Nicholas is 8 Months Old!

This guy:

I can't get enough!

No stats this month, but his next appointment is December 13th so we’ll see how much this “little” guy weighs.

Likes:

Mama. He is really attached to me lately. Cries if I leave the room, searches for me, and reaches for me when I’m close. It’s pretty awesome. I never saw myself as a kid person (I still don’t really care for other people’s kids, haha), but it is so true that when you have your own it is just different.

Moving. He has mastered going from his stomach to a seated position, reaching for toys, scooting around a lot. He is slowly take crawls forward, but only a little bit at a time and then he flattens out on his stomach and scoots around that way. He also pulls himself up to his knees, and once or twice has pulled himself all the way up at day care.

Food: Zucchini, carrots, apples, pears (all of which I make). I bought some pasta/broccoli/carrot blended purees that I plan on trying soon as well. The only thing he really doesn’t like still is bananas, and I haven’t tried them again because they made his bum red (not sure if it was just a coincidence, but I'm ok with him not liking bananas).

Dislikes: Having his diaper changed – he likes to roll around and try to get away from you, or just cry.

Sleep: This has been pretty good lately. He’s down by 7 and usually sleeps until at least 4:30. We’ll let him hang out in the crib a bit and one day he slept until about 5:45 (which was awesome). Sometimes he will wet through his diaper though and I hate the thought of leaving him in the crib if that has happened!

Noteable:

The most noteable thing is probably how mobile he has become. Bouncing , scooting, pulling, slowly moving forward. The other day in the morning I turned on the monitor and he had his hands on top of the crib, was on his knees, and was just bouncing up and down. It was hilarious.

He still says mostly “dada” and will give a “nana” now and then. He tries to “clap” when Baby Einstein’s is on, which is basically smacking and rolling his hands around each other and that is pretty cute.

This kid also has a bunch of teeth. Around 4-5 on top and I think 3 on the bottom (he tries to bite when I look so I haven’t gotten a good count without getting injured :)

My dad was here for an extended visit because of the hurricane, so it was nice that he got some extra time with the babe. My mom and Dad and then Erik & Joe will be back at Christmas time – which isn’t all that far away (yikes!).

xoxo