7 months old

Turning seven months old this week brought with it a few changes for JT. First of all, he got his first tooth! There is a bit of white glistening through in his lower middle gumline. He plays with it with his tongue and obviously knows something is there. His snotty nose hasn’t been for nothing! All that work has made him a little extra sleepy. He even slept through the last half hour of The Bourne Supremacy the other night, surround sound and all. 🙂

The other big news is that he is swaddle-free at night now. For months now, JT’s nighttime routine has been set: go to sleep about 9 PM, wake up around 6 AM and talk to himself for a few minutes, fall back asleep, and be to get up about 8 AM. I was very nervous to lose this wonderful schedule… especially since he is on his own to fall back asleep at the 6 AM time slot with no binky or help from us. But he must have been ready for the big change, because I didn’t swaddle him Saturday night and everything went like normal. Phew!

JT enjoyed getting some mail on Valentine’s Day. He was, however, more interested in eating the card than the yummy chocolate fish from his cousins. I guess I’ll have to help with the chocolate…

This week’s Flip Clip is pretty boring, but I think it’s a nice one. It’s JT playing with his blocks. Yep, blocks. He can take them out of the basket by himself, so it’s twenty minutes of independent fun from something that does not blink, make noise, or require batteries. Ahhh…