Editor's note: My son, Prahlad, is actually 8 months old today (Nov. 14), but I am a month behind in writing my monthly blog about his development. (Can you forgive me, Karin?) This entry serves as a summary of his seventh month.

Since my last blog, Prahlad has been on his feet a lot. He's not walking yet, but he stands up all the time -- without help. He will use the couch, foot rest, baby swing, our legs, etc., to pull himself up to a standing position. He loves it, and he has the marks on his face and head to prove it.

We recently stepped up our baby-proofing by installing latches on our kitchen cabinets. We decided not to latch up one of the far left cabinets, the one with all the Tupperware in it. He prefers to play with Tupperware lids over most toys any day. On a typical night, I will come home from work and Melinda will be cooking something and Prahlad will have the whole cabinet emptied out on the floor. It's amusing -- unless you forget to put them away before going to bed and slip on one when you go for a drink of water late at night.

We haven't had him weighed for a while, but at 6 months he weighed about 20 pounds. I imagine he's packed on one or two more since then, since he's been eating "real" food more regularly. We try to feed him twice a day. When we sit down to eat lunch or dinner, he sort of begs by whining and trying to grab our food. He seems to like carrots and peas pretty well, but he dislikes bananas. I always seem to make a mess when I feed him. He also loves to drink water from our glasses.

We ordered him his first Halloween costume online, from a place called One Step Ahead. Now that we have a child, we magically receive toy catalogs in the mail -- like two to four a month. They're fun to look at, but it's kind of annoying because, as is the intent of advertising, we want to buy more stuff for him. Anyways, he was a dragon for Halloween. We dressed him up the weekend before Halloween and took him to my parents' house. Then on Halloween we took him to see Melinda's mom and sisters. Whenever a trick-or-treater came to the door, though, their dog would bark and make him cry. The costume is pretty awesome, and it will still fit him next year. He didn't seem to care too much about it, though.

We've been very fortunate in that Prahlad has pretty much been sleeping solidly through each night. Well, not so much lately. Last Friday, we laid him down and went to sleep at around 10 p.m. He woke up around midnight at decided he was not tired anymore. So, he entertained himself with toys while we watched episodes from the seventh season of That '70s Show. I believe he woke up again at 6 a.m. I've been taking him out of the room when he wakes up early on Fridays and Saturdays, since Melinda lets me sleep during the work week (thanks, babe).

But all the cute, adorable things he does make up for those sleepless nights. Like how he loves to mimic people. If you laugh, he will laugh. If you smile, he will smile. He also likes to make this noise with his throat, sort of a throat-clearing sound. If I make the noise, he usually follows suit. However, if I cough or actually clear my throat loudly, he will cry.

Now that I am a father, I am quite interested in hearing cute stories about your babies/toddlers/kids/children. What are some of the funniest moments from your parenthood? Post a blog or story here on YourHub.com. I'd love to read them.

*Prahlad at 6 months

*Prahlad at 5 months

*Prahlad at 4 months

*Prahlad at 3 months

*At 2 months

*At 1 month

*At birth