Well, our little guy is 8 1/2 months old now and he is better than ever! He is such a joy and so much fun that each day holds new adventures. Although
JJ isn't quite crawling all over the place, he can get from one side of the room to the next in a hot minute. This includes a half-second crawl, scooting, rolling and all other kinds of twists and turns with his little meatball body. This past week he is also starting to pull himself up pretty well. We expect that in the next week, he'll be in full crawling mode and pulling himself up with a lot more strength. His pediatrician told us due to his physique (short legs, big head), he'll be likely to start crawling later, if he crawls at all. He also was a back sleeper until 5 months old, so that also slows down the crawling process. Either way, I'm in no rush. I'll keep my little baby who I can carry around with me as long as I can!
He is saying "Dada" like crazy (ugh). No Mama yet, but trust me, I say "Mama" to him about 1,000 times a day. He laughs like crazy. Smiles a lot. He is wanting to be held a lot more now than ever before. He wants us involved in his floor play time and wants to be near us at all times!
He is on a pretty predictable schedule which is good for the both of us. Wakes up, bottle, cereal, play, nap, lunch, play time,
story time, bottle, nap, snack, playtime,
story time, dinner, bath, bottle, bed. He is sleeping an average of 11 hours at night and then naps anywhere from 3-5 hours a day, usually a 2 hour morning nap and a 3 hour afternoon nap.
JJ spent his first Thanksgiving at Andy and Jen's house. His Thanksgiving dinner consisted of Earths Best Organic Turkey, Cranberry, Apple jarred food (
ack). I know some Mom's that have babies
JJ's age gave their kids pumpkin pie, green bean casserole, etc, but Jonathan and I are just not rolling that way right now. There are two reasons for this. First: No need to rush the fatty, not-so-great food to him,
after all, he is only 8 months old. Second: We're kind of freaked out giving him anything thicker than
pureed baby food. I mean, I only give him about 6 puffs a day cause I have this crazy fear he'll choke! Yes,
JJ, when you read this some day, it won't be a surprise to you that Mommy is a bit crazy and super protective.
Oh, Oh, OH!! I almost forgot. As of Saturday, December 4, 2010, at 8 1/2 months old, Jonathan is now sleeping in his own room. This was a really hard decision for us. Jonathan and I are very much "Attachment Parenting" type parents and were going to let him sleep in our room until a year old, but there were two reasons that made us decide to cut the umbilical cord and move our little guy out. First: We had our first fire of the winter season going on Saturday and our room had a pretty strong smoke smell. We have the carbon monoxide and smoke detectors and all was fine, but we just didn't feel comfortable letting him sleep in our room. The second reason: his pack n play looks SO uncomfortable compared to his crib. I mean, the pack n play "mattress" is pretty much a wood board with a padding. But the crib. Oh, that sweet crib is heavenly. So yeah, he is now in his own room. I must say, we are handling it so much better than we thought we would. Sure we miss looking down at him and seeing him. But we have a flat screen monitor next to our TV so we can still look at him and watch him.
Well, I think I've rambled on a bit more than I wanted to. I just want to conclude this entry by saying that every single day, I look at that adorable face and am totally amazed that we created him. We are so lucky and blessed to have him. He is our everything.
