Eight Months Old.

Happy 8th month birthday, Lincoln!

Lincoln is definitely full of energy, personality and life! He has started "moving" this month by army crawling and he is constantly on the go! He wears my out by the end of the day. I am not sure I am ready for him to truly crawl! He is becoming so much fun to play with and interact with. This month has been lots of fun!


Eight month stats:

• He weighs right at 19 pounds and is about 27.5 inches long.
• He wears size 3 diapers and 6-9 month clothing and 6-12 month clothing.
• He eats a bottle 5 times a day (6 oz. each) along with solids 3x a day. At each solid feeding he eats about 3-4 ounces of homemade babyfood and/or applesauce. He gets SOO excited about eating.


• He has also started puffs and yogurt melts this month.
• He sleeps from about 7:30-7:00 a.m. on school days and sleeps until 7:30 or 8:00 on non-school days and the weekend.
  

• He takes 2 longer naps a day around 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and one cat nap around 4:00 p.m.
• His third tooth has popped through. Its on the top. The fourth is not far behind.
• He started army crawling around 7.5 months.
  


• He lunges forward from sitting position onto all 4's well maybe more three and a half. Yesterday, on his 8th month birthday he crawled two small "steps" but has since returned to army crawling.

• He flew on an airplane for the first time this month to see his Uncle David, Aunt Heather, Carter, Summer, Tilly and Story.
• He babbles dada and mama along with a bunch of other vowels and consonants combinations but nothing else consistently right now. He just loves to talk. He also does this "dancing" motion with his torso while he is in a sitting position while humming/singing. Its comical to say the least. He has more rhythm than I ever thought about having.
• He graduated to the "duck bath" this month and loves it!
  

• He L.O.V.E.S to play with things that are not toys! Who teaches babies that?
• He responds to his name very well
• He definitely understands that "no" means something important but not too much beyond that.
• He loves playing IN baskets

• This month he started "reaching" for us to hold him which is so very cute. However, usually he crawls over for me to hold him b/c it gets him closer to the things that he is not allowed to play with him.
• He can pull up on things that are a little taller than him in a sitting position. So he is very close to being able to pull up on things higher than his head so we lowered his crib this month in preparation for that!
• Overall, he seems much more independent this month and much more comfortable playing alone while we are not in the room.

We love you to the moon and back Lincoln! You are a cuddle bug and love to play sitting in my lap and I secretly love it! You L.O.V.E your dad and jump out of your high chair when he comes home from work. We love being your mommy and daddy -- for sure!

Love M and D