Lincoln- 8 Months

8 Months!!

Weight: 26lbs

Length: 28 3/4 inches

Diapers: Size 4-  I am thinking about moving you up to size 5 because

you are so chunky :)  I think size 4 is getting a little tight around your legs.

Food:  You eat a bottle when you first wake up.  Then about 2 hours later you take a nap.  When you wake up you take cereal or baby food then a bottle.  We give you a 6oz bottle but you usually only eat about 4oz.  At lunch you eat a fruit and take another bottle then you usually take about a 3 hour nap.  You usually eat dinner around 5 or 5:30pm.  You eat a veggie and take another bottle.  At night we have been giving you 8oz before bed.  You love fruit!  I think Strawberries and watermelon are your favorites.  I have been giving you water in the evening and some on the weekend with your puff snacks.  You do pretty good drinking out of a sippy cup.  I will put about a tablespoon of juice in your water just to give it a little flavor and you love it.  You are still eating stage 2 foods.  I gave you stage 3 and you hated it :)

Clothes:  You are started to grow out of most of your 12 mo. clothes.  You are mostly wearing 18 mo. but you also have some 24 mo. clothes for summer that seem to fit you pretty good.  We have had a hard time finding shoes for you since your feet are so thick.

You would much rather be standing than sitting or laying down.

Your new spiderman hat for summer.

You started to patty cake this month and it is adorable!!!  You get so excited when you do it.  You have also stared saying "Da Da".  I have been begging you to say "Ma Ma" but you haven't really shown any interested.  Most of the time when I try to get you to say it you will smile really big then say "Da Da".  You still haven't really crawled yet.  You will scoot some but most of the time you just end up aggravated.  You love your walker and don't jump that much anymore in your jumperoo.  You are still drooling like crazy but we haven't found any teeth so far.  I just know it will be soon :)  You always have to have your chomper blanket  when you go to sleep.  You have really started noticing the dogs a lot more this month.  You are always trying to get to one of them or pet one of them.

You are still happy pretty much all the time.  I know you are going to be a wonderful big brother

and teach the new baby all kinds of stuff.  We love you more than you will ever know :) 

 You will always be our chomp man.

Aunt T put your hair in a mohawk.