Seven months!

I'm impressed with my blogging skills, another on-time entry! Woohoo.

So, Otto is seven months old today. A bit of a funny, undefined sort of age I think. It's also proving to be quite frustrating for this little boy (and his Mummy!) as least. His development is sky-rocketing, but he still can't quite do everything he'd like to. He can nearly crawl (i.e. pull himself onto his front and flail), he can pull himself up to standing on the cot bars but then can't do much once he's up. He can take steps if both of his hands are held, but is far off walking for himself. And when he combines all these semi-skills to get what he wants he's usually rewarded with "No Otto" and his trophy (Mama's shoe, a glass, a pencil, some ancient food, yesterday's newspaper etc etc) is removed and replaced with some beautiful toy which apparently has zero appeal. Poor baby bean.

Since last entry we went away camping with Church for the week. We had a good time, evenings were a bit tricky as everyone went to evening meetings while I hung out with a wakeful Otts - by the end of the week we'd twigged it was easier just to take him with us and let him snooze in the sling. Nights weren't amazing either, as O is still a waker and camping nights are never the best in my experience! We owe a thank you to Andrew and Fiona for letting us unexpectedly decamp to their bed for one night :-) Overall it was a good time though, and our mammoth tent (there's a tour filmed by Mike on YouTube) served us well.

We're starting Sing and Sign next week which we're looking forward to. Ottie already responds to the sign for milk (his talking is coming along too, no words yet but all manner of new sounds!)
I'm hoping we'll be able to use signs to communicate fairly soon :-)

We've spent some time making O's room a bit more Otto-ish lately, I do have before and after pics to share but that may have to be later as I'm currently writing with Otts tied to my back and pulling my hair. Not conducive to great long entries sadly...

So, hopefully I'll be back before 8 months, but I am excited to see what this month holds for our little chap as he seems to be on so many cusps. Watching him grow is such a delight!

M xx