- Taylor's become an expert crawler in the past month. It just clicked and now the boy is always on the move. He can also pull himself to a stand and cruise around when he has something to hold onto. He tries to stand on his own and can hold it for a few seconds but has some balance work to do. He is getting good at getting back to a sit from a stand! He is also climbing up the stairs. You put him down and he is OFF - will not sit still. Every once in awhile he gets interested in a toy and will sit still for a little but it's rare. And somehow he always wants to go to things he shouldn't - cords and outlets and the water cooler are some favorites!
- He is pretty much over purees and us feeding him - He wants to do it himself. He has gotten good using his pincer finger and thumb and is eating everything we give him. He does know when "treats" are out - Like if he is eating green beans but sees watermelon on the table, he starts refusing the green beans and looking at the watermelon. And if we pull out puffs or cheerios he gets super excited!!
- He now has 7 teeth - 3 on the top and 4 on the bottom. The 6th and 7th ones poked through and I didn't even notice!! So it's not bothering him much.
- He gets SO excited to see you when you walk in a room - Crawls right over! So happy to see people and gives huge grins and giggles.
- Loves Peek A Boo and tickles. Avery does this a lot with him to make him laugh.
- I keep trying to read him books at night but he just closes them and gets distracted...We'll keep working at it!
- He is wearing 9-12 month clothing for the most part. And has awesome baby rolls on his thighs.
- Will not wear a sun hat - pulls it off the second you put it on his head.
- He is eating 3 meals a day and also nurses about 4 times.
- Sleep is the same as last month...Takes his 2 naps. Goes to bed around 8-9 and is up around 7-7:30. He cries several times pretty much every night but we just let him work it out and he is happy to see us in the morning. And the last 2 nights has FINALLY slept all night - we will see if it's a pattern or fluke in the coming weeks :)
- We've been taking Tay to the pool - He doesn't cry but seems a little unsettled by the whole thing.
- He furrows his brow and "thinks" a lot. So fun to see him studying things and trying to figure them out.
- Lot's of babbling - makes a "pah pah" sound a lot. I keep saying "mamama" but he's not doing it yet...He also plays a game with Avery where she screams and then he gets really excited and screams back at her. It's LOUD but really funny.
- Tay also has gotten the hang of "No" - Used to be no reaction when we said it. Now when we tell him sternly his feelings get hurt, bottom lip comes out, and cries. He also shakes his head no when he doesn't want something. And sometimes just smiles and looks at you out of the corner of his eye and shakes his head.
- If you ask him to give you a kiss he usually does - it's an open mouth one!. And we are working on "SOOO Big" and waving bye-bye. Sometimes he does it and sometimes he totally ignores us. When he does do it and we clap and squeal he is SO proud of himself. We are also working on signing "more" and "all done" - Ashley has seen him sign for "more" so hopefully we are getting there!
- His favorite toy is this little rubber Ariel mermaid that was one of Avery's bath toys. And he LOVES Pez dispensers - usually double fisted on those. He tends to prefer smaller toys he can chew on. And he does have a Monkey Lovee that we keep in his crib that he does suck on some....But no pacis or fingers. It can be tough because it's hard for him to comfort himself but I guess we won't have to wean him at least :)
- It's such a fun age - SO busy and happy and interested in anything that crosses his path. Really cool to watch!
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