Brady, You are EIGHT months old!
What have you been up to?
* Well, from the pictures you can tell you were not very happy about your 8 month photo shoot! You love your mommy so much that you never want me to put you down. If I do, you cry and scream until I pick you up. Oh, and I can't just hold you, I have to hold you the way you want to be held...I have to stand up and hold you against my chest. If I dare think about holding you any other way, crying and screaming ensues. Daddy has starting calling you little monster! However, you are still such a sweet loving baby, and I know one day you will probably scream and cry if I try to pick you up and hold you. I guess I should take advantage of it while I still can.
* You are a great eater! You still nurse or take a bottle every 3 1/2 hours (6:00, 9:30, 1:00, 4:30, 7:30-8:00). You take 8 oz. in your bottles and nurse anywhere from 6-14 minutes. You eat 2 tbs. of oatmeal around 11:00 at daycare. I was mixing this with momma's milk but last week I started giving you apple juice in it. You like it both ways!
* You have become a much better eater! It used to take us almost 30 minutes to get you to eat 2 ounces of baby food, but now it takes you 5. You've had sweet potato (love), butternut squash (dislike), apples (love- I usually mix with sweet potatoes), green peas (you'll eat it, but you don't love it), and today blueberries/bananas (you loved it!). Over Thanksgiving, I also gave you a few tastes of the pumpkin pie I made. You like it! You also eat baby mum mum's which you rather play with than eat, and you eat puffs. I first bought you the banana flavor and you didn't seem that interested, so today I bought you the blueberry and purple sweet potato and you couldn't get enough! It's so cute watching you use your little fingers to pick them up and put them in our mouth! You eat them one at a time too! Adorable!
* You still wear a size 3 diaper (Pampers Swaddlers). I think you'll wear this size for awhile. You can still wear a few of your 3-6 month onesies, but you are mostly in 9 month clothing. It all depends on the brand.
* You take 2 naps at daycare that last 30 min. - 2 hours each. Sometimes you'll fall asleep in the car on the way home but most of the time you won't. You love to look at the window. When you're at home on the weekends, you take a nap about every 2- 3 hours. Mommy or daddy always hold you. We love it, since we're not this is our only opportunity to hold you while you sleep.
* You still love Jordan and you know her name. If we say her name, you start looking for her. She makes you smile and laugh all the time! If you're fussy, we'll get Jordan to come near you, and it instantly cheers you up.
* You love to walk while we hold your hands! You are really good at it and have become pretty fast! It's the cutest thing to watch you walk around!
* You have great fine motor skills and will grab anything within reach. You also will try to leap out of our arms to get what you want...the remote and cell phone are favorites.
* You were sick a few times this month! Mommy received her first call from daycare saying I had to come get you! I spent 2 days at home with you until you felt better to go back to school.
* You also had your first emergency room visit, ride in an ambulance, and hospital stay this month. Scariest day of my life! Thankfully the doctors were able to figure out what was wrong and get it fixed quickly!
* You celebrated mommy and daddy's birthdays this month!
* Your Grandpa came to visit you! It was quite the visit!
* Your cousin, Lincoln, was born on November 17. I know one day you two will have so much fun together! I look forward to watching you grow up with your cousins! I hope you all will be great friends too!
* You had your first trip to your nana and pawpaws house.
* You celebrated your first Thanksgiving! We are SO thankful for you, our sweetest blessing!
* You can spin around in circles on your tummy but no crawling yet. You really don't like to be on your tummy, so you may never crawl. We'll see!
* Before we started the don't put me down or I'll cry phase, you loved to play with your toys. Your favorite toy by far is your turtle! You Grandma and Grandpa bought it for you and you love it! You love to bang the pieces and put them in your mouth!
* You also have started to share. You will try to give me your paci or a toy. Such a kind baby boy!
* You reach for me too! I love.....this!
Brady, What a month it has been! It has been the scaritest month of your life for me, due to your emergency room visit and hospital stay, but also one of the happiest of my life. Even with the scary times, we've had a lot of fun and happy times! I love to watch you grow and discover your world. You are so curious and take everything in! So many people that we don't know have told us that you are going to be so smart. You already are! I love you so so much! I can't believe in 4 short months you will be a one year old! I know I keep saying this, but I wish we could slow down time. It's going so fast, but we have so much fun! I love love love you with all of my heart!
