At 7 months, Dalton is 17lb (25%) and 28″ (80%), and is rolling and sitting like a champ!
Within a week after turning 6 months, Dalton figured out the solids thing – from a spoon at least. He has no interest in picking up food, but will open his mouth like a baby bird over and over again for spoonfuls of mashed up avocado, rice and greens or sweet potato. So much for baby led weaning.
A couple weeks later, Dalton is now eating 3 solid meals a day (from a spoon), and has started to have the “veggie wedgie” poop indicating he’s getting some nutrition out of it. However, his milk intake hasn’t declined much at all. My milk stash was drawn down pretty quickly this month. Luckily, a friend who had a baby a month before me happened to have an oversupply that she was willing to share, so I haven’t had to introduce formula yet.
Mid-way through the month, those two bottom teeth cut through at the same time, so now our smiley baby is even cuter 🙂
In the last week or so, Dalton has finally achieved a couple key developmental milestones. In the same weekend he decided he wanted to roll over both ways and also sit up unassisted. He also continues to occasionally skip his third nap of the day, and definitely prefers to sleep on his belly for longer naps, but isn’t fully ready to move to two naps. He does frequently wake up very early in the morning and “sings” and “squawks” until he falls back to sleep.