Don't doubt the ability of your 7-month-old to manipulate you. Josh has learned to fake a cry. We sat him down while we ate dinner this evening. He played for a few minutes then got bored. He wanted to be held and actively played with. What we witnessed cracked up us defeating his intentions. He broke into a bawl- scrunched face, pouting bottom lip, loud schreech- then stopped to look at one of us for our reaction. It was an on-off cry to get our attention. We laughed at him every time he did this.