8 Months Old

On Wednesday, January 22^nd Beau turned 8 months old. The photo op was much more difficult this month because he wanted to eat the sign.

Here are some of his highlights:

·        Sleep- he goes to bed every night between 6-7pm. He is only drinking about 5 oz of milk before bed and falls asleep pretty quickly. Sometimes he likes to be rocked and sometimes he if content with being put in his crib. He can now reach the mobile that spins over his head so we will need to drop his mattress down pretty soon. Does not ever wake up during the night!

·        Feeding- He is still eating #2 foods. He will eat everything except avocados, green peas and green beans. He loves fruit and will eat two jars for lunch and three jars for dinner. I make all the food that he eat for lunch. I puree fruits and veggies and freeze them in little containers. Mrs. Pat will put two on the counter each morning so they can defrost in time for Beau’s lunch. 

·        Clothes- he is wearing 12 month clothes. He wears footed PJ’s to bed, loves hats, wears socks but likes to try and take them off and likes coats. Very easy to dress him! Right now Jon and I love to see him in flannel shirts and corduroy pants. Such a cute little boy look!

·        Diapers- he is wearing size 3 diapers. He hardly ever has a diaper rash. Wears the 12 hour diapers at night which never leak.

·        Curiousness- he is very curious about his surroundings. He will touch your face, pull hair, study my ring and watches everything him.

·        Mobility- he is moving around in his walker all over the house. He will stand under our feet while we cook in the kitchen and loves to play with the trashcan lid so we have to put that in the closet. He will open each cabinet and pull on every towel that is hanging down in his reach. He can go all over our house in the walker and will get around pretty quickly. The walker cannot go on the carpet so he is limited to everywhere but the bedrooms.

·        Bath- he still LOVES his bath! Splashes around and does not care at all if water gets all over his face and in his eyes. He never cries when we wash his hair or accidently pours water all over his face.

·        Sickness- he has only been sick one time with an ear infection about two months ago. He is a really healthy baby and we hope it stays that way!

·        Talking- he is babbling like crazy. He can say “dada” and “momma” and has all kinds of conversations that he can understand. He is very vocal and likes to hear himself talk. He will screech when he gets really excited and wave his arms around. He will blow bubbles and make poot noises all day long while drool is coming out of his mouth from his teething.

·        Teeth- he now has two bottom teeth that have made it through the skin. When he was teething he really was not very fussy but we could tell he was teething by the amount of drool that was pouring out of his mouth. He wears a bib most of the time so he does not soak his clothes. He likes to play with his new found chompers with his tongue and will chew on his toys. His most favorite things to chew on are books so we have to monitor that. I really don’t like him messing up his nice books!

·        Crawling- he is getting the hang of crawling more and more these days. He will roll if he wants to get somewhere quick but he will pull himself around with his arms when he crawls. We are not rushing him because he will crawl quickly when he is ready. I will put him in his room with a bunch of toys around him and he always wants to crawl to his little nightstand to get the books off the shelf. He loves to take the books off the shelf and spread them everywhere, then chew on them. Too funny!

·        Laughs- he will laugh and smile all the time. He is so easy to make laugh. You can tickle him, make a funny noise, wave to him from across the room or just look at him and he will laugh or give you a big smile. He is such a happy boy!