7 Months

Kyler turned 7 months old yesterday. Grandma and Grandpa were in town doing some last-minute Christmas shopping and Grandpa Tig could not believe how big Ky had gotten. We have been noticing the same thing each time we get Kyler dressed. He is growing out of more and more clothes on a daily basis. Can you say growth spurt?

Here is a day in the life of Kyler at 7 months:

MORNING

• Kyler wakes up around 8:30 each morning. He eats some baby cereal or Cream of Wheat with a couple tablespoons full of pureed apples or pears mixed in. He also has some toast or graham cracker or some other finger food to go along with it. Lately he also has to take his medicine (an antibiotic for his cold and nearly an ear infection). 
• Kyler constantly has his tongue out. We think he is feeling his two new bottom teeth and hope he keeps that tongue in his mouth when the top two get here. 
• Ky usually makes 2-3 dirty diapers in the morning, one right after the other. He loves playing with his feet and socks so we are constantly fighting over them when he is getting his diaper changed. 
• Kyler takes a bottle either before or after breakfast - around 6 ounces. And then he plays with his toys until he goes down for a nap around 10:30. He rubs his eyes and gets fussy when he is tired and he will fall asleep with his paci, blanket, and his mobile on in his crib.

AFTERNOON

• Around noon I hear him making noises in his bed. He is usually playing with his feet or the ties on his crib bumper. 
• He gets up, has a diaper change, and it is time for lunch. This is usually some finger food like canned pears or a banana and close to 1/2 cup of some mixture of squash, sweet potatoes, and fruit. 
• Then it is playtime again for a couple of hours. His favorite toy right now is his Little People nativity scene. We even opened gifts last night and he was still wanting the nativity scene over all the noisy and bright toys we bought. I guess we should have gotten more Little People toys instead! 
• Kyler loves sitting up and playing and is trying hard to move around more. He plays like a boy, always banging and throwing toys. He gets upset when he is reaching and rolling and bangs into a hard toy. His arms are always up in the air when he is excited and instead of wagging a tail like a dog would do when they are happy, Kyler moves his feet in circles. 
• He takes another bottle while he is awake and at around 2:30 he goes back to bed for an hour or so. Then it is playtime again for a couple of hours and he will have another bottle during that time.

EVENING

• We usually feed Kyler dinner (and recently his medicine) around 6:30 after Brett gets home from work. Dinner is similar to lunch and we sometimes give him crackers or some kind of snack so that we can eat or do things while he is in the high chair. 
• A few nights each week I give Kyler a bath after dinner. This is one of his favorite activities. He now has a bath seat and can sit up in the tub. I dump water right over his head and he has no problem with that. He splashes quite a bit and is fascinated with the drain when I pull the plug.
• Then it is playtime with Dad for a little while. Brett has been really trying hard to get Kyler to crawl and Ky is way more patient on his tummy than when I try. 
• Kyler has been pretty vocal lately. He sometimes yells pretty loudly and does a lot of babbling... bababa or dadada are his most common phrases. 
• Around 8:30 it is time to start calming down. Kyler takes a bottle; we try for 8-9 ounces at this time so he will sleep longer. Then he usually wants to sit or lie with one of us and read a book or play with a quiet toy with his paci until he is tired enough to go to bed.

NIGHT

• Once in bed, Kyler has been waking up every 20 minutes for the first hour or two. We think it is because he is working on his top two teeth. He loses his pacifier and immediately wakes up (normally he would sleep right through that). 
• Once he is finally down, he will sleep until around 4:00 when he needs a bottle and a diaper change. Then he is back down until morning.

We are really looking forward to Christmas with Kyler. We did our own family Christmas last night and he did pretty good opening gifts. He started realizing that he pulls the paper and then something fun appears. I sure I'll be eating my words when it happens but we can't wait for Kyler to start crawling. I know he will be into everything and will probably be pretty fast - the kid does not stop moving!