December 6, 2018

August is eight months old!

At 8 months, August:

Weighs/Measures: Checkup next month

Teeth: 0

Words: Dada, “Hi Dada” (or at least it sounds like it!), Mama (only occasionally)

Loves:

• Sissy
• Rolling around
• Playing with his toys especially balls, musical instruments & books
• Loves listening to stories and even if he’s tired you better not try to put him to bed before storytime with sissy
• Dancing and singing with mama to music (we’ve been enjoying Christmas music lately)
• Swinging at the park
• Exploring the world around him—looks around everywhere trying to take it all in when somewhere new
• Babbling and blowing raspberries

Dislikes:

• Getting his nose suctioned!
• When you take something away from him that he’s playing with
• Eating solids (for the most part)
• Being tired
• Sore gummies and teeth that are taking their time to pop through
• Being in his car seat if not in motion

Eating: Nurses every 2-3 hours typically (every 3-4 at night🙈). Also is offered 3 solid meals per day but it’s hit or miss whether he actually eats.

Sleep: Prefers to take 3 naps if possible, usually always takes a nap around 10:30am and 2pm, and will sometimes take a third nap late afternoon if his 2pm nap was short. Goes to bed around 8:30pm and wakes up for the day around 8:30am typically (has been waking up 3x to nurse within that timeframe).

What’s New:

• Sits without support
• Army crawls to reach a toy he wants (and he is pretty laser-focused when he wants something—even if that means getting stuck under the table, etc)
• Loves playing with his toys and stays entertained for quite awhile rolling around & army crawling to reach a toy, play with it for a bit, then move onto another toy
• Very observant and curious about the world around him—looks around at everything when taken somewhere new
• Going along with the previous one, is very distractable if things are going on around him when trying to nurse or eat—wants to join in on the action instead of eat
• Really interacts during storytime—tries to turn the page, lift the flaps, and feel the textures
• Starting to attempt getting on hands & knees
• Really tunes into Buddy and likes watching him—will sometimes roll over to him and try to grab his fur
• Has tried avocado, chicken, turkey, bone broth, egg yolk, sweet potato, butternut & acorn squash, broccoli, banana, carrots, peas, applesauce, yellow squash, blueberry, and yogurt—not a huge fan of solids yet. Broth, banana, sweet potato, & butternut are his favorites so far

Nicknames: Goomy, Goomish, Gooma Goo, Goomeeshi, Doughman, Chuuba

8-month photoshoot:

Mama told me when I was young
“Come sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say
And if you do this it’ll help you some sunny day”

“Oh, take your time, don’t live too fast
Troubles will come and they will pass
You’ll find a woman and you’ll find love
And don’t forget, son, there is someone up above”

“And be a simple kind of man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh, won’t you do this for me, son, if you can”

“Forget your lust for the rich man’s gold
All that you need is in your soul
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want for you, my son, is to be satisfied”

“And be a simple kind of man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh, won’t you do this for me, son, if you can”

Oh yes, I will

“Boy, don’t you worry, you’ll find yourself
Follow your heart and nothing else
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want for you, my son, is to be satisfied”

“And be a simple kind of man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh, won’t you do this for me, son, if you can”

Baby, be a simple, be a simple man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man

~Lynyrd Skynyrd