You now weigh about 20 pounds, 6 ounces. That's about a 1 pound gain from last month.
I think now that you are becoming more active, you weight gain is starting to slow down.
You're also almost another inch longer this month, coming in at about 28 inches long.
You're still mainly wearing 9 month and 12 month size clothes, but some brands you wear 12-18 or even 18-24 month sizes! Such a big boy you are!
You: "Hey, what is this thing on me??"
"How do I get it off?? Maybe I can chew it off..."
You are still in size 3 diapers and have started wearing size 3 Pampers Baby Dry overnight diapers at night. You were having a TON of leaks at night so we had to make a switch and so far so good!
You still eat about every 3-4 hours but get so distracted that you don't seem to eat much! We might have to start seeing if you can go longer so you are extra hungry when it is time to eat!
You continue to go through about 6-8 diapers a day. We also continue to use Target Up and Up Brand diapers and LOVE them! They are super cheap and definitely do the trick! We also tend to change you fairly often so haven't had any troubles with leaks besides the occasional blow out...but I think that's normal no matter what brand diaper you use!
You are officially out of the Magic Sleepsuit. You didn't seem to be sleeping well in it any more, it was a struggle to squeeze you into the size large, and you started rolling over in it...all signs that it was time to move on. I was really nervous, but you've done GREAT without it! It really was the key to the smooth transition from swaddling!
Your sleep has continued to be a little erratic still from the holidays and getting older and needing to figure out a new nap schedule. I think we are starting to get into a new routine again though, Praise the Lord!!
Bedtime is still around 7:30pm but we have been making some adjustments with that so it will probably be different by 8 months!
You have solids for dinner around 5pm and then your last nursing session around 7/7:30pm with a dream feed {sometimes} around 10/10:30pm. You then usually wake up 1-2 times per night. Although, as strange as it might sound, you sleep so much better when you take good naps!! So if we could just get those figured out we may be able to return to some full nights of sleep again! You do generally sleep for 12 hours (just not straight) and wake up to start the day between 7:30 and 8am.
You've still been taking about 3 naps a day but you might be ready for a transition in that because sometimes your naps are VERY short lasting only about 40 minutes...but you wake up yawning...so I don't know!
Likes:
Pears! and food in general
Rocking in the rocking chair
TV...not good!!!
Rattles
Floor time
Your new crawl around car
Chewing
Reading stories
Watching and playing with Baxter
Sleeping with Mommy and Daddy
Swimming at the pool!
Bath time
Moving!
Bouncing and rocking back and forth
Dislikes:
Napping and going to bed at night
Sleeping through the night
When mommy or daddy leave the room
When bath time is over
Vegetables (you cried when we tried to get you to eat peas!)
Milestones:
Scooting backwards
Trying to get up on hands and knees
Allergic to peaches
Leaning forward to grab things while sitting and then sitting back up
Passing toys from hand to hand
Starting puffs and yogurt melts ... learning to pick up!
First Christmas!
Saw Santa
Expressing yourself more...whining when we take a toy away, etc.
Sleeping in your crib like a big boy - no more Magic Sleepsuit
::Pictures and Videos from the Past Month::
Black Friday lunch date with Great Grandma Strickland
(and Grandma Karen and Cousin Sarah too)
Bedtime at Grandma Karen's with help from Gunner!
We also celebrated YOU while we were in New York by having a baby shower!
You love your cousin Sarah :)
After the baby shower we went to dinner with some friends and you made them fall in love with babies!
At church while in New York
You were so tired you fell asleep resting your head on daddy's hand!
Grandpa Dan feeding you dinner while we were in New York
We also went to Lights on the Lake while in New York and you and Sarah cozied up in the back seat holding hands and fell asleep :) So precious!! #cousinlove
When we first got to New York you were just a regular boy...but you left as Buzz Lightyear! Such a fun new shirt from the baby shower!
Baxter was so excited to see you after his stay at Great Grandma's in Cornell for Thanksgiving
We did some Christmas crafting :) Love your little footprints!
You helped daddy put the star on our Christmas tree
Starting to scoot backwards!
You started up by the ABC ball and scooted all the way back to the couch!
You are on the move!
We had a triple date with your girlfriend Nora and her mommy and daddy to the Hosanna! Christmas concert! You both LOVED the music!
You and daddy had a daddy son date to church while mommy was sick.
You also outgrew your infant carrier this month and are now using a convertible car seat.
Such a big boy!
Helping daddy in First Look is a lot of work! Nap time between services!
You were trying to sneak a present early! Good thing you couldn't talk yet and ask because I don't think mommy could have said no :/
Sleeping like a big boy with your pal Scout
Maybe you at least have mommy's nose!?!?
You LOVE bath time!! Especially chewing on bath time books :)
Visiting Santa
And going on your first train ride!
You got a sled for Christmas from Great Grandma Breiby and its SO MUCH FUN!!
We used the sled to walk through the lights at Irvine Park
You also got some play time with your 2nd Cousin Logan
And cuddles with Great Grandma Charlotte and Logan too
Santa brought you the crawl around car you asked for!! You must have been on the nice list :)
We had matching jammies for our family Christmas :) Can't wait to continue this tradition!
You got to meet some of mommy's friends that she went to Australia with! So fun!
Visiting daddy at work for lunch
Bubbles are fun :)
Baxter loves snuggling you!!
Timberwolves game
Scooting backwards = getting stuck in strange places
Oh little boy, time is sure flying by!! Even though it makes me sad that you are growing up so fast (we have already started planning for your 1st birthday!!!) I LOVE every new stage with you and feel so blessed to be able to spend our days together! I love you more and more every day! No matter how many times you wake me up at night... :)
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