Andrew at Six Months, Seven Months

At six months, Andrew:

• Sits well by himself.
• Tries to get all the way up on his hands & knees; rocks back and forth. Sometimes he gets on one knee and pushes himself up with the opposite leg.
  
• Plays peek-a-boo (at least he "gets" the joke now).
• Has started solids. Just a little rice cereal and a small jar a fruit, once a day. Plus some Cheerios or a teething biscuit.
  
• Cut his first tooth.
• Can drink water or milk out of a cup.
  

At seven months, Andrew:

• Learned how to get into a sitting position from his hands and knees.
• Two days later, started crawling. Just a little.
• Will crawl a couple inches in the "proper" hands-and-knees position, then goes down and army crawl the rest of the way.
• Cut tooth #2 at 6 1/2 months, then #3 at 7 months.
• Likes to be tickled. Laughs at his brothers jumping on the bed.
• Has been known to eat a whole jar of baby food at one sitting. Usually just eats half a jar, though.

At seven and 1/2 months, Andrew:

• Tried his first vegetables (sweet potatoes).
• Crawls for real.
• Will crawl from room to room, and seems delighted with himself for figuring out this little trick.
• Tries to pull up on everything. He can pull up on the fireplace hearth, but not on the coffee table yet.
• When he sees that mommy has left the safety gate down in the kitchen, he makes a beeline for the cat food bowl. When she tells him "no", he stops, sits up, looks at her, and smiles. And then continues on.
• Thinks his big brothers are really, really funny.