One Sweet World: 8-1/2 Months

I'm terribly behind, so I'm going to try to update without being too wordy.

*Cuddles - My boy loves to cuddle! He is such a sweetheart and he loves to hug... Mommy, Daddy, or Maddy.

*Crawling - Spencer started crawling at around 7-1/2 months and he can go! When he spots something that he wants to get to (mainly me :-)) he kicks his crawling into fast gear... and sometimes stumbles but is back up and on the move without missing a beat!

*Discovering New Things - It is so much fun to watch him. He gets excited about every new little thing.

*Strumming His Belly - Spencer does the cutest thing when we change his diaper; he strums his belly like a guitar. I have to get it on video cuz it's too hard to describe but too cute to miss.

*Standing and Sitting - He's been pulling up for about a month now and he has finally perfected sitting back down. That took some time and patience, and a few falls and bumps and bruises!

*Crawling up Stairs - Yep, he can do it.

*Clapping and Waving - He started clapping last week and waved at Maddy for the first time today before naptime!

*Christmas Tree and Presents - He has quickly learned the meaning of "No!" Christmas morning should be interesting when we actually expect him to rip into presents after telling him no for the past month.

*Night Wakings - Spencer still wakes up at night, usually for a feeding between 4-5 am. Actually we usually hear him kicking several times a night, and sometimes he cries out. And when he cries out he sounds as if his arm has fallen off. For real. We even joke to each other and say, "Will you go in and put your son's arm back on?"

*Pacifier - Spencer has really taken to his pacifier lately. We have just traded in the older ones for the size 6+ months ones because he started to put the smaller ones all the way in his mouth!

As far as the boring stuff, Spencer is still in size 4 diapers and mainly size 12-month clothing. He takes 2 naps a day, sometimes for only 30 minutes but most of the time he stretches at least one of them out to 1.5 hours. He goes to bed at 6:30 and sleeps for 12+ hours. He eats 3 "solid" meals a day, and has just started eating table food like chicken, bananas, grapes, noodles, rice, etc. I'm slowly weaning him - his bottles are up to 4 oz. formula to 3 oz. breastmilk, and he takes 3 bottles a day (with one early morning nursing).

Clapping for Daddy