happy 7 months to me!

today, we celebrated my 7th month birthday! this day wouldn't pass without our simple feast of course. dad prepared some broiled bbq ribs and smoked salmon with shrimp carbonara. he was also able to make a picture-worthy puto this time around (let's just not talk about the flavor, it's still being perfected).

more 7th month birthday pics here

drumroll for the 7th month updates....*tada!*

from the 7 month milestones from babycenter, i'm going to skip the Mastered skills (most kids can do) category since i've really mastered those from my last update.

as for the Emerging Skills (half of kids can do), i've mentioned about the first few milestones from my last update. the only thing new on the list for me is that of starting to experience stranger anxiety. my eyes would really roam the room to look for dad and or mom whenever someone would take me away from anyone of them. and more often than not, i would cry.

for the Advanced Skills (a few kids can do), i'm a 3 out of 4! the only thing i cannot do from the list yet is that of waving goodbye. hey, do you know how to do this already? dad or mom will one day teach me how to do this too.

i definitely stand while holding onto something now or leaning on something. i have been banging objects together and on the table. and i also had begun to understand object permanence. iiit-baaa or peek-a-boo is one of the all-time favorite game that i play with my parents. here's one video showing my iiit-baaa game with mom.

i have some more updates, as usual (and thus prepare yourself once more since we're just halfway through).

now that i am 7 months old, i now weigh 17.2lbs and measure 26.75 inches. i am also becoming more and more malikot. so my parents decided to get the family room almost ready for that. see my nook pictures on previous post? this nook is kinda helping me out to become more and more mobile... alright, malikot! and yes, i started crawling. or at least attempted to crawl. but i have discovered a better way to move anyway and reach for the things that aren't within my arm's reach, while sitting down by rocking myself back and forth so who needs to crawl?! heehee.

oh, and since we're on the topic of kalikutan, my parents are already having a more difficult and challenging time while carrying me around because i can squirm and wiggle away in all directions, specially when i get excited. similarly, nappy changing is still difficult (and they thought it would get better with experience). dad's just becoming frustrated with this, specially when it's a poopy diaper that needs changing. haha

now that i am learning a lot of new things, i have found a lot of different ways to get my parents attention. one example: whenever they're leaving me at my pack-and-play if they're doing some chores or preparing my food, i have discovered that if i lunge forward and end up on my tummy and cry or complain, they will pick me up. so i do that all the time now, i don't even wait til they're away. haha. another example, i squeal! as in a girl's ear-deafening shriek! at times, i would kalabit whoever's beside me, specially when i am needing help. that's why mom call's me donya. hahaha. these tactics are proven and tested to be working 100%. more often than not though, i really don't need to use them since they're both all eyes on me anyway.

and oh yes, i am a-learnin'! i've just learned new tricks (as what my mom calls them). that of clapping my hands and giving my parents a kiss. of course, i have my own special and very unique ways on how i do them. i had a separate post about this as well. they're teaching me some more so stay tuned for more tricks from me ok?

ah and now we go to food, my favorite topic of all! i'm one chunky eater ya know! i love chewin, and munchin' and tastin' different kinds of food. between my 6th and 7th month, i've already tried the following:

veggies: sweet potatoes, squash, peas, green beans, spring veggies mixed in 1 jar of my stage2 gerber food, harvest veggies mixed in 1 jar;
fruits: apple, banana, avocadoes, grapes, plum, apricot, peach, pear. i love it better though when they mush a little portion of that big banana for me or a tiny bit of a peeled grape;
meat: just chicken (included in a gerber jar with sweet potatoes in it). i'll resume with meat once i turn 8months old;
grains and cereals: rice, oatmeal, wheat, macaroni (is this part of this food group? well, it was just one of the ingredients on that stage 2 gerber food, together with cheese :D).

i've also tried some finger foods to help me learn how to pick little things and chew well. but like i've said, i'm a donya. i want to be fed. haha. but yes, i do chew. i chew as if i have teeth. here's a video showing that. i actually love mouthing paper and paper products as well (kids, don't try this at home, hahaha). when we're reading a book, or learning letters through the flashcards, i'd rather get them from dad or mom and chew on them. i'm just fascinated with it. so when they're reading mags or books or simply sorting and opening the mails, i couldn't help but grab whatever it is that they're holding.

anyway, i have not had any allergic reactions with any of these, so my parents are really happy. they're hoping and praying that i won't have any bad reactions to any food since they just loooove feeding me. they couldn't actually wait until they give me table food (because i really show them how much i would like to try what they are eating, with the drooling sometimes as if takam na takam). making me drink water and juice is a different story though. just read about it on my previous post.

do you think this is long enough?! alright, i'll stop here. i'll just leave you with my month 6 to 7 pics. enjoy!