Elijah is 9 months old today! I can hardly believe it!
Turns out that 8 months brought alot of new developements for our little guy.
New Things
Teeth - Elijah finally got his first teeth. He has his 2 bottom teeth as of right now. There are 4 on top that are waiting to come in.
Moving - It seems like the day that he turned 8 months old Elijah started moving. He caught onto crawling very easily. He does the very traditional on his knees crawl unlike his brother. But more than crawling, Elijah prefers standing. He loves to have you hold his hands so he can walk. I think he would let us walk him around everywhere if he could. It seems he thinks he should skip the crawling step.
Feeding - This month Elijah and his pincher grasp got really coordinated. He now feeds himself like the best of them.
Carseat - Elijah outgrew his infant carseat and is now in a convertible seat. This makes things different when we are out and about. I can no longer grab his seat and go.
Things Elijah loves
EATING - I think that Elijah would eat all day long if he could. When he crawls on the floor he is like a little vacuum looking for whatever little piece of food I haven't swept up yet.
Company - Elijah has decided that I need to be in view at all times. Everytime I walk out of a room, he cries. I know that this is a phase, as frustrating as it is.
Being held - Elijah has decided that now that he's over 20 pounds, he needs to be held as much as possible.
Things Elijah doesn't like
There are very few things that Elijah doesn't like
Being dirty - Elijah has decided this month that he doesn't like the feeling of a poopy diaper.
Being buckled in his carseat - It's just the initial buckle he doesn't like. After about 10 seconds he is fine.
Others
Sleep - It felt so good this month to finally be in a good rhythm with sleep. Elijah's naps are becoming more and more consistant. And I love being able to plan things around our schedule. Elijah takes 2, 2hour naps a day. Bedtime has stayed around 6:15 at night. Nathan usually wakes him up around 7:15 when Nathan goes to bed. But they usually goof around for about 30 minutes and fall asleep again. Elijah still wakes up at 5:15am to nurse and goes back to sleep until around 7:00am. I try to go work out in the morning, so most mornings I like this early morning feeding. It guarantees me waking up. But on vacation I wish this feeding didn't exist anymore.
Turns out that 8 months brought alot of new developements for our little guy.
New Things
Teeth - Elijah finally got his first teeth. He has his 2 bottom teeth as of right now. There are 4 on top that are waiting to come in.
Moving - It seems like the day that he turned 8 months old Elijah started moving. He caught onto crawling very easily. He does the very traditional on his knees crawl unlike his brother. But more than crawling, Elijah prefers standing. He loves to have you hold his hands so he can walk. I think he would let us walk him around everywhere if he could. It seems he thinks he should skip the crawling step.
Feeding - This month Elijah and his pincher grasp got really coordinated. He now feeds himself like the best of them.
Carseat - Elijah outgrew his infant carseat and is now in a convertible seat. This makes things different when we are out and about. I can no longer grab his seat and go.
Things Elijah loves
EATING - I think that Elijah would eat all day long if he could. When he crawls on the floor he is like a little vacuum looking for whatever little piece of food I haven't swept up yet.
Company - Elijah has decided that I need to be in view at all times. Everytime I walk out of a room, he cries. I know that this is a phase, as frustrating as it is.
Being held - Elijah has decided that now that he's over 20 pounds, he needs to be held as much as possible.
Things Elijah doesn't like
There are very few things that Elijah doesn't like
Being dirty - Elijah has decided this month that he doesn't like the feeling of a poopy diaper.
Being buckled in his carseat - It's just the initial buckle he doesn't like. After about 10 seconds he is fine.
Others
Sleep - It felt so good this month to finally be in a good rhythm with sleep. Elijah's naps are becoming more and more consistant. And I love being able to plan things around our schedule. Elijah takes 2, 2hour naps a day. Bedtime has stayed around 6:15 at night. Nathan usually wakes him up around 7:15 when Nathan goes to bed. But they usually goof around for about 30 minutes and fall asleep again. Elijah still wakes up at 5:15am to nurse and goes back to sleep until around 7:00am. I try to go work out in the morning, so most mornings I like this early morning feeding. It guarantees me waking up. But on vacation I wish this feeding didn't exist anymore.
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