7 Months

Everything is going well here.  Adin is continuing to explore the world of fruits and vegetables.  So far his favorite food is apples followed closely by pears.  He hasn’t been too excited about some of the other vegetables we’ve had him try like sweet potatoes but we’ll keep at it.

 

Adin is getting two teeth in the bottom front.  They’ve started to show a little bit so we hope it doesn’t take too long for them to come through.  He’s been a real trooper about it so we can’t complain.  Of course he’s putting everything he can into his mouth and sometimes when he’s in his crib we’ll see him pushing his face into the mattress which we think he may be doing to apply some pressure to his mouth.  His teething did seem to impact his naps the other week but this week he’s been napping really well.  For the past 3 or 4 days he’s taken two naps of an hour to hour & 15 minutes in his crib and hasn’t been in the peanut at all.  We’re hoping that this pattern continues!!

 

Adin is now going underwater at his Water Babies class.  We do a maximum of 5 "dips" per class which is essentially submerging him completely underwater using a diving like motion.  He’s done really well with it – he hasn’t cried or gotten upset at all. 

 

Yesterday at his "preschool" class all the kids did footprints for their journals.  I posted a few pictures of Adin getting his feet painted and there is one of him and another girl from the class.  I’ll take the camera to another class soon and take pictures of Adin interacting with the other kids.

 

We ordered a jogging stroller from REI which Doug picked up last night.  Now I have no excuse to go out running since I can take Adin with me   He still really enjoys being outside so hopefully he’ll like adding jogging into his morning routine. 

 

Last Saturday we attended our first Tiny Tots concert in Seattle.  The program was titled Folk and Fiddlin & introduced the kids to the bango, fiddle and spoons.  It was the first time that Adin was in a setting like that so he sat on Doug’s lap (holding onto his hands) and just took everything in.  After the concert we went to Cafe Ladro to give Adin a bottle and for Doug & I to have lattees then we went to do some shopping at Pike Place Market.  I had Adin in the Bjorn carrier and he had a great time looking around at everything.  The weather was crisp and clear so it really was one of those perfect fall days.