davis jeffrey | 8 months

GROWTH

WEIGHT: haven't weighed him recently  but he doesn't seem to be growing by leaps and bounds...so 19lbs? 

CLOTHING: still hanging in there at 6-12 months! He's my skinny tall boy.

DIAPERS: Size 4 for day, 6 for night!

LOVES

• people, as usual
• following us around the house
• loving/hugging his brother
• taking baths with Beau
• crawling to anything he's not supposed to get
• happy screaming in the morning
• the 'calm dance' that Mark does with him ;)
• holding his bottle
• teething wafers

FIRSTS

LOTS of firsts this month!

• started crawling!
• pulled up and over our 6" step 
• pulled up on crib
• first dairy product since I was nursing him 
• bath with his brother
• first time sitting in a restaurant high chair
• swinging
• first time playing outside with Beau
• holds his bottle

EATING

He's doing so much better with solid foods! He is improving every day with his pincher skills and he seems actually interested in eating now. He LOVES the teething wafers (Beau never did) and is really good with anything large that he can hold and bite on. We discovered this when he went to town on some homemade french fries. So far, he isn't shoving a ton in his mouth and choking, so I'm happy for that! I'm getting a little daring and he's had the yogurt melts (with no noticable reaction) and I'm not really stressing about dairy/soy right now. I figure it will be obvious if he does have a reaction. I'm not giving him straight cheese or anything but I will in a month or two. We're just working our way up to two consistent meals a day right now!

SLEEP

Sleep is still iffy. We really have to stay on top of his daily food intake (cough, Mark, cough) or he doesn't get full and wakes up at night. When he's eating more during the day, he sleeps longer at night. We've had a few all-night stretches in the last month but nothing recently. He's taking 2-3 regular naps and seems to go down pretty well for them. I don't remember the last time I had to rock him to sleep (better knock on wood)!

HEALTH

He's been healthy! No doctor visits recently and we haven't caught the flu! yay!

SOCIAL/PLAYING

He is in a whole new world after discovering how to crawl! He is ALL over the place and Beau is not handling it well. Davis wants to go hug/touch/wrestle with Beau and Beau is SO worried about his toys. He doesn't get the concept that sliding them across the floor does not get them out of Davis' reach anymore...He's also blabbing more. Lots of 'bababa' and 'dadada'. It will be interesting to see if he talks before Beau!

PARENTING

Life has been good! I thought I had more time before Davis would be crawling so efficiently or able to escape our step down in the living room, but oh well. We are just soaking in this time and vacuuming a lot more often! ha! 

Here's some photos of the last month plus Beau's photobomb of Davis' 8 month shoot. :)