My Happy 8 month old!
Weight: 18lbs
Height: 27.75
inches (barely getting taller, but still on the upswing)
Clothing: I
have packed away all of his 6-9 month pants and many of the 9 month pants. They are getting to tight/short. Some of his 6-9 month shirts are still
sticking around and all of his 9 month shirts still fit. We have packed away all but one 6-9 month
sleeper and three 9 month sleepers and the rest are 12 month sleepers. I actually really like the 12 month ones best
because they have the foot grippers so he doesn’t slip. He can wear 12 month shirts and pants as well
and we have started to rotate those into his wardrobe as needed.
Smiley boy...pants getting too short :-)
12 month sleeper!
Diapers: He is
still exclusively cloth diapered. I love
that I haven’t had to buy any diapers for him (though I did buy one for fun
because I wanted it for a picture J).
He goes through 6 to 7 diapers a day and some days almost all are poopy
and other days hardly any. So he isn’t
really consistent.
Diapers are overrated
Eating: He is
up to three meals a day as well as 4 nursing sessions. He loves food! New foods this month: butternut squash,
mango, carrot, yellow squash, zucchini, chicken, yogurt, milk in recipes, flax
in a muffin recipe, blueberries, pickles (chewed on at a restaurant), homemade
rolls (wheat, coconut oil, molasses, maple syrup), egg yolks, cheddar, mozzarella,
monteray jack and grapes. I have
approached feeding Declan much different this month mainly just because I felt
like he was ready for finger foods. Very
early in the month, we began giving him half a banana to gnaw on, peas, beans,
chopped carrots, sliced pears, etc. and he did great with them. So we are gradually phasing out of purees. And
really he only gets maybe ½ cup of puree total throughout the day if that much,
but I am just trying to use up what I had already prepped. His favorites include: carrots (really his
only favorite veggie), blueberries, grapes, pears, and cheese. He only had a roll once, but I am pretty sure
that is going to be a quick favorite!
Pickle!
Banana is a fave!
Cheese and Peas!
Scrunchy faced is the best way to eat :-)
Blueberry banana cookie!
silly eater!
Friendships: He
pretty much smiles at anyone and everyone….as long as Mommy or Daddy (or
someone familiar) is nearby. Really he
is too young for friends, other than family at this point. Alethea is his best buddy and we are already
noticing a mutual love between them. He
loves to play with her and it is not uncommon for them to have fun making
noises back and forth. It has been so
much fun to see the adoration turn into actually playing together instead of
him just watching her or visa versa.
Best buds!
Daddy Snuggles
Silly kids!
Mobility: Early
in the month, he finally began to crawl.
It is definitely his own unique combo of bear crawl with one leg and
regular crawl with the other, but he is able to traverse our entire great room
with ease, so it works for him. He is up
on two feet holding onto something absolutely whenever possible. He loves being up and able to look around and
lets us know with squeals (and grunts/yells) of delight! Once he pulls up on something, if it can
move, he moves it, lol. Our learn and
groove, little wooden table (and chairs), kitchen chairs, high chair, play
slide, etc. have all traversed the family room floor at some point with him
pushing behind. He loves it and he is
actually quite stable, even when they sometimes move a bit faster than he was
expecting. He is able to stand and
bounce, transfer between/walk along things, and he stoops with one hand to pick
things up while in a standing position.
He may be walking before we know it; YIKES! He has to keep up with Alethea I guess. J
Standing up
So proud of himself
He loves the dishwasher
Sleeping: Early in the month, I thought I was going to
lose my mind because he was waking up multiple times a night crying. I didn’t always have to come and get him, but
when I did, I rarely had to feed him because all he wanted was to snuggle and then
back to sleep he went. I am attributing
this to a few things: he stopped sucking his fingers for self-soothing, he was
developing new skills, and he was becoming more away of us being gone
(separation anxiety). All of these were
normal things, but still not fun and not something I ever experienced with
Alethea so they were quite the shocker!
Thankfully by the end of the month he was back to sleeping all the way
through and beginning to sleep past 5:30 again.
He even gave me several days of sleeping until 6:45! He is taking longer
to fall asleep at naptime due to his new found mobility and it is not uncommon
to find him standing/bouncing and crawling around his crib for a while. Thankfully he still willingly takes both of
his naps daily.
Sleepy snuggles with Daddy
Fell forward and asleep from a sitting position
Playtime: He
loves stickers and paper. I have to watch
him closely because, if I don’t, he puts both into his mouth. The funny part is that he seems to know they
aren’t food because he will chew on them for quite some time and not swallow
them, lol. His love for paper is a bit
to Alethea’s dismay sometimes because he ends up messing up her artwork, but
for the most part she is understanding.
He loves to bang on things and scream while doing so. He still loves bracelets and necklaces, but
tends to swing them around more now than he used to. He loves to play with books and has begun
flipping through them a bit, but still mainly chews on them or bangs on them.
He loves to play with his learn and groove and has actually begun to dance a
little bit. He loves to smile and sway
back and forth and shake his head when music plays.
Playing with Basil
First time finger-painting
scooted back under the toy shelf :-)
Communication: He is still our little sensitive
boy. He cries at loud noises (i.e.
clapping, sneezing, or things dropping).
He has brought back the screaming in delight and then he giggles
afterward. He has quite the pucker lip
that is pretty hard to resist. He also
has a silly squishy face smile that is pretty irresistible as well.
Teeth: No
teeth yet. If he follows in Alethea’s
footsteps they will show up next month.
He is chewing on his fingers more lately, but that is the only possible
sign of teeth to come.
Random: He
celebrated his first Valentine ’s Day this month, though he isn’t really aware
of what that day is. He is now taking
baths in the big bath tub without his blue baby tub. At first he was not a fan because we wouldn’t
let him pull up to stand, but by the end of the month, he was actually enjoying
it from time to time. Many days though,
even if he doesn’t like it, he is content to stand naked on the outside of the
tub and watch/squeal at Alethea while she takes a bath. He finger-painted for the first time this
month and loved it!
Standing outside the tub because he got mad he couldn't stand in the tub
Sample Schedule:
6:00/6:30ish:
wake up, nurse, then play (I try to leave him to play in his bed until
7 when possible)
8/8:30ish:
breakfast
9:30
– 11ish: nap, then nurse and play
12:30/1ish:
lunch
2:30-3:30/4ish:
nap, then nurse and play
5:30ish:
dinner
7:30ish:
nurse (often to sleep) and in bed by 7:45/8
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