You are 8 months old and I can't even believe it! You've become such a big boy.
8 months old, November 14, 2011
You are wearing 9 months clothes and size 3 diapers.
You don't stay still for very long, you're usually off and crawling after a toy, or following Trippy & McKenna around. You pull yourself up on everything and anything.
You always want to be with everyone; you don't ever want to be left alone. Sometimes when I think you're content playing with a toy by yourself, I'll get up and leave the family room to let Trippy out or do something in the kitchen...as soon as you notice I'm no longer in the room you start crying and you try to find me. You want to be with your sister all the time too. When Daddy comes home for work, the two of you love going down in the basement to play with him. You don't like it one bit when you feel like they're leaving you behind! You want to be part of everything.
You've been pulling yourself up in your crib for a couple of months now, it sure didn't take us long to get your crib lowered. I just can't get over how quickly you're gross motor skills have developed.
You're still a great sleeper. You go to around around 7:30pm every night and you get up around 7:00am. You take two naps a day, one at 9:00am and another at 1:00pm. Your naps usually last about 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
You've started babbling more and more. You don't say anything too specific - no ma, pa, da, yet, but you are making lots of sounds. It definitely seems as though you're trying to say something to us or respond to us when we talk to you.
You love to look at books and slap the pages. When you go over to the bookcase you always pull down the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse book. You love that it has sound effect buttons.
You have a total of 4 teeth, two on the top and two on the bottom. They help you to chomp on the Cheerios you love so much!
You still love to eat. But, you're definitely a much bigger fan of fruits rather than veggies. Oh, you'll still eat them, but the face you make when you're eating them says it all! We've tried to let you knaw on whole foods, like apples, but you're sooo good and biting into them that we can't let you - just too much of a choking hazard!
You learned to clap this month! You start clapping when you see someone else clapping or if we say, "clap, clap, clap!" You clap when you're eating too!
You love to slap your hands on everything...on your high chair tray, your drum, the table, the couch...everything!
This month you learned how to use the walker and when you're in it you walk all over the place. You love when Daddy holds your hands to walk around. We keep waiting for you to let go and just start walking on your own. You seem so close!
You love to jump. You jump when someone is holding your hands and you love to jump with your sister in your crib and on the basement couch. The two of you will stand together jumping like crazy.
It sure has been one amazing month! I can't wait to see what the next will bring.
Just know you are the most special little boy in the whole world.
I love you, my sweet BooBoo!
Love, Mommy
1 comment:
Ben, you are certainly growing up! You can do so many things already and you are so smart! I think you will be an engineer like your Daddy or quite possibly a politician because with that face, you will get all the votes!! You have mine!
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