Collyn- 8 Months

Our precious baby boy is 8 months old. Pretty soon I will be planning a birthday party. I can't believe it! Here are some updates:

GROWTH: I haven't measured Collyn since last month. He goes in next month for his 9 month check up so we will know how much he weighs then.

SLEEP: We are doing great with sleep. He had the flu a few weeks ago, so it took him a few days to get back on schedule, but he is pretty much sleeping through the night. Bedtime is at 9:30 PM and he will sleep until 5:30 AM (Sometimes he wakes up at 11 PM to nurse). He will nurse at 5:30 AM and sleep until about 8 AM. He takes 2-3 naps each day. Morning nap at 10 AM, afternoon nap at 1 PM, and sometimes an evening nap at 6 PM. He is sleeping in his crib in his room and does really well with it.

EATING: I am still nursing, but not exclusively. I am slowly weening Collyn from nursing. I have dropped 1-2 feeding per day nursing and given him a bottle instead. I will nurse in the morning right when he wakes up. He has breakfast, usually oatmeal with a fruit puree. Then, he has a bottle before or after his morning nap. I feed him lunch which is usually a veggie puree and a finger food. He goes down for his afternoon nap and then I will nurse him when he wakes up. He has a bottle before dinner. Eats dinner. Then, I nurse before bed. I want to nurse until he is one, but he really needed to learn how to use a bottle/sippy cup because he was refusing both. He now can use both a bottle and sippy. New foods this month: Scrambled eggs, chicken, beef, turkey, noodles, ham, broccoli

CLOTHING: 6-9 Month

DIAPERS: Size 3

DEVELOPMENT: Crawling. More of an army crawl, but he is on his way... and he is quick! He can pull himself up to his knees by a chair. Sometimes he can pull himself all the way up to standing. He can self-feed lots of soft foods. He waves Bye-Bye. He goes from sitting position to crawling position. He holds his own bottle.