to move. I guess this is a boy thing...it seems more exaggerated than it did after Saylor learned to move. Currently my least favorite part of the day is bath time. It is literally DANGEROUS because he WILL NOT hold still. He dives bombs for the drain and flips and squirms and is so slippery. It is pretty much impossible to give him a bath without a partner to help...so I always wait for Matt to come home!

Here are some pics from this past month. I think he is getting more handsome! ;) Love you, sweet boy!