Weight: 20 pounds according to our home scale. No Peds appointment until 9 months!
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| Unhappy... All better! |
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| So big sitting without the Boppy! |
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| SILLY BOY! LOOOOVE HIM!!! |
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| We always make time to play! |
Likes:
-Exploring new areas of the house
-"Swimming" in the pool
-Swinging at the playground
-Everything from his 6 Month update
Dislikes:
-When we take a toy away from him {or the remote control if he gets his hands on it!}
New skills:
-Sitting independently {although he will still topple back every once in a while}
-Army-crawling!! He started on 7/27 at 28 weeks old
-Getting up on his hands & knees and rocking! He started this around 29 weeks old
-Holding 2 toys, one in each hand, and hitting them together
-Giving a hi-five (only sometimes and only to Daddy)!
-Sort of drinking out of a beginner sippy cup
-Combining two syllables like "ah-ba"
Clothes/Diapers:
No significant change from his 6 Month update, just a lot more 9-month clothes, a couple 12-month outfits, and very few 6-month ones. He is still wearing size 3 Luvs diapers when in disposable- at night and when the cloth dipes are in the wash.
Eating:
He has tried a few more new foods: zucchini, peaches, plums, mango, parsnips, oatmeal cereal. He loves zucchini but hates plums. I also tried making different green beans (frozen cut ones instead of fresh whole) but the response was the same- "blahh" and a few gags! I caved and bought Gerber green beans to try. He didn't mind them but I did not find the taste appealing! A funny story is that one night, Perry thought my homemade green beans were peas... and Gabe ate them! We joke that he thought they were peas, too, since that's what Daddy told him! We gave him a Baby Mum-Mum (rice cracker) at 28 weeks but took it away immediately & finger-swept in his mouth when a piece broke off! We'll save them for later when he chews and/or has teeth. Just after his 6-month birthday, we gave him water in a bottle for the first time {Perry was so excited about this!}. Another time we tried it in a beginner sippy cup! He still nurses every ~3 hours. On days I work *since I work 11a-11p now!!*, he nurses first thing in the morning, again at 10:00 before I leave, then goes through approximately 4-5 six ounce (6oz) bottles with Perry. He still wakes up around midnight-1:00am and then again sometime in the middle of the night at which times I nurse him. The other 4 days of the week when I'm off, he nurses ~6x a day and 1-2x in the middle of the night. He seemed to want a lot more milk and less food for a week or two when we thought he might have some teeth breaking through, but nothing!
Sleeping:
The length of Gabe's naps has gotten better, usually 1-2 hours. He is still ready for a morning nap 2 hours after waking up, and takes another nap in the afternoon. Everything else remains the same from his 6-Month post. He still wakes up in the middle of the night. *big sigh* Every time, he nurses and falls right back to sleep. We always lay him down on his back in the center of his crib but he usually turns onto his side right away. Within a few hours, he will turn on his belly.
Hair & Eyes:
His hair is still fine and brown. We don't expect the color to change. His eyes are looking more brown but still have a slight greenish tint, so we're eager to see if his will be brown (like Daddy) or hazel (like Mommy)!
