7 Month Update (oops, not 9)

I had his picture taken at picture people today - you can view a slide show here:
Slide Show

The password is our street name (no caps or anything).

Nate sits. He almost never falls backwards. He sometimes dives forward to his belly.

Nate can roll over from his back to his front. He doesn't really like the outcome of this when he is in bed (more on sleep later).

He scoots backwards and around when on his stomach. Definitely not a crawl yet, but he gets all around the room, but not in any coherent manner.

If you leave him sitting in his crib, he can reach the side and pull up. (The mattress is getting lowered promptly - not to worry too much, he can't get to sitting from his back or front). He tries to pull up on Jack's large trucks, occasionally he gets to his knees momentarily. He also pivots all around.

His sleeping is atrocious. Yes, atrocious, for weeks. He generally only wants to nap on laps, in a carrier or in a car. But the real problem is night time. He still (usually) goes down relatively easily at 7- 7:30. However, he wakes up a ton and doesn't want to go back in the crib - only wants to sleep on our laps. We are not getting much sleep. He had a minor cold a few weeks ago and nothing has gone right since.

His eating fell off when he was sick, but it is back OK now. He eats sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, apples, pears, bananas with oat or rice cereal. He generally eats one a day, but I am going to start a second feeding asap.

(sorry for all the typos I am sure are here - I am too tired to care!)