Soccer Dad

Seven months

Postdate: As of 1:15 this past Monday morning she is 30 weeks old.
What's changed in the past month? Her level of social interaction is increasing tremendously.

In the past week or so she's played sporadic games of peek-a-boo. (She covers her eyes and uncovers them eliciting a "peek-a-boo" from assorted relatives.) And this week she started waving "hello." Now, my wife's pointed out that perhaps the waving means "I want" also.

But her most pronounced activity is how she expresses her preferences. If I'm holding her and my wife's in the room, there's a very good chance that she'll break out crying; until I hand her to her mother. This is very practiced behavior and it's been repeated enough that it's clearly not accidental. (Nor should I be surprised.) In fact it appears that I rank below my wife, my 16 year old daughter. I rank above the 5 and 8 year old and, I think, the Exersaucer.

Then there's the matter of food. She has started real food. Not just baby food. But yesterday I boiled a carrot and potato and she seemed to prefer those to regular baby food. And she also spent a bit of time yesterday gnawing away on a piece of Matza. It appears that her repertoire of food is increasing. And she loves to drink out of a cup. She needs some guidance and is more likely to dribble it than to drink it. But she has to start someplace.

Previous related posts: One month, two months, three months, four months and five months, six months.