Lucas 7 months old

Lucas 7 months old

May 8

Lucas at 7 Months Old!

• He started out loving solid food, but has since decided to refuse to eat it.  I think green beans started the problem.  He seemed ok with them the first time, but seriously gagged the second and third time we tried them.  He will still eat plain oatmeal and rice cereal the best.  The last few days have been better with all food, so hopefully his strike has ended.  So far he has had rice cereal, oatmeal, applesauce, squash, carrots, pears, green beans, bananas, and mixed vegetables. 
• He likes to sleep with blankets over his head, which is not my favorite.  He pulls them right up to his chin and snuggles them, or throws them right over his face.  He loves his minky/silky blanket to sleep with, and also likes the muslin blankets which are perfect for the warmer weather and give some room to breathe.  He loves his binky, and it will calm him down and comfort him if he needs it.
• He does not like his toys taken away.  The days are gone where we can take something back that we don't want him to have without a protest.  He loves "toys" that are not toys, like sunglasses, cords, remote controls, phones, spoons, anything within reach.  We have to be careful what is around him.  
• He is starting to squeal and make more noise.  He likes to hear himself!  He is still a fantastic baby though, and even when he is loud, most times it is a happy loud.  Quiet Relief society is his favorite place to show off his vocal abilities.  He is almost always happy, and smiles at everyone.  
• He is starting to cry if he is left alone in a room.  He knows now that it is much more fun when people are around, then when he is alone.  He happily plays on his own though, as long as we are nearby.  
• He generally only cries if he is really hungry, tired, or hurt.  Matt thinks I jump too quickly to comfort him, but I figure if he is going to be that good and only cry when he really needs me, I'm going to jump immediately to help him!
• He can roll both ways now, but doesn't roll that often (as of 7 mths).  He rolled front to back first, but now only rolls back to front.  He thinks he's stuck when he is on his stomach.  He is getting stronger at sitting, and can sit up well on his own now.
• He loves Matt's Texas/Peewee accent that he has created especially for him.  He mostly says "Hi, Buddy" in the voice which gets big grins from Lucas.  
• He also thinks Emilyn and Matisyn saying "ba ba ba ba" over and over again is very funny!  He thinks his sisters in general are pretty hilarious.  They can make him laugh lots with their sounds and faces, and cry because they love him so much and are always in his face.  
• It is easy to make him laugh.  He loves attention, bouncing, faces, and being tickled.
• He started sleeping through the night more consistently, or at least until the early morning.  He goes to bed around 7:30 or 8:00 and sleeps until 6:30 or 7:00.  Sometimes he wakes up to eat at 4 or 5, then goes back down until the 6 or 7 time.  The girls did not sleep through the night consistently until much later.  (P.S. I have to add that the night I wrote this he woke up at 2:00 a.m, so we aren't all the way there yet, but he is doing great.)
• He loves to bang things together or bang toys on his highchair and exersaucer. 
• He doesn't spit up very often anymore, but he drools like crazy!
• Everything he touches goes into his mouth...which doesn't help with the drooling problem!
• We love this baby boy so much!  Each stage we want him to stay in because he is so precious, and then the next stage is even cuter.  We are having so much fun having him in our family, and couldn't have asked for a better, sweeter, happier baby!