Levi is 7 months old! He had his 7 month birthday yesterday, on Mother's Day, spent primarily in airports in the USA. We flew back from Fresno yesterday and are now happily and safely HOME! I feel like alot has changed with Levi this month. And it also feels like it's been a long long time since I've written a monthly post! Last month's was written a day or two early and this month I'm a day behind.
Levi now has two teeth, both bottom, which came in right around his 6 month birthday. He's so cute with those two bright, white baby teeth when he grins! It sure hurts when he bites, though. Wow, those suckers are sharp! He's started biting our shoulders which really, really hurts. I think he's just trying to get our shirts, but often he'll get our shoulder skin with it and then he locks his jaw and pulls. Yikes. How do you break a baby of a biting habit? I imagine it's just teething, but how can I encourage him not to teethe on us??
We have now been offering Levi solid food for about a month and a half and he's never fallen in love with it. In fact, during our recent trip to Fresno, Levi became completely breastfed again for 10 days and didn't miss the solids one bit. He has tried a decent variety of foods this month, though. He's had peas, applesauce, sweet potatoes, carrots, banana and, of course, more rice cereal. We've also had fun with letting him try food off of our plates so he's also tried things like oranges, grapes, lemons, strawberries, watermelon, pork chops, and a rib bone. With all of it he just gags. Oh well...breastfeeding is easier anyway so as long as I can keep up, we may as well take it slow!
Levi has a huge fascination with cups right now. He's getting pretty good at drinking out of a cup too, with our help, of course. He hasn't caught on to the bottle or sippy cup yet, though. Maybe he'll just skip that stage and go straight to the real cup.
Levi has been sitting for two solid months already so now when he tips, it's 98% of the time something that he intended to do. He's not crawling yet, but he can get around pretty well just scootching on his belly and adding the occasional roll to make even more progress toward what he wants. It's fun to see him be able to get around so that he can reach the thing that he has his eye on, but it's also a bit harder to keep things out of his reach! He's definitely a grabby baby...and fast too! His hand-eye coordination is remarkable.
Levi still isn't sleeping through the night. This month has been slightly better than the previous two, with Levi waiting at least 2 hours between night-time feeds. His average sleep-stretch has moved up to 3 hours, though, for which I am SO grateful! My goal for this month is to try to increase his sleep-stretch average to at least 4 hours, if not more. I can count on one hand the amount of times that Levi has slept longer than 5 hours in one stretch since birth. On another note, I can now say that it's been a year since I've slept through the night. It was about halfway through my pregnancy that I started waking up during the night, either from sore hips or needing to use the bathroom. I am very much looking forward to a full night's sleep again. One day...right?
Levi's favourite things right now are...peek-a-boo, his Rock 'n Stack, mommy, daddy, Lennox, the Jolly Jumper,
In the first 7 months of his life, Levi has logged many driving miles, and has been on 8 different flights, totaling 5800 miles in the air. He is a well-traveled little boy!
Well, that's probably enough about the 7th month. It's been a fun one. I'm looking forward to month 8 as much as ever. So far it has started well. Levi fell asleep for his morning nap in under 3 minutes and has been sleeping for an hour already. I think it's safe to say that all THREE McCorkindales are happy to be home.
Happy seven months, little buddy! You are loved!
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Happy 7 months Levi! That little boy should be ready to stay put for a while after all the traveling he's done recently (not to mention his mommy ;-)
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