.seven months.

3.25.2017

Axel is really good at sitting up on his own and he's been trying to lean forward when he's sitting to get onto his hands and knees. He can't quite figure out how to get over his feet, though. He is really good at spinning himself when he's on his tummy and no matter how hard he tries to get himself to go forward, he always scoots himself backward.

He did manage to rock forward to his knees one day and started rocking back and forth on his hands and knees. Sometimes he decides it's just easier to scoot around on his bum. He doesn't go far and it's only happened a few times, but it's really cute!

He's getting pretty frustrated that he can't just figure out how to GO. We've seen a grumpier side of Axel this month. But he's still so darn cute and mostly happy!

He still hates to be on his tummy. He tolerates it better when he's the one that got himself into that situation trying to reach for something he wants - which is usually something he's not supposed to have!

He has decided that he would much rather eat his purees than waste his time nursing. It's been really hard to feed him this month.

He has also forgotten how to sleep through the night. For a while he thought that he needed to eat at least twice throughout the night, if not more. This meant that I could feed him for 15-20 minutes and then put him back in his own crib. Then he decided he'd be fine to just sleep next to me ALL night. He didn't need to eat, he just couldn't leave my side. It was exhausting! We finally decided that I would sleep downstairs and Matthew would get up with Axel. The first night went okay and the second night was much better. By the third night, Axel needed his binky fixed once. So now we are going to start working on getting him into his own room.

Axel had his first zoo trip this month! Hopefully there are many more of those to come.

He likes to sleep on his side, but usually he ends up on his stomach. Since we know how he feels about being on his tummy, you can imagine how much he likes that! He seems to rarely wake up and talk to himself like his sisters used to do. He wakes up and whines until I go get him, but almost as soon as he is out of his crib, he is good to go. He doesn't always get grumpy when he is tired. Some days I have to really pay attention and watch for a yawn or for him to rub his eyes. It's like he could just play and play all day.

When I sit him on the floor to play with his toys he is fine for about 30 seconds and then he just gets upset that he's not being held...or mostly because he's not crawling. He's getting so impatient!

We sure love you, Axel! I hope that you don't try to grow up too fast!