Our son is 7 months old

Development

• started rolling back to tummy properly 6 mo 1 week. Rolled tummy to back a few times as well and now does it accidentally.

• Started pivoting 6 mo 1 w.

• Scoots since 6 mo 3 w, but when it doesn't work, he is frustrated.

• Sits with support.

• Started scooting one day after turning 7 months old.

• Started babbling bababa, mamama, mämämä on the 7 mo birthday.

Feeding

• Started with solids with Rapley but we quickly added purees as well.

• Has tried many different foods by now. Likes his porridge the most, but also carrot and banana and watermelon. I gave him spaghetti and he spent quite some time trying to figure out what it was!

• Gets 4-5 bottles of 200 ml per day (night feed, if it happens, is 120 ml) and one of those bottles is expressed breast milk.

• Still pumping 4-5 times per day (total of around 180 ml per day).

Sleeping

• stopped the dream feeds quickly after his 6 mo birthday. Will sleep from 19-4 am or several times also until 6 am. He has slept up to 10h50m without waking up. Sometimes he will still wake up and be patted to sleep or need a bottle (from 4 am).

• I stopped using the Love to Dream sleep bag and he sleeps in a newborn Puckababy (hands in the mitts).

• Can fall asleep on his own, this having been proved when his dad locked himself out of the house by accident, but mostly needs to be patted to sleep

• Can connect the sleep cycles more reliably (maybe 70% of the time).

• Has slept past 45 m mark in the stroller as well but stroller naps are still sadly shorter than crib ones

• Wake window 2 to 2,5 h but sometimes looks like he needs even a little longer time. 2 naps per day haven't worked out great though.

General

• Still has 2 teeth

• Loves: the hysteric noisy toys, looking at the trees and the sky and of course the big sis. They have greatest time together (she is great 99% time, but sometimes, when tired, will complain about him hitting her or be a bit jealous).

• I was away a night first time ever from him for one night due to a course in Utrecht.

Statistics

Wears size 68. Sleeps about 14 to 15 h per day.

Schedule:

6 or 6:30 awake, bottle (180+6), new clothes, tummy time

7ish breakfast: porridge (120 ml formula) and a half of a banana

8:30 1st nap (bed)

10:00 awake, bottle (180+6)

11:30 lunch: steamed veggies, veggie puree (Mama Deli)

12ish 2nd nap (bed)

14:00 awake, bottle (180+6)

16ish 3rd nap (stroller, capped to 30 min if it happens at 16 or later, if earlier, he can sleep a little longer)

17ish dinner (veggies, veggie puree, porridge)

18:30 upstairs, bottle (180+6), pjs and sleeping bag, story and to bed, fuss it out up to 15 min, then patting him to sleep if not asleep