Nine months old!

Ian had his nine month check up today.  Here are his stats:

Weight:  19 lbs, 7 oz.
Height: 28 inches
Head Circumference:  18 inches

He's getting so big!  He is finally crawling around on his hands and knees instead of just army crawling around.  He's pulling up on everything, but not cruising yet.  He loves to play with Lucy, and he's been saying "Mama" and "Baba" a lot lately.  He has two more teeth coming in up top.  I mean, they are literally about to pop through.  He eats three baby food "meals" a day and still nurses every few hours (although that is mostly due to me, not to him crying for it...).

He's been waking up every night around 10:30pm and then again at like 6am.  I think it going to be time soon to try to help him sleep through the night... not sure how we'll do that but I think we will have to try soon.  I'm so tired!

I had to fill out a little questionnaire today at the doctor's office, and it was designed for a 10-month-old, and he basically has all the skills of a 10-month-old, except for his fine motor skills.  She said just to take out the questionnaire again at 10 months to see if he has those skills yet.  I know a lot of that comes from picking up small bites of food between their thumb and finger, and he's not yet eating bits of food.  He's still a puree man. :)

We love our boy!

Eight months old!

I just realized this morning that I let his eight-month birthday come and go without a little update for posterity.

He is definitely crawling everywhere now -- but only army style, not on his hands and knees.  He is really good at getting from laying down to sitting up by himself, and I've even caught him a few times pulling up to his knees while holding on to something.  We had to lower his crib about a week ago because we found him holding on to the side of the crib and pulling up.  He may army crawl forever -- we'll see!

He is eating baby food about twice a day now (if I remember to feed it to him).  So far he's had squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, pears, rice cereal, peaches, and yogurt.  Sometimes I try to feed him more solid table food but I think for now he just enjoys mashing it between his fingers.

He's been waking up more at night (I say "more" -- usually it's just two times a night instead of his regular one time a night).  I think it may have something to do with his teeth, and the fact that he's been fighting a little summer cold complete with runny nose/congestion.

At this age Lucy was still waking up multiple times a night and needed to be rocked back to sleep and gingerly placed into her crib while you made a swift exit before she woke up.  Ian, on the other hand, I just put him to bed all the time awake and he falls asleep on his own.  He wakes up once a night usually, sometime between 1:30 and 5:00am, and then sleeps until about 7:30am.  I really don't mind.  I know he will eventually sleep through the night.  Knowing this is the last time I'll have to do this "getting up in the middle of the night" thing makes it much easier to handle.  I'm in no rush.

Happy eight months, baby boy!  We love you.  Can't wait to see how much you weigh and what you're doing at nine months old.

First word!

Not sure if I'm officially saying this is his first word, since he does babble a lot, but it definitely sounds distinctly like Ian started saying "Mama" in the past couple of days.  Wesley even said one time that I walked out of the room and Ian clearly said, "Mama".  haha.  Lucy said "Dada" first, so I am a little happy that my mama's boy Ian said "Mama" first.  :)

First teeth!

I was waiting to post this in hopes that I might get a picture of those suckers, but Ian will barely open his mouth to let me look at them so I doubt a picture is going to happen.

But I noticed Tuesday (July 3, 2012) that he had two tiny white teeth at the bottom -- his front two bottom teeth.  They are adorable, and sharp!  :)

Seven months old!

My happy boy is seven months old!  Nothing especially out of the ordinary to report.  He's not crawling yet, and not even eating one smidge of baby food.  But he sleeps great and he's always in a good mood unless he's tired or hungry, so I couldn't be happier!!!  He is such a delight and I love having him as my son.  Lucy loves him so much and her favorite thing to do is go with me to get him up from his naps and in the morning.  She loves to talk to him and about him constantly.  I can't wait to see them grow up together.  He had a few firsts lately ...

He went swimming for the first time on Friday (June 15th) -- he wasn't that impressed at first but I think it was because it was during his nap time so he was tired!

He went to his first Braves game today (June 17th) -- again, he wasn't that impressed but it was during his nap time.  (See a trend?)

Sitting up!

So Ian has been sitting up for a while now, but he would still fall to the side if he rocked too far.  We noticed tonight that he can really officially sit up on his own ... he can balance himself and keep himself from falling over.  He still falls back if he gets too excited, but we're calling today the day that he can really sit up by himself.  Another milestone down...

Six months old!

Technically, he turned six months old on the 13th of May, but we just had his well check up so I thought I would post now.  

He is 18 lbs., 4 oz, and he's 27" long, with a 17 1/2" circumference head.

He is such a joy!!!  He is growing up so fast.  He tries to babble some, he's definitely getting his knees up and trying to scoot himself forward.  He isn't such a fan of baby food of any kind yet, although I keep trying just so he'll get used to it.  His schedule as of now goes something like this ... (with exceptions of course!)

8:30am -- wakes up and nurses.

9:00am - 10:00am -- we play around the house.

10:00am -- I feed him again before we go to the park.

10:00am - 11:30am -- we walk to the park, and he rides in my Beco carrier while I push Lucy in the stroller.  He usually falls asleep on the way to the park and stays asleep most of the time we're there. 

12:00pm -- He is awake but I usually keep him in the Beco until I get Lucy settled with lunch.

12:15pm -- He nurses again.

1:30 or 2:00pm -- He goes down for his nap.

5:00pm -- he wakes up from his nap.  (Yes, he regularly takes 2-4 hour naps in the afternoon.  I cannot even tell you how much that means to me, especially since Lucy was like a 45-minute max napper for at least a year and half.)

5:00pm -- he nurses.

5:30pm - 8:00pm -- He plays with his daddy or gets held or is in the exersaucer until bedtime, when I feed him and put him down.  He usually sleeps until about 4:00 or 5:00am, when he wakes up.  I nurse him, and change his diaper, and he goes back to sleep until about 8 or 8:30am.

He is so precious.  He brings such joy to my heart.  I love having him as my son!

Here's some pictures of him (and Lucy)!