8 Months!

The basics?

Diapers - Size 3, moving to size 4
Clothing - 12-18 month
Food - He has eaten everything I've given him so far.  He seems to favor apples, pears and carrots.
Sleeping - Through the night!!!
Teeth - Five chompers, with three more on the way
Words - ba ba, da da
Favorite toy - Bouncer, activity cube, play time puppy

Little man is still rocking the 12 and 18 month clothing.  He still fits into some of his 12 month stuff but he is quickly outgrowing it.  I have bought him all 18 month clothing for the Summer and all of his PJs are 18 month.  Hopefully that will get us to Fall. 

I just moved him to size 4 diapers because he was peeing through over night.  I'm starting to dive more into cloth diapering, though.  I have two Bum Genius Diapers and I am planning to buy a few more of some other brands to see how I like them. 

Kid eats like a champ.  But he only eats at regular meal times.  He eats his breakfast, which is usually a fruit with cereal and 4-5 ounce bottle.  Then he eats lunch, which is usually the same as breakfast.  Then he eats dinner, which is usually a vegetable and a 4-5 ounce bottle.  Then he is usually good until bed when he just gets his bottle.

It's not very often that he wants anything in between.  Sometimes we give him some puffs or a little bit of whatever we are snacking on but he is pretty regular with his meals.  He does wake up really early sometimes demanding a bottle but that's not all of the time either.  It's so weird that he just has this normal eating schedule. 

He's still always wanting our adult foods and now that he has more teeth and seems to be understanding how to eat things, we have been giving him more.  I pureed chicken and potatoes for him the other day but he didn't seem to like it very much.  But he will eat little chunks of chicken and turkey burger.  I'm going to start giving him chunks of fruit as well to see how he does with that. 

He's still sleeping pretty well through the night but he has been waking a little earlier (4-5am) lately and I think it's because he's teething.  Poor kid had six teeth cutting at once.  Three of them have finally cut and we are just waiting for three more.  When he wakes early, he usually just takes a bottle and goes right back to bed.

He naps pretty regularly.  He pretty much skips the short morning nap now and just has one long afternoon nap and one shorter evening nap.  Still goes to bed around 9:30 too.

He is loving bath time now!  We got a slip mat for the bath tub so he can sit in the tub with his sister now and he loves it.  He splashes and plays with the bubbles.  They talk to each other and laugh at each other and it's so much fun to watch.

He sits up by himself now and he is so close to crawling.  He gets up on those hands and knees and rocks back and forth but he just won't go any further than that.  I know it's coming soon, though.  For now, he just rolls everywhere he wants to go!

He still babbles but really only says bababa and sometimes dadada.  I've also heard him say muhmuhmuh but that's not too often.  I'm really hoping he starts to babble more.  I want him talking like his sister!

He finally got the puffs to his mouth this month.  He's been trying for the past few weeks to eat on his own an he was finally able to do it just this past week.  It was so cute to watch him feed himself and he looked so proud of himself!  He also started reaching for us this month. 

Boy can he throw a tantrum.  He already hates the word no and cries whenever he hears it.  If a toy doesn't do something he wants it to, he cries.  If we take something away from him, he cries.  If he just doesn't feel like something is going his way, he cries.  If we walk past him and don't pick him up, he cries.  It's usually only for a few seconds, though, and then he's fine.  Fortunately he smiles more than he cries!

Pictures of my sweet Little Boy:

 

Little Dude, even though you have so many teeth cutting right now, you are still so happy and playful.  I love your smile and your laugh always makes me laugh.  You are so sweet in the mornings when I come in to get you.  It's so cute the way you smile at me when I come into your room.

Your personality is really developing.  You are more demanding and you seem to know what you want now and you will get mad and cry if you don't get it.  You are enjoying playing by yourself now that you can sit up on your own but you also still crave attention.  And your stinky face, as I call it...ridiculously adorable.

 

You LOVE your sister.  If she laughs, you laugh.  If she cries, you cry.  Your face lights up whenever she is around you and you love it when she plays with you.  She really is a good big sister.  I have to laugh at the two of you when you fight, though.  It's too funny.

You are the sweetest little guy and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't feel so lucky that I get to call you my son.  It makes me a little sad to know that in four short months, you will be one year old.

 

My BEAUTIFUL 8 month old Little Guy: