11/15/10
Dear Santiago:
You are now eight months old! Just as we’d said we couldn’t believe how the past months have flown by, this one has as well! You’ve changed so much in a short amount of time!
You are now crawling! Well, it’s more of a pull and drag. You’re doing an army crawl on one side of your body and drag the other side. You’re fast though even though you’re dragging half your body! And you seem really thrilled with yourself that you can get from one area to another when you’re on the floor! We’ve baby proofed and moved furniture around but we need to install some gates to keep you out of the dining room, which we’ll be tackling soon. Until then, we can’t leave the room at all!
You are eating more solid foods and less pureed foods. You’ve had: bread (toasted and regular), Crescent rolls, meatloaf, chicken, peppers, carrots, peas, corn, pea pods, tomatoes, pear pieces, cereal puffs, yogurt melts, and you’ll soon have turkey and mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving! You also are getting the hang of your sippy cup and can drink from it as long as we help you hold it up.
You also have 5 teeth now! All four of the middle bottom teeth have come in and one of your top middle teeth has broken through!
Here are some of the things you’re doing this month:
• Crawling in your pull and drag crawl
• Going from a sitting to a laying down position by sort of throwing your body to the side
• Babbling more and more. We here more “words” although we’re not counting them as your real words yet – we’ve heard Daddy, Dada, Mama, and Baby although we’re not making them your first official word. Mostly you just say “Babababa”
• Letting us know you’re frustrated by squealing or screaming
• Becoming more steady when we stand you up
• Pulling up in your crib on a regular basis. Also wanting to pull up on the coffee table and the couch but you haven’t quite figured that out
• Taking baths in the bathtub! You outgrew your baby bathtub so you’re in the real tub now. We’ve got some bath toys for you too which you find a lot of fun
• Wearing Size 3 diapers – we’re double diapering you at night because you have been peeing through them
• Wearing size 6-9 month pants, 6-12 month shirts, 9 and 12 month onesies (although the 12 month ones are still a little long in the sleeves) (In Carter’s brand you’re all 12 month size)
• Wearing size 3 shoes
• Wearing size 6-12 month hats
• Eating about 6 oz per feeding in three bottles a day and one nursing session
• Having formula mixed in with mom’s milk (mostly formula since mom’s not really pumping any longer)
• Burping big burps now
• Becoming more loving with mommy and daddy when we hold you. You’ll snuggle into us if someone says hi and you’re being shy
• Waving hello and goodbye on a pretty consistent basis
• Sleep on your tummy basically all the time. We put you down on your back but if you’re awake you immediately roll over onto your tummy
Every day seems to bring you doing something different lately. We miss you so much during the time we’re away and race home to hold you and play with you. Mommy’s looking into being a stay at home mom after her work contract ends, so hopefully she can stay home and play with you! We can’t wait to see what you have in store for us this month!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
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