Month 8

Weight: 19.7 pounds  

Length: 28.25 inches

Hair Color: Light brown with a tint of red in the sun

Eye Color:  Blue

Dominant Hand:  Undetermined (prefers right)

Diaper size: Size 3

Clothes size: 6-9 month, 9 and 12 month

Still has only two teeth.  (Sorry for the excessive detail…)

Month Recap

~More play time with Claira and Daniel

~Meeting Gunnar (9/16/2011)

~Thursday morning Bible study for me and nursery play time for Callen

~Hanging out with Elizabeth

~Cheering Dad on at his softball game…2 wins so far

~Birthday Celebrations

~Apple picking and pumpkin pictures at Avila Valley Barn

~BBQ and volleyball play date with small group

~First bruise: face planted into metal arm rest.

~7 days of continuous 8 hours of sleep!

~1-2 naps

 

 Things that make him smile:

~Cell phone

~Keys

~Water bottle

~Jeffrey the giraffe

~Camera (yes, he smiles every time he sees the camera)

~Mirrors

~Other babies or pictures of babies

~His jumper

~Animals (real or stuffed)

~Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (favorite book)

New Noises

~Sticks out bottom lip and blows

~Mouth open, gums together and breaths in and out rapidly

~Sticks tongue out and blows

New Foods

~Avocado, pears, peas

Fun Moments

~In an effort to delay bedtime, I put him in a shallow, but empty plastic container…LOVED IT: banging his toys into the side, chewing on the sides, kicking his feet!

~Sneezes moments after getting a spoonful of pureed food = all over Drew!

Movement

~Still trying to get up on all fours.

~When on hands and knees, pushes backwards.

Sign Language

~Milk

~We think he can sign “jump”, but he’s only done it a few times…so maybe not?

~He doesn’t understand “eat”, “more”, or “diaper change”…but we’ll keep trying.

 

 Structured Playtime

I got tired of chasing him down all day as he rolls from danger zone to danger zone, so I’ve introduced the Pack’n Play!  Hated it the first couple of days, and still hates it. But at least he’s not crying anymore, and I can get some stuff done around the house. 

Here’s how it works (activities are in 20-30 minute intervals and end when the timer goes off, not because he’s crying):

~Alone time in Pack’n Play.  I place him sitting up near the sliding glass door (so he can’t see me). 

~Jumper.  For those that have seen him in it…he’s CRAZY.

~Supervised Pack’n Play so he can see me working around the house.

~Free play.  Rolling around while I’m sitting/working next to him.

~Cuddle time with Mom: holding, singing, reading, piano, harmonica, etc. usually before and after naps or bedtime.

Its been a week, and he seems to be getting use the routine and understanding that the timer ends the activity…which means less protest crying.  But we’ll see how long it lasts.