The Blanchard Family: November 2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Kyler is 7 months old!

Kyler turned 7 months old today! He had his 6 month checkup a few weeks ago and weighed 18lbs 2oz and was 27 inches long, which is right at the 50th percentile for weight and just over the 50th percentile for his height. He has definitely changed over the past month. I was looking at pictures to put up on the blog and noticed how much his sitting has improved! He is sitting up like a champ now and will sit and play on the floor for quite a while now. I still usually put a pillow behind him though because he occasionally gets distracted by trying to reach for a toy that is too far behind him and he ends up face-planting on the floor. :) The other thing he is doing is rolling over all the time! I mentioned last month that he was only rolling over sometimes, well he does it all the time now, but only to his left side. He rolls all the way over onto his right side, but then stops and won't go over onto his tummy. He hasn't quite figured out how to get up onto his knees yet, he pushes himself up really far with his arms and has even scooted himself backwards a few times, but he can't get his belly off the floor yet, maybe by next month! He still doesn't like to eat cereal very much, but we have been trying some carrots and tonight he seemed to like them the most, every other time he has taken one bite and then closed his mouth to any more spoonfuls. I have been making my own baby food, so that has been something fun to do. I think we are going to try peas next. He has also liked drinking out of a sippy cup. I have just put a little water in it-nothing too exciting-but he has liked it. I think he is working on some teeth too; he has been drooling A LOT and chewing on everything constantly. Plus, his nights went from okay to bad, so hopefully they pop through soon so we can go back to getting some more sleep! :) Here are some pictures from the last month!