- started army crawling the middle of November
- started to get the first feelings of an upper tooth towards the end of November (still is not through yet)
- at the beginning of December he was up on all four rocking back and forth not really sure what to do or where to go from there so back to army crawling
- he now pulls up on everything he can get ahold of, started that about the middle of December, what is scary is that he thinks he is so cool standing up but he doesn't realize that he has to keep holding on....so mommy is right there just to make sure there are no major incidents!
- he has now decided that sleeping through the night is really not his thing, he likes to get up at different times and you can't sooth him with his paci or anything, its best just to let him cry it out (which usually doesn't last long, if it does I know he is hungry so he gets a bottle, he has been going through a growth spurt this last week and a half so he is getting oatmeal before bed to see if that helps...only time will tell!)
- he has also decided that when he wakes up in the middle of the night that he is not going to lay back down for us, nope he is going it sit up and cry or pull himself up and stand and cry, its the funniest/cutest thing to see - not that he is crying but that he is sitting up and standing up in his crib now - he is getting to be such a big boy!
- as of about a week ago is almost fully crawling now unless he wants something immediately or trying to get away from us then he will army crawl because he is still faster at this - its so funny and he just laughs when he is trying to get away from us!
- he LOVES to try and get to the dog, there is a gate between the livingroom and kitchen and he pulls himself up so he can stand up, everything is about standing up these days and reach through and try and grab her, she just jumps back so he can't reach her, she wants nothing to do with that!
He has changed so much over the last 2 months its crazy, where has my baby boy gone!!! I love seeing all the new things he is learning but I also miss that ity bity baby too! I am now making all of his vegetables that he eats, they are so easy to make. He still doesn't do well keeping the orange veggies or fruits down so I try to limit those or mix them with something else. He loves to eat everything you put in front of him, no problems there, its just that there must be something in the orange foods that just don't agree with his tummy yet. He is also now eating puffs and he LOVES them and he drinks from a sippy cup, which is fun to watch him learn that too!
Christmas was awesome! He was only interested in helping try and open about the first 3 presents after that he just wanted to play with whatever was in front of him or see what his 3 cousins were up to. But the best part of it was just having him there with all of our family, I have dreamed of that day for so many years. It was also so fun to see my nieces help him with all his presents, they are all so good with him. New Years Eve was alot of fun too. We always go to my brothers. I tried to get him to take a nap early in the evening, well it was a short nap so I figured there was no way he would last very long into the night.....boy was I wrong! Baby boy rang in the new year with us...he was attempted to go to sleep around 10 pm but not 5 minutes after I left the room he was wide awake and never went back to sleep after that! He was having so much fun playing with his cousins and he loved all the noise makers and he finally crashed at 12:30 - he didn't want to miss anything!
I am excited to see what this month brings with baby boy. He is trying to say a few things, every once in awhile he will say bye-bye and hi, but nothing concrete so far, I am still working on mama but no luck yet!!! I just signed us up for swimming lessons that start the end of this month so I am looking forward to that should be fun since he loves bathtime!
Well I am exhausted since last night was the first night we have slept through the night in a week and a half...hoping for another good night tonight! I am off to relax on the couch, hoping something good is on tv!
Blessings to everyone!
