Carter: Week 38

Stats:

Weight: 18lbs. 7.8oz

Length: Just a hair shy of 28.25 inches

Clothing: Some (6)-9 & starting to get into some (9)-12 month as well, like pants, hoodies & pajamas. I am super sad about the jammies as well because now he only has 3 pairs of footies & the rest are "big boy" jammies. =(

Diapers: Size 3

Milestones:

--First time having ham
--First trip to the Aquarium
--First time swimming, wearing his swimsuit, wearing water wings & a swim diaper
--First time trying ham, pickles, lemon, olives, mushrooms, ground sausage, red peppers & broccoli
--First time waving
--First time pulling to standing (actually seen by ME)

In Other News:


Sleep has been bad again this last few weeks between being out of town & the teething C has been a handful to get to sleep. He's also had a few really bad nights where C & Momma have been up anywhere between 3-5 times. We're really hoping that the teeth or tooth pop through soon because C has been a HOT mess lately. I finally bit the bullet & ordered an Amber teething necklace from Inspired by Finn & I'm hoping it will help him some. I am willing to try anything to ease the kid's discomfort. Naps have also been exciting lately. C seems to think that at 9 months old that he can cut it down to 1 nap per day. Granted, it's a 2.5 hour nap at least, but sheesh! I can not have a baby who is only down to 1 nap per day!! Quit trying to grow up so soon little boy.

Eating has been an adventure lately! C is starting to refuse anything on a spoon & insist on feeding himself (his pincher grasp has really improved) or having us place the food in his mouth with our fingers. If we try to feed him off of a spoon he will simply spit the food back out. It's pretty funny, although we try not to laugh. C has also been eating a lot more finger foods & we have completely stopped going by the 3 day rule. At this point, not much is off limits to him food-wise (other then the obviously no-nos). We figure that since he hasn't had a reaction to anything thus far that we are good to go! Bottles are starting to become a challenge as C doesn't seem to have the time for them. We're still doing 5oz & I don't think we'll ever increase the amount again since he's eating so much more solid food. He is still nursing 5-6 times daily when Momma is home & taking 4 bottles while Momma is at work.

Playing takes on a whole new meaning when you can explore room-to-room. C has finally figured out that he can crawl long distance & boy is the kid fast! His favorite place to crawl is into his bathroom where he will get up on his knees in front of the bathtub. I think he's hoping that if he sits there long enough I will get the memo & put him in. =) Besides being a crawling machine, C's other favorite activity is trying to pull up on toys, furniture, people...basically anything he can get a grip on. I'm sure he would try to pull up on the dog if he would stay still long enough to let him. He's also getting into ANYTHING & EVERYTHING that he shouldn't. If it's off-limits, he wants it. Fortunately, he does pretty well with being re-directed & we haven't had a lot of "tantrum"-like behavior.

Our boy is a babbling machine & says bababa, dadada, wawawa, yayaya, something that resembles hey or hi & then many other noises & strings of non-sense. Unfortunately, he seems to have lost mamama somewhere along the way, but I am hoping to hear that one purposefully soon. His all time favorites are still his fake cough (which he uses to get our attention) & the something that resembles a dinosaur which I like to refer to as his "pterodactyl" shriek (which he does when he is UBER excited).

Likes:

-Sophie
-Doggy
-Jack
-Bathtime
-Water in general
-Being mobile
-Practicing standing
-Swinging (in his swing, without it turned on...it's too funny!)
-Feeding himself

Dislikes:

-Being in the car for a long ride
-Having to wait for ANYTHING, especially food or milk
-Napping
-Teething =(

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