Wheeler 7 months

Well I had taken a semi-accidental blog hiatus for awhile there! I decided to be "there" with my kids instead of taking photos and thinking, "oh I need to blog about this!" every waking moment of the day. So I think my posts will be few and far between or I guess I can be more intentional about blogging (quickly) from my phone.

Wheeler turned 7 months old last week! He is such a sweet baby! We are all smitten. Sipsey is a great big sister and I think it's safe to say that we have all adjusted to the fourth member of our family being here to stay! Now if he will just sleep through the night consistently, I won't have black bags under my eyes (as noticed by Sipsey when I explained Wheeler's black eye---"yeah, like yours, Mommy!").

Since I have not recorded any milestones for Wheeler, I'm about to do that right here:
3 M - started drooling and had to use bibs all the time
4 M - rolled tummy to back
4 M - found his feet
5 M - or a little earlier, started rice cereal
5 M - or maybe earlier, rolled back to tummy
5 M - started baby food; sweet potatoes, which he hated but now loves
5.5 M - army crawling; this kid drags himself anywhere he wants to go
6 M - babbles baba and dada and makes the mmmmm sound
6.5 M - pulls up on arms and knees and rocks back forth then lunges and army crawls
6.5 M - pulls up on his crib bumpers (ruining my handiwork by the way!)
7 M - sit up really well unassisted
7 M - gets into sitting position himself

A few more things:

• I'm still nursing 4-5 times a day, but he'll take a bottle if we are out and about
  
• Eating baby food for breakfast and dinner and sometimes lunch
• Goes to bed by 8:00 now and wakes anytime from 6:00-7:30
• Still not consistently sleeping through the night. I'm a big fan of crying it out, which worked in the beginning, but he won't have it now. I nurse him to get him to sleep and fortunately, he falls right back to sleep! As I type at 9:30, he has just started crying but had been asleep since before 8:00...aaaaand he just cried it out
• Wears a size 2 diaper during the day because I had a massive automatic delivery from Amazon and did not realize my baby was growing. He wears a 3 at night.
  
• Can still wear 6 month clothes, but has 9 and 12 month for spring and summer
  
• Still no teeth
• Has blue eyes, but they are a darker blue and they change a little depending on what he's wearing
  
• Gets into "pickles" all.the.time. I find him under furniture, chewing on electrical cords, behind the curtains, etc, etc. He has more bumps and bruises in his 7 months than I think Sipsey has ever had in her 4 years. I hear way too many thuds when I walk out of the room, which really is not that often, but he seems to get into trouble as soon as I walk out!

Yummy sweet potatoes



He has to sleep in a zippered outfit or he pulls his legs up and busts out



I think if Wheeler could talk, he would look like this all the time and scream for help constantly



Before a walk when it was still cold out



6 month checkup: 15lbs14oz (30%-tile) and 27.5in (90%-tile)



Family outing to Lowe's



Starting to push up and lunge forward



Already climbing OVER things



And getting into pickles



Ruining my bumpers :)



How I found him napping one day



Playing outside and out of all the toys, he'd rather chew on the strap



Sweet 7 month old!