Feeding: Stafford is currently eating baby food (the sitter level) three times a day - a fruit in the morning, a veggie at lunch and a veggie at dinner. Sometimes he will eat half of a fruit at dinner for a little dessert BUT not too often. We've started putting rice cereal in his bottle (to help control the acid reflux) so he's knocked it back from 8 ounces per feeding to 7 ounces per feeding. He still has a bottle four times a day.
Sleeping: Big boy is sleeping wonderfully in his crib! He loves to spread out (arms and legs) and roll over onto his side. We keep five Wubbanubs (pacis) in there with him so he always has one close by to grab hold of! He sleeps through the night with absolutely no trouble...sometimes I even have to wake him up in the morning to get him ready for school!
Weight: 17 pounds, 9.5 ounces (i know this because we were at the doctor on Friday)
Clothes: Stafford is finally, TRULY wearing 9 month clothes! He's wearing 6-9 month pj's (The Children's Place ones are the best!), 6-12 month rompers and 9 month smocked, "dressy" clothing. Recently, he's been in swim trunks a lot and those are usually 9 month too. We still haven't tried shoes yet but it's coming soon.
Personality: He is still our sweet, laid-back boy. A few weeks ago he was going through "grumpy" spells but we've attributed that to teething (we think). He rarely ever cries and smiles all of the time. He's really started talking a ton, too! I think he must like the sound of his own voice because he babbles and squeals constantly...it is the greatest sound on Earth! His first word was "Ma Ma" and now he can say "Da Da" and "By By" really well!
Fitness: We are FINALLY sitting up on our own pretty well!! We still keep a Boppy or a pillow around him while sitting on the floor because he is prone to falling over some BUT we're almost to the point where we won't need those anymore. He still hates tummy time and sometimes has a hard time flipping himself from his stomach to his back...needless to say, I don't think we will be crawling anytime soon which is fine with me! I don't think I'm ready for a mobile child yet!
Routine: Our beach trip (see post below) got us a little out of our routine but we're slowly getting back to it. Stafford still wakes up around 7:00-7:15 and goes to bed anywhere from 8:00-9:00. We absolutely LOVE his teachers at Little Acorns and he doesn't ever fuss when I leave him each morning. Sometimes, I think he's not ready for me to pick him up at 5:00! We've definitely gotten into the routine of putting Stafford in the bed with me (Reed is up and at em' already!) on the weekends for a little extra snoozing. Now, that summer is here, I'm sure we will be adding POOL TIME to our routine soon!!
8 months!!
always such a happy baby!
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