Our happy man is 8 months old. I feel like I was just writing about him being 7 months old (I kind of was since I wrote it so late). He’s been changing a lot this month and is starting to feel less like a baby all the time. He’s such a big boy!
He is doing much better at sitting on his own. He loves to sit and play with toys. The last few days he hasn’t wanted to sit as long because he has been perfecting being on his hands and knees and trying out new moves all the time.
Yesterday and today I left him on his stomach and came back and he was sitting up! I haven’t seen him actually crawling yet, but yesterday morning I saw him figure out how to army crawl forward a little bit. And even more of it today. This makes him immensely happy (and proud)!
Since his sitting has gotten pretty good, I’ve had him in high chairs at restaurants and in shopping carts. He really likes it and he’s just too big for me to even think about carrying him anywhere in his car seat anymore. Just this weekend, we moved car seats around and he’s in DeeDee’s old seat. He also loves his carrier, so I use that pretty often, too.
This boy still loves his sleep. Most nights he will fall asleep while I feed him his bottle. Then he’s so tired he just sleeps in my hand while I burp him. It’s about the only time during the day he still feels like a baby to me. I also caught him sleeping with his hand over his face. It made me laugh because I do that all the time. If it’s not my hand, I probably have a blanket over my head. I’m strange. 🙂
We went on a hike a few weeks ago and I tried putting Alex in the carrier as a backpack. He loved it and took a second nap in it. It was really nice to have my hands freed up a bit with him on my back instead of my chest.
He’s getting more fun all the time. He’s more interactive and he giggles all the time. He has fun exploring more of his toys and he loves when daddy plays with him.
He doesn’t have any teeth yet. Dee-Dee got hers around 8 months. He is acting crabbier over what seems like nothing, putting everything in his mouth, drooling, likes cold toys, yet I can’t see or feel anything in there. But I have a feeling he won’t be heading off to school without any baby teeth, so I’ll enjoy the gummy smile while I still have it!
He’s starting to get more upset when he can’t see me or I leave the room. He will cry if he sees me walk away from him. And he’s figured out he can pull down his crib bumper (don’t worry…it’s a breathable one and we use it because he gets his legs stuck) the watch me leave the room and you can see his big, sad pouty lip come out before a huge wail! It’s sad, but also kind of funny. 🙂 And just the last few days he’s been holding his arms out to be picked up. It’s so sweet.
The girls have fun with him, but I don’t think they know what they are in for once he starts crawling and getting into everything. The hardest thing is making sure all the tiny toy pieces are kept in Maddie’s room and not in the playroom or living room because babies are like choking hazard magnets. It’s just bizarre how they can seek out those small pieces. Or cords. Or hand sanitizer. They want everything they can’t have. How did humans ever evolve? 🙂
Happy 8 months tiny monster. We love you and can’t wait to see what excitement the next month brings!
