Livin' the "Young" Life

• Weight: 21lbs 6oz (50.16%)
• Eating: You are eating 4 7oz bottles a day and 3 meals a day. You are getting the hang of using a sippy cup some.
• Sleep: You are sleeping close to 11 hours a night.  You are usually in bed by around 6:30pm.
• You are wearing size 3 diapers
• You are wearing some 9 month and some 12 month clothes.
• You have started crawling.  You started out slow, but it didn't take long before you were off and running. (December 16th)
• You have started sitting yourself up.  We were in Springdale for Christmas and there you were sitting up in the pack n play on Saturday morning.  (December 21st)
• You started trying to pull up.  First to your knees and then to your feet but your bottom half is still really bent over (Jan 6th)
• You have started clapping (Jan 7th)
• You have cut a couple more teeth.  Looks like you are gonna have 4 on bottom first.
• Wow!  We have had a busy month. You have really taken off.

• Weight: 19 lbs 14 oz
• Length:
• Head: 
• Eating: You are eating 4 7oz bottles a day and 3 meals a day.  You absolutely love food! We still offer you a sippy cup occasionally, but you haven't quite figured out how it works.
• Sleep: You still sleeping close to 12 hours a night.  You are usually in bed by around 6:30pm.
• You are wearing size 3 diapers
• You are wearing 9 month clothes.
• You are soooo close to crawling.  Right now you rock on all fours and cry.  You want to go places soo bad, but haven't quiet figured it out yet.
• You still love Oliver.
• You got your 2nd tooth. 
• You have really become a talker and you love to laugh.
• You love FaceTime with CiCi and Papaw.  Whenever I started to call them on it and you see your face in the phone, you just grin and giggle.

• Weight: 19 lbs 10 oz
• Eating: You are still eating 5 5-6 oz bottles a day and are 3 meals a day.  You absolutely love food! So far you have not been allergic to anything.  We offer you a sippy cup occasionally, but you haven't quite figured out how it works.
• Sleep: You still sleeping close to 12 hours a night.  You are usually in bed by around 6:30pm.
• You are wearing size 3 diapers
• You are wearing 9 month clothes.
• You have mastered sitting up alone, but you have not yet started to crawl.  You will lean forward like you want to but you can't figure out where to put your legs.  Sometimes you do get in your hands and knees and rock, but you don't go anywhere.
• You love the dog and think its funny when he licks you.
• You got your 1st tooth.  I first felt it on October 27th, but it didn't start showing for about another week.
• You have really become a talker and you love to laugh.
• You love to play peek-a-boo on FaceTime with CiCi and Papaw.

• Weight: 18 lbs
• Eating: You are still eating 5 5-6 oz bottles a day and are now eating 3 meals a day.  You absolutely love food! 
• Sleep: You still sleeping close to 12 hours a night.  You are usually in bed by around 6:30pm.
• You are wearing size 3 diapers
• You are wearing some 6 month clothes and some 9 month clothes.
• You sat up on your own for longer than a few seconds for the 1st time this month. (Oct 9 - you sat up for about 15 minutes on your own)
• You are starting to think Oliver is soo funny.  We caught you just laughing up a storm at him when he was shaking his toy.
• Still no teeth
• I love you soo much my heart could burst.  You are a great baby and a wonderful traveler.  

• You had your 6 month shots on Monday and did great.  They didn't seem to bother you at all and you didn't even cry very much when the nurse stuck you.
• Weight: 16 lbs 3 oz (26.78%)
• Length: 26.9in (62%)
• Head: 17.25in (52.82%)
• Eating: You eating 5-6 ounces about every 3-4 hours (5 bottles a day).  We started oatmeal cereal about the time you turned 5 months old and a 5 1/2 months we started solids.  You LOVE food.  So far we have had apples, bananas, sweet potato, avocado, butternut squash, and pears.  We are hoping the eating solids will help with your reflux.  We switched from Zantac to OTC Prevacid and that has seemed to help some.
• Sleep: You are a great sleeper.  You go to bed between around 6:30-6:45pm and you usually sleep until I have to get you up at 6am.  You love to sleep on your tummy, with your butt in the air.
• You are wearing size 3 diapers
• You wear mostly 6 month clothes although most of your shorts are still 3 month.
• You have start rolling from tummy to back. The 1st time we saw this was on September 2nd.
• You are such a happy baby, but you always have a serious look on your face and it takes some work to make you laugh.
• You have started to hold your own bottle.  This started on September 6th.
• You have started trying to scoot, but so far you only go in reverse.
• You still don't have any teeth.
• You changed classrooms at school and your new teachers are wonderful.  I am amazed by what you have learned and I am soo happy I found a great daycare close to my work.

Happy 1/2 Birthday sweet boy.  I can't imagine my life without you.  We hoped and prayed for you for sooo long and you were definitely worth the wait.  

• You had your 4 month shots on Monday and did great.
• Weight: 15 lbs
• Eating: You now drink 6 ounces every 3 hours and 15 minutes (5 bottles a day).
• Sleep: You go to bed between 6:30 and 7:30pm and we get you up at 6am.  You wiggle a lot in your sleep and most mornings we find you a totally different direction in the bed then when you went to sleep.
• You are still in size 2 diapers
• You are now mostly wearing 3-6 month clothes.  Most of your pants are still 3 month but the 3 month onesies are too short.
• You have start rolling from back to tummy.  I was totally shocked the 1^st time I saw you do this.  It took you a few tries to figure out what to do with your arm, once you rolled over but you eventually got it.
• You still smile a lot and are "talk" more.
• You still LOVE the jumparoo.  You go crazy jumping in it and love to watch Praise Baby on TV while you jump.
• You still love TV, music, and bath time
• You got your first cold.  You had a terrible cough and looked like you felt terrible for about 3 days.
• Most babies lose hair on the back of their head, but you lost it on the right side of your head from all that sleeping you used to do on your side.  From one side you look like you have a mohawk.

• You had your 4 month shots on Monday and did great.
• Weight: 14 lbs 1 oz (31.96%)
• Length: 24.6 in (37.33%)
• Head: 16.6 in (46.92%)
• Eating: You were still eating 5 ounces about every 3 hours (6 bottles a day), but on the day you turned 4 months old we switched to 6 ounces every 3 hours and 15 minutes (5 bottles a day).
• Sleep: You are still a really good sleeper.  You go to bed between 7:30 and 8pm and we get you up at 6am.  Some mornings you start waking up around 5:30, but you don't normally cry and you are usually back asleep by the time I make it to your room to get you up for the day. You alternate sleeping on your side and back. 
• You moved up to size 2 diapers
• You are still mostly wearing 3 month clothes, but I have started putting you in a few 3-6 month clothes.
• You have start rolling from back to side, but haven't quite figured out how to get all the way to your tummy.
• You smile a lot and are starting to "talk" more.
• You LOVE the jumparoo.  Your feet don't hit the floor, but we put a pillow or towel under you and you jump like crazy.
• You love TV, music, bath time
• Your umbilical hernia is completely gone.  You now have a normal belly button.
• You now have really good head control.
• You are starting to grasp objects and you love to put everything in your mouth.
• Your made you 1st trip out on the boat and did excellent.  You lasted 6 1/2 hours one day and 5 hours the next day.
• You love school and seem to be content in the swing each morning when I drop you off.

Mommy and Daddy love you soo much.  I am soo thankful for you and can't imagine what life would be like without you.