* You are still nursing 4 times a day, with your first feeding between 6:45-7am and your final feeding around 7pm. You seem to be doing great on a 4 hour schedule. You are still very distracted with others in the room, so I’ve started nursing away from everyone so we can get down to business and move on with our day! 🙂
* You are still enjoying solids and still eat everything we have offered you. I typically do oatmeal with fruit for breakfast, yellow veggie/fruit for lunch, and then a green veggie/oatmeal/fruit for dinner. You are still practicing your pincer reflex and can pick things up, but are still working on getting them in your mouth! It’s fun to watch you work at it.
* You are sleeping really well at night, although you still wake a little earlier than I’d like. I am shooting for your wake up time to be around 7:30am {or 7am at the earliest}, but you often wake up between 6:30-6:45am. It’s not the end of the world.
* You are napping fairly well. Your morning nap has become a little inconsistent, but I think it’s teething related. I also need to really watch your wake time in the morning. I find that if I let you stay up longer than 1.5 hours in the morning, your morning nap is usually short {only 45 minutes}. Your afternoon nap is going strong at 2 hours and sometimes longer if you don’t nap well in the morning. We have dropped the “catnap” in the early evening and you seem totally fine.
* You are still going strong with size 4 diapers.
* Your 9-12 months clothes fit you perfectly and it’s been so fun seeing your fat rolls this summer!
* You are super busy and don’t stay in one spot for long. You go from your back, to your tummy, to sitting up, and back to any combination of those within seconds. You’ve been up on your hands and knees and doing some rocking, so I think crawling is just a matter of time. You are technically mobile, that is if scooting counts. 🙂
* You are sitting up pretty well now too, so it’s fun to stick a basket of toys in front of you and let you have some fun. You still enjoy the Exersaucer and Johny Jump Up as well, especially when I need you “contained.”
* You continue to be a really happy baby. You love to be with people and smile when we tickle you or when your siblings play with you. They absolutely adore you! You love to make noises and talk when you get excited.
* You are still toothless, but I know they are coming soon. You love to chew on things and drool is still in full force. I’m ready for those teeth of yours to pop through! You still love sucking your thumb. It’s nice that you can soothe yourself and it also helps me to know when you are getting sleepy.
