August - Seven Months

Happy 7-month birthday, August!

August grew by leaps and bounds this month.  At last check he was over sixteen pounds, up nearly ten pounds from his birth weight.  He also now sits up completely on his own and will try to scoot when he's on his belly.  Matt is encouraging the crawling; I'm enjoying these remaining days of a sedentary baby.

Even though he isn't crawling, August is still into everything already.  The picture above is the only one we got on the chair before he started squirming and grabbing at Arjun the Monkey:

So we moved to the safer floor...

But that was short-lived, too.

We love watching how curious and inquisitive August is becoming.  He's fascinated with the world around him, especially his toys, his books (which usually go in his mouth) and his dog (in whose mouth his fingers usually go).

Last month I posted about the teething without teeth.  We're still waiting for that illusive first tooth and are still dealing with the drooling, though the crankiness is improving.  Maybe we're just getting used to it.  Our saving grace has been his amber teething necklace.  Even though it causes strangers to ooh and aah over our "beautiful little girl" when he's wearing gender-neutral clothing, it's been well worth it.

We've also enjoyed some early conversations with August, even though his contribution is still mostly "dadadada" and "babababa."  Whatever he's saying, it's already fascinating.