The Reynolds Family: Silas at Seven Months

Silas is such a ham these days! And, he is changing and developing more and more.

On Wednesday, October 13, I noticed that he was getting tooth. He had been a little cranky lately, and had trouble staying asleep (he would go to sleep fine, but wake up a couple times in the night). That night of the 13th, he was a little fussier than usual and after examining his mouth, I found a tiny tooth!

Then, a few days later, another one started coming in! As of now, his bottom incisors are the ones in. It also feels like one of his top teeth is trying to break through, now! Because of these teeth, though, he is chewing on EVERYTHING he can get his hands on. Even the remote!

Silas still doesn't nap very well...if at all. He sleeps about 11 hours at night, but absolutely refuses to nap during the day. He will fight every bit of fatigue. Nowadays, he will take a short nap in the mornings--anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, and then another one later in the afternoon--usually a little longer, about 1-1.5 hours. When he is tired, he is so fussy and it is really the only time he cries.

Early in the morning he will sometimes wake up a couple of times, fuss a minute or two, and then go back to sleep. We know when he is good and ready to get up because he will wake up happy, cooing, and playful. Naps are a different story, though. He usually wakes up fussy from naps. After a few minutes, though, he's OK. Oh, and he still makes the puppy noises when he sleeps. And when he sleeps, he sleeps on his stomach, with his butt in the air. Too cute!!

His eating habits aren't very different. He has a bottle at every meal, along with some type of food. Usually, he has banana oatmeal in the morning (with his reflux medicine), a vegetable at lunch, and a fruit at dinner. Then, he has just a bottle sometime in the evening.

We are using sign language with him on a few things like milk, food, change, mom, dad, and puppy. We have both noticed that he is attempting to mimic the signs for milk and food--he knows what is important! He also gets excited when you use the signs with him.

He is holding the bottle himself, as long as he is lying down or back. He is sitting up all the time, and for extended periods. He is still such a quiet observer--he is constantly examining things. When he is in his stroller or car seat, he loves to play with the straps, as well as study them. For awhile now, he's been able to pull his pacifier clip off whatever we clip it to--he prefers to chew on the hard end.

Back to the studying--he loves to play with his V-Tech ball (it lights up and makes noise) and tries to "get" the images off the ball. It is almost as if you can see him thinking, "How do I get the bug off the ball?" or, "How does this thing work?"

He LOVES to giggle. We've figured out his tickle spots and will tickle him mercilessly. He is just too cute when he laughs! His giggles are turning into bigger laughs and we love it. He loves being thrown into the air, or bounced around. He also loves when I sing to him--especially in goofy voices.

Perhaps the biggest milestone is that he is crawling! It's more of a scooting, or caterpillar crawl--his butt sticks up on the air and he scoots himself forward on his forearms. Nonetheless, he is getting around a little bit. It's not much, and he still gets frustrated, but we can see this progressing into something more, very quickly!

Here are some pictures of him from the last month or two...click on any of them to make the picture bigger.