Our baby Ben turned 8 months old today!
He is growing up way too fast.
WHAT HAS HE BEEN UP TO LATELY?
* He weighs 16 pounds
* He is wearing 6-9 month clothes
* He wears size 2 shoe
* He wears size 2 diaper
* He has light brown/ reddish hair and blue/ gray eyes
* He is still nursing
* He loves solid foods! He is a good eater. So far he eats everything I feed him. He loves bananas and sweet potatoes. His least favorites are green beans and avocado although he will eat them.
* He nurses four times a day and eats three solid meals. He wakes up once during the night to nurse- usually between 3 and 4 a.m. He eats breakfast around 8. He eats lunch around noon. He nurses around 5 and then eats solids around 8:00 before going to bed.
* He has started blowing when I feed him which usually ends up with both of us being covered in food.
* We introduced him to a sippie cup this month. He has not quite figured it out yet, but loves chewing on it
* On a good night he will sleep up to 8 hours, but not longer than that. Many nights he will wake up and cry out. I wish he slept through the night better.
* I love that he will go to sleep on his own. We just lay him in the bed, he will play a while, and then lay down and go to sleep. I do not think I have ever rocked him to sleep. When he gets sleepy he prefers to be put in bed and left alone.
* This month we changed him from taking 3 naps a day to only 2. We cut out his early evening catnap. He usually naps from 9-11ish and then again in the afternoon from 2-4ish. He is a good napper.
* He still sucks his left thumb and sleeps holding a burp cloth.
* This past month he celebrated his first Thanksgiving. We spent it in Panajachel, Guatemala with our IMB mission family. We took a boat ride across Lake Attitlan on Good Friday to visit the town of Santiago. The boat ride soothed him to sleep.
* He loves looking in the mirror at himself. He just smiles and coos. When I get him out of the tub each night we always spend a few minutes looking in the bathroom mirror. He loves it!
* He loves playing with and chewing on empty plastic water/ Coke bottles. Cruz did also.
* Everything goes straight to his mouth.
* He has started putting his feet in his mouth and sucking on his toes.
* He is officially on the move! This past month he started crawling. He was 7 months and 20 days old. He is fast and on the go. He loves being mobile, and is already trying to follow his big brother around.
* He is also pulling up
* He loves being in the walker and scooting around.
* He likes his jumper swing also.
* We lowered his crib mattress this month. He now pulls up on the rail and looks around his room.
* He is crazy about our Christmas tree and when in the living room always tried to get to it. He will pull off every ornament his little hands can reach.
* He has started saying ma ma ma ma. He babbles a lot.
* He loves balls
* We have not noticed any signs of teeth coming in, but he definitely seems to be hitting the moody teething stage. He can get very fussy!
* He smiles a lot and overall is a happy, easy going baby. Lately he has started smiling with his mouth wide open. It is so cute.
He is a joy and a precious gift from God!
We are thankful to be his mom and dad.
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