Happy 8 months Noah!

It’s getting more and more difficult to make Noah sit still long enough to snap his picture! You can see one of his little vampire teeth in the picture above.

Noah has changed SO much in the past month! He is growing up SO FAST!

Here is what Noah has been up to this month:

• Wears size 3 diapers
• Weighs about 23 pounds (chunky!)
• Wears 9-12 months clothing, mostly 12 months though
• We are no longer army crawling….it’s full force big boy crawling!

• We have FIVE teeth and I can see a sixth one right under the skin!
• Sleeping through the night, when he’s not teething
• Eating a jar of baby food (something with cereal or oatmeal in it) for breakfast, a fruit and veggie for lunch and a fruit and veggie for dinner with a bottle between each meal and one right before bed

• Loves snacking on Cheerio’s, yogurt melts and veggie puffs. He can feed himself very well now!
• Still practicing with the sippy cup
• Expert raspberry blower and tongue-sticker-outer!

• He follows his Mommy everywhere!
• Goes to bed around 6:30-7:00pm and wakes up around 6:30am…but lately on the weekends he doesn’t wake up until 7:00-7:30am!
• Takes two naps a day…one in the morning (about 1-2 hours) and one in the afternoon (about 2 hours)

• He can crawl anywhere and pull himself into a sitting position with perfection!
• LOVES LOVES LOVES to jump!
• He can also pull up by himself in the crib, but not anywhere else

• It’s also officially time for his first haircut! He has a big cow-lick in the back that will.not.lay.down.
• Eczema is still a pain in the hiney. But we are still keeping it controlled well as long as we don’t get too hot and sweaty.

• We are also working on learning what NO means! Noah loves getting into anything he’s not supposed to including the fireplace, night lights, Bella’s food…
• We’ve stopped saying ‘good’. Now it’s only ‘ggggggggggg’. I’m working on getting him to say “Mama” though. He won’t say it but every time I do, he smiles the biggest smile!
• We are also working on signing ‘more’ instead of grunting VERY loudly when he wants some more of something.

He is changing so much every day. I miss him so much when he’s at school! I’m working on not running to him every time he lets out a whimper. Daddy thinks I’m making him a sissy! So I’m working on it.

Noah, Mommy and Daddy love you so much! You are the best thing in our lives and we look forward to watching you grow more and more (just not too fast, ok?).