7 Months Old

Bryce is 7 months old! He has been for a few days now. The most recent and most exciting development (for mommy) is that Bryce is finally sleeping through the night. It took us a while and we had to let him cry it out (2 nights), but now he sleeps from about 7:30pm-7am. He has been doing this for exactly three nights now, so let's hope it's the real thing.



Jack introduces Bryce to people we meet as, "This is my brother Bryce. He's a really chubby baby." He is chubby, and getting bigger every day. Bryce wears 12-18 month clothes. He does enjoy solids, but is actually kind of picky. He likes finger foods, and can feed himself. He likes Cheerios, bread, and whole wheat waffles (all broken up into tiny bite-sized bits). He doesn't like food that is too pureed. If the food is too smooth or bland, or too strong a vegetable flavor he will cry or wretch, and won't eat it. He loves milk, and chugs his bottles. It is sad for me that Bryce isn't nursing, but he is completely content with bottles. Bryce gets excited when he sees his bottle, and can hold it all by himself, however when it is empty he get so sad, and often cries.



Bryce is a very joyful baby. He smiles often, squeals with joy and loves to babble. He still loves to watch Jack and be near him. Bryce tries to grab toys from Jack and is very curious about what Jack is doing. The other day in the car the boys were both in the back seat, Jack was playing peak-a-boo with Bryce, and Bryce was laughing so loud. It was such a cute brother moment.

Here the boys are working on drawer Daddy was fixing:





The funniest thing is Bryce can crawl, but only backwards. The other day he backed himself into a corner in the basement, and today he scooted all the way back and under his crib (halfway). I am used to looking for hazards, but I never know where he'll go as crawling backward makes it easier to slip under or between things (no big baby head to get in the way) legs can get just about anywhere.



We love our sweet guy and are so blessed that we have had 7 months to get to know Bryce.