Nicolai is now 7 months old, and has changed a lot in the past month. He's now rolling over, both directions and starting to try to scootch around. He hasn't yet figured out that he needs his knees under him to move, nor that movement is a lot easier when you don't try to move both legs the same way at the same time, but he's getting there. He's now got one tooth in and another that should pop through any day now. he's much better at pulling himself up and sitting on his own, though he still does tend to lean waaaaay forward and get kind of stuck.
Solids are still going well, he chomps and makes "mmm noises" and all sorts of other cute things that he refuses to do once I set the camera up. *sigh* He's got pureed stuff under control, so I think we're going to get some avocados or bananas and try chunks in the mesh feeder thingies.
Here's a picture of Nicolai and Grandpa Warren at our wedding reception thingy this weekend. Nicolai was pretty well behaved, but he was clearly overtired and overstimulated by the end. Unfortunately, his first night away from home didn't go too well. He was hard on his grandma. Not sure if it was because of teeth or a strange place or the day or a combination thereof, but he conked out on the way home from Angie's lovely shower (we left early. Both of us were pretty much Done) and slept for almost three hours. He was much more cheerful after that, though tough to get to bed, as he woke up at 6pm. Mom sure appreciated the nap, tho'. :-)
In other semi-exciting developments, he goes in for a bit of surgery on Friday. The cyst thingie he's had on his bum since he was a few weeks old has been diagnosed and will be fixed on Friday. Minor procedure, no special care afterwards and he should be just fine. Very nice to have that dealt with, though we're not at all thrilled to be sending him off to surgery. Hoping everything goes well with that, obviously.
He's also starting to outgrow things. He's pretty much outgrown his car seat. He's not hit the height/weight limit yet, but he's long torsoed so his shoulders are getting above the top harness. We purchased the second convertible last night and they will be installed in time for me to take the infant seat to Angie at WW. He's getting too heavy for his swing, too long for the papasan seat thingie and his bouncy seat is even hanging a little low when he's in it (18 pounds now!). Some stuff we're lending to Angie, but now we're being faced with trying to find space for stuff he's outgrowing. It's a daunting task. He's even getting too big for the cosleeper--he moves around too much. He needs a crib, but he still wakes up a few times a night, and I was hoping to wait to move him to his own room until he was sleeping more reliably through the night. Not sure what we're going to do about that, yet.
But, growing is good, and things are good in general these days, and we're looking forward to fun summer things like the cabin and swim lessons (he starts Thursday). Yay, summer!
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