Tiger is 7 Months Old, or, What's Going on With Tiger in May!

Spring has arrived and with it, we're on the downward slope towards Tiger's 1st birthday!

At 7 Months, Tiger:

• Weighs right at 20 pounds - big fella!  I'm already putting him in 9 months, and some 12 months clothes (the ones that run small).
• Smiles, babbles, and coos, and we all love it - his little sounds are the best!  Jones loves to ask, "What is Tiger saying?"  I usually Socratic Method that right back to him ("What do you think he's saying?"), and it's usually pretty funny what he comes up with.  Jones is absolutely Tiger's favorite person.

• He's always happiest when he's doing something with Jones - he loves to go to his baseball games and watch Jones (and all of the players, really) run and play - Tiger likes action!

• Is liking the jumperoo more and more but still prefers to be down on the ground, attempting to crawl (he's so close!)

• Likes the water (baths and pools)!

Worn out from swimming!

• Is still a good sleeper at night, not that great of a sleeper when it comes to naps ...

• Is, again, such a source of joy and pride and love for our whole family!

Tiger is 6 Months Old, or, What's Going on With Tiger in April!

Six months has never gone by so quickly (except, I suppose, for Jones's first 6 months)!

At 6 months, Tiger:

• Weighs around 15 pounds (that's just a guess ... he's a chunky little thing, though!)
• Sleeps through the night but, like Joneser before him, does not care for napping - he might miss something!  He's starting to fight going to sleep for just that reason.

• Drools and drools and drools and drools ... we've acquired a large selection of drool bandanas (which, on top of being useful (because, otherwise, we'd be going through multiple outfits a day to keep him dry), are super cute).  I keep waiting to see some teeth!
• Rocks back and forth, and gets up on his tip-toes, but hasn't put it all together to crawl yet. 
• Smiles and smiles and smiles! 

• Loves the water - we've graduated from the sink to the bathtub, and he loves to splash!

• Shows a definite preference for fruits over vegetables.  Don't get me wrong, he'll eat the vegetables or the more savory offerings, but he definitely eats more enthusiastically when it's a fruit.  He loves apples and pears, and his favorite vegetable is carrots (one of the sweeter vegetables, ha!)
• Babbles and coos - he makes this fabulous cooing noise all the time, and it's seriously the sweetest sound you've ever heard.  He's just so happy and good-natured, and his baby noises reflect that part of his disposition!

Tiger is 5 Months Old, or, What's Going on With Tiger in March!

5 months old, and still as sweet as can be!

At 5 months old, Tiger:

• Weighs around 15-16 pounds, wearing size 2 diapers, 3-6 months and 6 months clothes.
• Is starting to eat more solid foods - he's a pretty good eater, his favorite foods are fruits.

• Sleeps through the night, doesn't do naps so well.
• Likes the jumperoo, but not as much as Joneser did.  Tiger is more into playing with toys on the floor.  He can sit for a long time just playing with everything.  Speaking of ...

• Is getting pretty good at sitting upright!
• Is getting to the stage where everything goes in the mouth!
• Rolls over front to back, back to front.  He rolls over almost instantly when you lay him down in the crib - he always sleeps on his side or on his tummy.

• Is so happy just to watch everything that's going on around him! 
• Loves his big brother - he lights up whenever Jones is in the room!

Tiger is still, as always, a blessing, every single day to our family.