Carter: Week 34 & 35

Stats:

Weight: 17lbs. 15oz.

Length: 27.75 inches

Clothing: (6-)9 months & 6-12 months. Size 2-3 shoes.

Diapers: Size 3

Milestones:

03/26--First time having his teeth brushed (no toothpaste obviously). Yep, the whole two of them & he LOVED it. Good to know we won't have a problem cleaning his teeth in the future.

03/26--First time crawling!! At this point he will only go after something he REALLY wants, but it was a crawl none-the-less. Time to baby-proof!

03/26--First time trying Turkey.

03/27--First time having Puffs. Loves them, but can't get one to his mouth & to stay in his mouth to save his life. He finds trying to be immensely entertaining though!

04/02--First time playing outside (in our yard anyway). He loved it. It was also his first time actually having to wear sunscreen.

04/03--First time meeting the EB! He loved him & wouldn't look at anything besides him.

04/06--8 Months Old! =) First time trying cheese.

04/07--First time pulling up to standing. Sadly, I haven't seen him do this. I only heard about it. =(

In Other News:

Sleeping: Ehh..it did start to get back to STTN for a few days, but now we are back to at least once nightly wake-ups again. :sigh: Last night was especially bad with near constant whining in his sleep. He then woke up around 1AM & did not go back down until 02:30AM. He had wet through his diaper & his PJs. Poor kid. He then slept for a whole 30 mins. before he literally woke up screaming bringing us to 3AM. We ended up bringing him to bed with us where he screamed until I picked him up & cuddled him back to sleep. This was at 03:30AM. He woke up at 06:30AM to eat. Thank god he fell back to sleep afterward & then decided he would wake daddy up instead of mommy. Good boy!! =) I think we may be teething again already. ::double sigh::

Update to this: Back to STTN, well until 4:30-5AM anyways. =) And still no top teeth.

Naps are going well thankfully, still at mostly 2 a day & usually 1.5-3 hours! Yay for finally having a decent napper.

Nursing: 8 months & going strong! So proud that we are still doing well & that we have no had to supplement with any formula in weeks! Yay! Carter has definitely cut down on his milk intake this past few weeks. He is back to taking 5oz bottles & usually eats/nurses about 5-6 times daily going anywhere between 3-5 hours between sessions/bottles depending on the time of day.

Food: With the possible teething going on, Carter reduced his solid intake for a few days. He's eating a bit more now, but it seems that he prefers self-feeding the last few days. We have been giving him a lot more finger foods & will probably continue this trend now that he is getting the hang of self-feeding. Soon, I hope he can start eating more what we are eating & less "baby" food. It will be nice not to have to make/prepare separate food all the time. We're also not really following the "4 day wait rule" anymore since Carter has yet to have an allergy to anything. I try not to introduce too many new foods at once, but I have gotten a lot more comfortable with his eating recently.

 Likes:

Bath time
Jack (Pomeranian)
All Animals in general
Crawling
Puffs
Being upside-down
Chewing on EVERYTHING
Standing up
Other children/babies
Being outside


Dislikes:

Diaper changes
Clothing
Getting his hands/face wiped after meals
Meat (Chicken & Turkey fail!)
Move & Crawl Ball (it's scary, apparently)

Pics:

Maxin & Relaxin

Hangin at Red Robin

Playing with Cousin Tyler

Loving on Cousin Courtney

Crawling