8 Months!

Alden is 8 months old. I keep telling people, 9 months of pregnancy went a lot slower than these 8 months. I swear it has flown by! Where has the time gone???

Here are some updates on our wiggle worm.


GROWTH: Alden is weighing around 22 pounds. He hasn't been weighed "Accurately" at the doctors office since his 6 month checkup. This is calculated by me standing on the scale and then holding him. He is in the 90th percentile for weight. He is 29 inches long, which is also in the 90th percentile. He is one big boy.

SLEEP: Alden is sort of sleeping through the night. He has been teething (We have a tooth finally) and so there have been some rough nights. For the most part he goes down for bed at 9 PM and sleeps until 8:30 AM. There are night when he gets up at 5 AM crying, so I usually feed him and bring him into bed with me for the rest of the night. Lyndon leaves for work around 5:30-6 AM, so I get to snuggle my bug for a few hours.
Naps are not as long. We are still taking 2 naps (Sometimes 3) during the day. One in the morning at 10:30 to about 11:30 or 12. Then, he is back down at 2 PM until 3 PM.

EATING: Alden loves his food. If you can't tell from his size. :) He is still on soy formula, but isn't drinking as much as he used to. He drinks maybe 3 8 ounce bottles each day. He likes to eat solid foods more. He eats 3 meals a day and 3 snacks (With bottles in there) a day. Snacks include Ritz crackers, Gerber Graduates Puffs, canned carrots, cut up cucumbers, cut up fruit...I haven't kept track of everything new he eats because we don't try new things too often. He has tried corn and wheat. We held off a while on those because of allergies. We are waiting to try meat and dairy for a while still.

CLOTHING: Alden is in 18 month clothing. He is FLYING through his clothes. We had to go on a shopping spree recently for new clothes because he doesn't fit into ANYTHING.

DIAPERS: Alden is in Size 4 diapers.

DEVELOPMENT: Alden is pulling himself up to stand. If we hold his hands he will walk a few steps with us. He is crawling normally now. Whenever he wants to get somewhere fast, he still does the "Army crawl". He can go from a sitting position to crawling position. He is saying more words now and can put words with faces, such as Momma and Dadda.

Alden is such a good little boy. He is happy all the time and does mostly everything with me. He has, however, learned the temper tantrum. Now that he is on the move, learning "No" and getting things taken away is hard. But, what a joy he is!!! :)