It’s official…I suck at updating the blog!

Although I’m only a week and a half behind on Drew’s seven month blog post, I’m several months behind on the 20+ blog posts that I’ve had lined up. Perhaps I’ll get my act together this month…or maybe not. I blame summer for my tardiness with keeping this updated. 😉

On to the seven month post… It’s hard to believe that Drew has passed the halfway point to a year old. He’s really grown a lot in the last month – sits on his own, army crawls all over the place (you really can’t leave him for a second or he’ll be half way across the room), eats solids twice a day and even added an extra bottle to his feedings (not sure I can keep up with the milk production at this rate) and talks up a storm!

In terms of sleep, we had a bit of blip the other week. One day he was sleeping through the night with one feeding and the next, he was up three to ten times! It was driving me nuts and with Keith out-of-town for work, I didn’t know what to do so I ordered a sleep training book. If you know me, it’s rare that I finish a book unless I’m really into it and the sleep training book wasn’t any different – I just couldn’t finish it. Once Keith got back home, we decided to start sleep training. We did a combination of CIO and if needed, Keith was the one to go in to console Drew. It only took a few days and now Drew is back to sleeping through the night AND doesn’t require a night-time feeding! We had a rough couple weeks but I’m glad to be back on our normal sleep schedule…at least until the next sleep regression hits.

Highlights:
– Had a couple of weeks of sleep regression but back on track and sleeping through the night. No more night feedings either!
– Continues to love food like his mama and papa. He’s fascinated by people eating.
– Is a pro army crawler and uses his huge noggin to move himself forward
– Favorite part of his bedtime routine is when daddy reads to him, especially all the voices daddy makes
– Finds it hilarious when Pearl’s tail fans over his face
– Loves swim lessons with his best buds from PEPS