7 Months Old

Your little one is 7 months old! I know it sounds cliche but time sure does fly! Your baby is likely moving around, babbling & becoming full of personality. Here’s what you need to know about your 7 month old.

Average Height & Weight:

• Avg girl: 16.8 lbs, 26.5 inches
• Avg boy: 18.3 lbs, 27.2 inches

 

Development/Milestones:

• Begins to sit by self or with little help
• Gets up on all fours & rocks back & forth or starts to crawl
• Uses whole hand to grasp, & starts to on works on pincer grasp
• Babbles & starts to imitate sounds
• Looks for something that has dropped

 

Feeding:

• Strained or mashed fruits & vegetables, pureed meats, beans or legumes, infant cereal
• Nurse/bottle 3-4x a day (24-32 ounces a day), begin to introduce Sippy cups of water or milk (Don’t send baby to bed with bottle)
• Vit D & iron supplementation recommended
• *To learn more on starting solids, be sure to check out my e-course, The Ultimate Guide To Starting Solids

 

Sleep:

• 14-15 hours a day
  • 10-11 hours at night
  • 2 naps, totaling 3.5-4 hours

 

Activity Ideas:

• Fill an empty tissue box with paper strips & let you baby pull them out (don’t let them put paper in mouth).
• Let baby explore kitchen/household items like measuring spoons & cups!

 

Must Have Products:

• Sound Machine

• Baby food Tupperware

 

*Example Schedule

• 6:30 AM – Wake, Nurse/Bottle (4-7 oz.)
• 7:30 AM – Breakfast (e.g. Infant cereal)
• Playtime
• 9:30 AM – Nurse/4-7 oz. Bottle & Nap ~2 hours
• 12 PM – Lunch (Food tub/pouch, &/or soft fruit pieces)
• Activity (offer milk or water in cup)
• 2 PM – Nap ~1.5 hour
• 3 PM – Nurse/4-7 oz. milk
• 6 PM – Dinner (Food tub/pouch, mashed cooked veggies)
• 7 PM – Nurse/4-7 oz. Bottle & Bedtime routine

 

*Babies meet milestones at their own rate, and no babies’ schedules are the same. Consult with your pediatrician for questions.