I say this everytime, but it amazes me how slow the day can go sometimes, but how quickly they turn into months and then years! It's unbelieveable to me I have a 2 year old and an 8 month old. Next month is when we are "scheduled" to start trying for baby #3..in order to keep them 18 months apart. It has come around much faster this time! I am slowly feeling ready to take that on again. We'll see if we stay right on track or wait an extra month or two. It really depends on my body. I didn't get my period until I was nursing James 4 times a day, and I'll try to go down to that at 9 months, but Eli is a eating machine! I'm not sure he'll be ready for that in a month.
Eli is such a happy little boy. He is always smiling. And it's so cute, if someone is talking to him he will look over at me like, "mom is this okay?" love it.
Here is what else he's up to:
-He is 31 inches long and 20.6lbs. Grew an inch since last month and 2lbs. He is so big.
-Only waking up once a night, usually between 1-3am. I am not sure how/when to take this one out. I know we did it for James at this age, but Eli wakes up soaked through his diaper if I don't change him. So I can't just pat him and leave him like we did to James when he woke up. Besides the fact that *Mike can't bend, lift or twist right now and I need him to go in and do the patting! So we'll wait another month before we try and get him sleeping through the night.
-I nurse him 5-6 times a day and he eats a big bowl of baby food 3 times a day! I always question when I'm making it if I made too much, but every time he gets it all down! He even acts like he could eat more most of the time. I never know when he's done!
-Sitting unassisted/unsupervised. He loves to sit at the bucket of toys and pull them all out..works great when I need to get something done! He loves to stand though. It's so funny when you try to sit him down. He stays stiff as a board and it's so hard to get him to bend!
-Not crawling or scooting yet. He can turn in a circle on his tummy and is pushing with his feet when he wants something in front of him, but can't quite move forward yet. I'm wondering if he will be a late crawler because he's so long! It will take a lot of muscle to hold up his long core. Or maybe he'll just army crawl like James did.
-Loves playing peekaboo. He will put the blanket on his face and wait for you to say, "where's eli?" and then take it off so I say, "boo" and he laughs and laughs.
-He is such an observer. He will study and study a person and then look to me to make sure it's "safe". He loves to watch James and other kids play as if he's trying to figure out how he can do it too. You can just tell he wants to be up and chasing them around.
-Eli's hands are like little pom-poms. It is so cute. and a little funny. He gets so excited and his hands just go crazy. Around and around!
-He is such a screamer. I can't say I recognize any consonants, it's seriously just high pitched screams.
-He wasn't a huge fan of the swing. He was unsure of it the whole time. Kind of laughed and just looked at me like, "can you get me out of here yet?"
*Mike herniated a vertebra while helping a friend move some furniture. So he had surgery to remove the herniated pieces and now he can't bend, lift or twist for 6 weeks. And can't work or drive for these first 2 weeks. Although I am cleaning up after 3 boys now, it's been fun having him home! He's healing up really well.
We got to go to the park yesterday with daddy. It was 60 degrees outside in December. It was so beautiful we had to be outside so daddy decided he could use a walk and came with us. We had a great time.
It's funny to see them in the stroller together. James legs look so long. I remember when James looked like Eli in the stroller.
