I'm 10 days late but my baby boy turned 8 months old. He continues to be all smiles, happy to flash his dimples and full of giggles for his big brother.
Roughly, Nate's routine goes a little something like this.
7:00am - wake and nurse
10:00am - 11/11:30am - nap
12:00pm - nurse, jar of yellow veggie and half jar of fruit
1:00pm - 2/2:30pm - nap
3:30pm - nurse
5:30pm - jar of yellow veggie and jar of fruit
7:00pm - nurse
7:30pm - pjs and to bed
His routine hasn't changed much except for a little increase in solids and a definite picky-ness! He refuses all green veggies. I try to sneak a bite in and he clamps his mouth shut and absolutely refuses to open. He loves squash the most, carrots second and sweet potatoes third. Seriously, he is that picky. Hopefully he will get better since we are just starting solids. He has also eaten some small bites of fresh apricot and peach and loved it. He didn't like bites of peas. Oh, my boy!
He is trying to crawl, but not actually getting anywhere. He easily gets from his hands and knees to a sitting position and from sitting to hands and knees. He flops and scoots and rolls to get where he wants. He doesn't go far, but he can generally get a toy that is just out of reach.
He has started to clap! We don't really practice with him like he probably did with Ben. Ben was clapping one day and Nate just joined right in! So cute!
Clapping
Nate also says "dada" and "baba" constantly. "Baba" is more just a sound, but he will try to repeat "dada" when we say it to him.
He has started blowing raspberries constantly now. It has made meal time interesting. I generally have little yellow spots on my clothes before we are done. He thinks he is so funny. I have tried quite a few different methods to get him to stop, but he just keeps going. It is funny, but we do our very best not to encourage it. Ben doesn't try though - sometimes he blows raspberries too and gets himself in trouble. If you know Ben, that doesn't surprise you :)
My baby is getting so big! He looks like a chalk outline sometimes.
Nate has been introduced to the cabinet! He loves it just as much as his big brother did. Actually, Ben climbs in the cabinet while Nate plays just outside of it most of the time. It makes a huge mess, but everyone is happy so that makes it a wonderful thing.
Nate loves water. He was pretty tired in this picture, but he did splash and have fun. He managed to go under a few times, but I caught him quickly. He is very strong and likes to throw his weight around a lot.
This picture is terrible quality but it is just so cute!
Swinging at a friend's birthday party.
Playing in the water at the same party.
Fun bath time.
2 comments:
Not liking the green veggies piques my curiosity. Did one green thing taste particularly bad and he actually put two and two together? Lots of cognitive action going on there. Is it just a color he does not like? Does he object to green clothing? Does he act snotty with little girls who have green eyes? Or is this only a food thing? How can we color peas so we can find out if it is the color or the actual taste he objects to? But if it is the taste and you make peas the color of squash, will he not eat squash any more? We need to start the tests as soon as you can gather a control group. I would suggest a day care center. Please update all of us on your results.
"Looks like a chalk outline." love it! ha He's such a smiley little boy!
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