8 months!

My crawling, climbing, sweet boy,

You are eight months old!

Cheeks, at 8 months you:

*Weigh a bit over 23 lbs 4 oz. You wear 18 month clothes and a size 3 diaper.

*Eat mostly breast milk, but you are loving solids! You love oatmeal and all sorts of veggie and fruit purees. We tried to give you small, soft finger foods (like chopped banana), and you don't seem ready to pick it up and gum it yet.
*You crawl, climb, stand while holding onto things, walk while holding onto Mom's hands. Pull up to a stand on everything and try to climb up everything. It's been a fun month! We finally got the gate at the top of the stairs up, and you've started climbing up the stairs already. I didn't expect you to get so mobile so fast. Time for more gates!


*You have two bottom teeth! I can see your top gums getting more swollen , so I think at least one top tooth will show up before you're nine months. You bit me a couple of times while breastfeeding (owwwwww, it seriously hurts like hell), but we're trucking on!


*Laugh hysterically at the dog and smile your biggest smile when Daddy comes home from work.


*You're starting to experiment vocally more ~ you are doing more consonants (I even heard ma ma ma ma ma last night, though you have no idea what you said, I'm sure) and it's so much fun. You're so into talking, you're actually waking up multiple times a night just to babble some nights. It's adorable.

*You wave and are trying so hard to clap.


*Sleep has been off and on this month with getting teeth, travelling for both Christmas and New Year's. It's always a work in progress.


Love you so, so much!
your mama