7 months

This is a little late but wanted to update... Ryker is now 7 months old! He weighs around 19lbs. He doesn't go back to the doctor until he is 9 months so I do my best to weigh him. I am not sure of his height, I guess I need to invest in a tape measure soon:)

He is still sleeping in his crib which is awesome! He normally goes to sleep around 7:30 or 8 and wakes up at around 5. I usually feed him and then we go back to sleep until around 7. He goes to sleep fairly easily, we either just put him in his crib or rock him. He makes the funniest noise in his throat when he gets sleepy. He also puts his hand over his mouth and turns over so we know when it is time.

Ryker has another tooth, this time on the top. This has not affected breastfeeding him but he does grind his teeth which drives me insane. On top of breastfeeding he eats cereal and fruit in the morning and at night, and veggies and fruit during the day. It does not seem to have slowed down the amount that he nurses except for in the middle of the night. I am hoping to be able to continue nursing up until he is a year old.

Playing is Ryker's favorite thing to do. He is able to throw things down and knows that someone will pick it up (so when we are out to eat this happens continuously). He bangs toys and teethers on the table and loves to pet Dulci (still working on teaching him gentle). His favorite toy has got to be this plastic ball that came on one of his toys, he likes to bite at it and shake and throw it. He still enjoys his jumpers. He loves to be outside and in town so that he can stare at everyone. He doesn't really pay much attention to TV but he will looks at it while we are watching (I hope this continues). We continue to read to him. most of the time he allows this:) I am reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever to him right now (courtesy of Aunt Courtnie). His book this month was Fox in Socks which is soooo hard to read without sounding like a crazy person.

We had two adventures this month. We went to Uncle Norman's for a Halloween party. Ryker was a vampire and he was super cute. Then we went to Savannah for the first time to visit Aunt Sonja and Uncle John. Aunt Courtnie came down to see us too. We are all very excited for the arrival of Sophie James who will be here around St. Patty's Day!

That is about all for this month. Time is flying by so I will be updating again in no time.