Sutton at Seven Months

Watch out world!  Here he comes!  Whew, what a difference a month makes.  Sutton went from barely being able to sit up to pushing himself up to a sitting position, army crawling like a mad man and pulling himself up to his knees.  Apparently sitting up and seeing what was out there was all of the inspiration he needed to take off.  He is crazy mobile!  Brett and are taking over under bets on if he will be walking with out assistance at Christmas.  (For the record he will be 9 1/2 months, around the same age Moses was when he took his first steps).

Sutton is also getting three solid meals a day.  Veggies are really not his favorite.  He makes the worst faces and gags when I feed them to him.  He has become tolerable of sweet potatoes and green peas are growing on him.  He will finish a stage 2 container of fruit or breakfast blend and 1/2 to 1/3 when I give him veggies.  His favorites are bananas, apples or pears.

Sleeping is getting better.  The time change threw us off some, but typically he will go down for the night around 6:30.  He might wake up between 4am-5am and want his morning bottle but he will go back to sleep until brother wakes up or sometime after.  He takes a morning nap around 9:30am.  The afternoon naps are trickier but he will usually take one after lunch as well (sometimes two if they are short).  We are trying to drop the "pre dinner" 5pm nap, but sometimes he's so unhappy he needs that 30 minutes to compose himself!  Moses never took this nap, but it's great because it gives me a chance to work on dinner.

Everyone comments on how happy Sutton is.  He is always smiling and so sweet.  His laughs and giggles are heard all day!  And what do we see when he grins?  His two new bottom teeth!  Sutton spends most of the day crawling around seeing what he can find.  We have to make sure Moses' toys are on the coffee table when he is playing on the floor.  Sutton is currently obsessed with shoes.  He loves to untie them and play with laces or put them in his mouth.

Health wise, we are getting thing straightened out.  Sutton's tummy troubles are a distant memory.
We are planning on having tubes put in in December.  He constantly has fluid in is ears and hopefully this will solve that issue.

Our little Sutton-bug is growing so fast!  Let's see what another month will bring!