7 Month Old Tanner

Our little Tanner-man is 7 months old this week! He is one sweet boy. He lights up when anyone looks at him and gives him attention. He loves to laugh and smile and is generally the happiest little boy. For the past two weeks he has been a bit more mobile. He gets up on his hands and knees and scoots backwards. He loves to roll around to get to his desired destination.

His new trick! Tanner can sit up all by himself. We love watching him sit and play and then suddenly topple over. Just look at that little face. Can you say darling?? He reminds me so much of Carson.
Sunday evening he was rolling around and finally got all tuckered out and stopped to take a little rest. Why do I love babies sleeping on their tummies? I think it is so sweet and peaceful.

One more shot of our little chub master showing off his sitting skills. He is looking at his big brothers off to the side who are cheering for him. Oh how we love this boy. He is such a joy!

The past two nights we've been showing Tanner a little bit of tough love. For some reason over the last couple weeks he thinks he needs me to put his binky back in around 2 or 3 a.m. and then again around 5:30 a.m. He also gets a bit frustrated that he ends up on his tummy. No more for this mama. He can work it out. I finally told Matt I would purchase him earplugs if he wanted and I didn't care if he woke everyone up, but I was done getting up. I thought for sure Tanner would scream his little guts out. 5:45 a.m. rolls around and sure enough he woke up and I just let him cry. He only cried for about 20 mintues and then fell back asleep for 2 hours. Yesterday he woke up early from his nap and I could hear him talking, playing, crying, etc. on and off and he finally fell asleep. When I went in to get him he had his binky in. He's figuring out how to do that himself. Hallelujah! I am grateful for good sleepers.