7th month

by Amy ~ November 5, 2010

Gabe & Zara turn 8 months old tomorrow. They are growing so quickly and we are having a blast with them.

Both of them are now rolling over both ways and able to do the army man crawl. Gabe scoots with his right arm, Zara with her left (funny huh?). Sometimes f you’re looking at or talking to Zara she’ll roll onto her back and smile at you. Gabe loves feet, not only his own but all feet. He’ll take off from across the room and crawl to your feet to put them in his mouth. Both of them put everything in their mouths. Neither have teeth yet but they sure love to chew on everything!

In the last few days Zara and Gabe have finally started to notice one another! It’s pretty funny to see them smiling/talking to one another.

They’re still sleeping through the night for the most part. Gabe recently decided that he was going to wake up at 9pm and 3 am (almost clockwork every day). He’s also started fighting sleep more than in the past. We used to be able to put him down and he would only cry for a minute then go to sleep then he began crying 10 minutes straight. We’re tried the “cry it out” method which was hard (you don’t go into their room when they’re crying) but it seems to have worked. For the last few nights he was able to go to sleep right away and slept until 7am.

Solid foods are going well. They both eat pretty good. Zara isn’t a huge fan of any vegetables and gags when you’ve fed her something she deems inappropriate. Gabe eats almost anything but does gag on carrots from time to time.

View photos of Gabe & Zara’s 7th month photos.