This is Dean Douglas: 7 mo to 9 mo

 

This is Dean Douglas.

~ 7 months to 9 months ~

May 2022

5.3.22 Bridging! He is doing great on his tummy, strong arms and shoulders, head and

neck really high; playing with toys and balancing

He is the Blowout King at school 😬 Seriously, average of 3 outfits per day! 💩 

Big Guy loves strawberries 🍓 

5.9.22 First sleep in crib in his room 

5.15.22 Dean's first boat ride! It was not warm and he kinda slept the whole time wrapped

in a blanket, shielded from the wind and sun 🤷‍♀️ Hopefully better days ahead 

Clicking his tongue! Fun to respond with a click and wait for him to reply 😀 

5.18.22 I swear he wants to practice to stand on his own!! Will hold onto one finger, then

let go once stable… up to 6 sec! So proud when he falls to his butt ❤️ 

Mobile dude. Going in circles on this tummy. Soooo much planking! Getting to his knees and

rocking! He wants to moooove so badly!

5.20.22 First Lake Jump!

Backwards scooting all around! Up rocking on his knees (after scooting to a have his feet

against something)

5.20-5.22.22 Big weekend with just mom: the Jump, May Faire Festival with Jacey, Hannah and Dave, playground with the Rammel's 

Strong tongue clicking. Loves it!

Rocker dude. Going after anything he wants! Lunging, reaching, spinning on his tummy

Loves to pull off one sock on the way home from school

VERY good at finding his pacifier and putting it in his mouth! 

5.30.22 Almost pulled himself up! Really trying to get up from sitting

Just ramy these evenings. Trying to jump from our arms, bouncing, only happy when standing. 

Dean machine!

No teeth yet 🤪 

Dude can sure sleep in a vehicle! And, on a boat 

June 2022

6.4.22 Eight months!!!

Tummy lunges forward! Inchworm-ish

Micro-dumps (Sam's term)

6.5.22 Lots of sit-to-hands and knees!! Forward hops. LOVES to stand. Almost cruising but

not stable enough. Just the gummiest of smiles 😊 

Loves being upside down! 🙃

6.5.22 Slept 1845 til 0715 😍

6.6.22 First diaperless pee standing up 🤦‍♀️🤣

STANDING 

Ummm… 1845-0630 sleeps x2 nights 🌙 😴 

Double tootsie grabs!

READY TO MOTOR. Aggressive rocking, loves standing (10+ seconds on the reg)

Leans in/Dives for his crib

6.14.22 Def inchworm crawler!! Consistent forward progress and steps with his arms! Also,

pulling up to his knees. Good pivots while standing

When he hands the spoon back for more food 🤣🤩 Very accurate with spoon to mouth

(most left hand side)

Seal boy. Definitely crawling steps and  lunge-crawling! And covers ground fast!

Loves Peekaboo ❤️ 

LOVES HUMMUS

6.22 and 6.23.22 1845 til after 0600 🥰 Otherwise, getting up 1x at night and demands a

bottle

Dude is now on a mission! ALL over the place, going after whatever he wants

Loves the ball pit, school and at home!

Mommmma, mommmaaa

6.27.22 Pulling up and climbing 💪 Loves his new found freedom. Pushes back onto his butt

from crawling to sit

Really good pincer fingers and hand-to-mouth coordination 

Loves applesauce, hummus, Morningstar, bread/crust, pouches, RITZ, yogurt melts

Tongue clicks are back!! And sticking out his tongue 😝 

Pulling up and going vertical!! 🤩

6.29.22 Found the beloved window cranks 🙃

July 2022

7.3.22 True/traditional crawler these days!

NINE MONTHS ❤️ 

Climbing up my legs 🤗🤩

Standing and bouncing in his crib 🙃😘

Momma, Momma

The best wrist-y waving 👋

7.9.22 Climbing to stand everything!!!

Lots of chatter. Dadddda, mommma

7.13.22 Bottom left front tooth!!!

Dude will not be stopped, constant movement

Crib standing

Pulls down the camera 🙈

So responsive to his name!

Just a self-sufficient, curious, adventure guy. ALL over the place, climbing, standing, cruising, shuffles, crawling.

7.16.22 Shuffler!!! Working on balance but this big guy is closer to walking than we think!!

Up to 5-6 shuffle steps… but would (has) totally faceplant without us catching him 🙈

LOVES dropping everything from the surface top/table

LOVES being upside down!! ☺️ 

Heading to Infant II in August!

STANDER! 5+ seconds of balancing independently. Shaking our hands off when walking. He is so proud, too. And just a smiling giggler 😍

Consistently taking 3-5 steps.. still a plunging fall (if we didn't catch him 🙃)

Still sooo ticklish!

LOVES crawling and exploring underneath the kitchen table

Really good at slowly, controlled from standing to butt

Loves crawling over us when laying on the floor

7.20.22 Really damn good at whacking balls and chasing them/crawling after them

Dean claps!! 👏 👏 👏 

7.24.22 Crawling around on hands and feet! Climbing up everything. Lifting leg as if to climb, too!

Just a happy, SMILEY dude. Ticklish and loves his new freedom to adventure

Loves double feet grabs to his mouth

Power squats from standing!

Demolition Dean

Mr Inconsistent nighttime sleeping