{"id":6008,"date":"2012-06-14T19:56:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T01:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=6008"},"modified":"2012-06-14T20:11:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T02:11:34","slug":"6-5-12-seven-months-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/the-family\/6-5-12-seven-months-old\/","title":{"rendered":"6.5.12: Seven months old"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mr. Banana-Grabber:<\/p>\n

I wonder if you can guess how you earned your new nickname. Got it yet? <\/p>\n

You discovered your wee wee a couple of months ago, actually, but as your relationship with it has matured, your treatment of it has gotten rougher. Your daddy and I are constantly encouraging you to be nice to the family jewels because when it\u2019s bath time and you\u2019ve finally got access to them, you tend to try to rip them off. We might want grandkids someday, Buds! I guess it doesn\u2019t hurt you but it hurts us to watch. So we try to distract you as best we can. And I say, \u201cBe nice to your huevos!\u201d more often than I ever imagined I would need to, in any context.<\/p>\n

But the big news this month is not about your junk but about all the food you\u2019re eating! You are LOVING your foray into solid foods. You have tried sweet potatoes, oatmeal, prunes, carrots, squash, apples, yogurt, avocado, peaches, green beans, and more. And for the most part, you like all that stuff! You are especially a fan of prunes and sweet potatoes. When I feed you in your Bumbo chair, you like to act like you\u2019re in a rodeo on a bucking bronco. It\u2019s really funny. You get your right hand up in the air and you jump around and try to buck out of the chair because you are so excited to be eating food. <\/p>\n

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Your two little teeth nubs have turned into real teeth! So I bought you a little toothbrush and sometimes even remember to use it. And you\u2019re drooling so much lately that I suspect we\u2019ll see some new teeth (up top, maybe?) in the next few weeks. <\/p>\n

You\u2019re sitting up on your own now for longer periods of time. Your daddy and I like to time you and make a big deal when you break your previous record. You\u2019re pushing upwards of three minutes before falling over or crumpling in half! However, you still have no interest in rolling over, as you are still no fan of tummy time beyond the first couple of minutes. Once the novelty of being on your stomach wears off, you get very grumpy. <\/p>\n

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Speaking of very grumpy, this month your impatience really started to show itself. I mean, of course newborns and babies are impatient in general, as every time they need or want something, they cry until they get it, and sometimes they keep crying just because you made them wait so long that it hurt their feelings, but you have started communicating your impatience with an incredibly grating grunt noise, which the internet can experience in this video:<\/p>\n