8 months old

Still has only the 2 teeth on the bottom. No signs of any others anytime soon.



He's learned how to crawl forward. And he's started to pull up on the chairs and the bar stools, but he can't quite get his feet under him yet. He'll get on his knees with his hands on a bar and then most times fall over.

He doesn't eat much "people" food yet. He totally skipped over anything pureed and sloppy off of a spoon. He pinches his lips shut and won't let me get anything on a spoon past his lips. If I hold a bit of something and put it to his lips though, he'll open for it. IF I am able to get anything mooshy in his mouth that he doesn't care for, he has perfected raspberrying it right out and all over whoever is sitting next to him. His favorite foods are gerber type puffs and cheerios.

A typical day at daycare he'll take 12 -13 ounces of breastmilk.

His eyes still disappear when he grins really big!

His sleep patterns are totally wacky... he's awake every 2 hours overnight. I really think he's just gotten used to eating that often and that now it's habit. I keep saying I should let him cry it out so we can all sleep better, but then I don't because I really enjoy the extra little snuggles. I figure it'll only be another 4-5 months or so and he'll (most likely) be weaned, so his sleep should get better then. During the day at Lynne's... he's all over the place with his sleep. Some days he gets a longish morning nap (2ish hours) and then a quick snooze in the afternoon. Some days he gets 2 short snoozes. Bedtime is anywhere from 6:30-8:30... we don't have a set time for him because our evenings are all over the place with getting home and getting dinner. The good thing... he's happy all the time, even when he doesn't sleep good.

His personality is still very mellow and easy going, but he knows how to yell and get attention too! He's really starting to get attached to mommy... if he can see me, he's making a fuss until I get him.

His bed has been lowered to the lowest position since he can sit up now.

He doesn't really have a "lovey" yet... but he loves rubbing the preemie and infant sized burpcloths on his face while he's falling asleep.

Clothing wise, he's still in the same stuff... 12 mos, 18 mos, few 24 mos. Still not wearing shoes yet... but I think he's in a 4. Medium fuzzibunz. Size 4 pampers.



He LOVES his bath. He starts throwing his arms up and down and kicking his legs around when he sees that we're headed into the bathroom for bathtime. He scootches around in the tub and splashes and reaches for all the toys.



He has had 3 haircuts. We like to spike it up, and to keep that style, it has to be short.



The little red birthmark in his belly button continues to get lighter pink with little white spots in it. It may be getting smaller...but it's hard to tell because he's getting bigger.