Update on Brenton

Brenton will be 8 months old in a couple days, so I thought I would post an update on how he is doing! :)

He finally has his 2 bottom-front teeth! The first poked through on Christmas, and the second 2 days later. They are still making their way through, but it hurts when he bites.. which I'm sure he's trying to figure out himself (haha!). He has been able to sit up on his own for a couple months now, but still doesn't like tummy time, so it's a battle to get him on his tummy at all so he can learn new things. The Pediatrician doesn't think he'll crawl at all because of his weight/height and how he is proportioned, but I still don't want to take that for an answer so, Devin and I have both been working with him everyday. He can pull himself to stand while holding our fingers, so maybe he'll go straight to walking.. who knows. He likes to rock himself.. back and forth, over and over. It's funny to watch. He knows how to pass objects from hand to hand, grasp smaller objects like food, he babbles on and on and on. He can say 'Mama, Dada, Baba, Hi'.. sometimes I think I hear him saying 'Oh yeah', but that one is iffy, lol. I always say it to him, and so does Devin so it's possible. He really doesn't ever stop talking...

He still eats like a cow, but not as much since the Pedi said to slow down, lol. He drinks 20oz of formula, along with 3 solid feedings a day. He knows how to chew so we bought the Gerber puffs and yogurt treats for him and he loves them both.. so he snacks on those throughout the day.

His hair is coming in great.. the bald spot is almost gone, yay! He's so tall though.. probably still off the charts. I swear I woke up one morning and noticed he had grown another inch. I wouldn't doubt it really.. he has always been really tall and off the charts.

He still sleeps through the night.. 7pm-7am, eats, back down until 10-10:30am. He feeds himself now, which is AWESOME! Haha, I love it. I can actually do something else instead of sitting there waiting for him to finish his bottle and play with it. Now he will take it out, play with it, stick it back in, and over and over again until he's done. He drinks from his sippy at least once a day and can hold and grasp that well also.

I'm pretty sure I covered everything. I can't wait until his appointment next month to see how big he's gotten! Overall, he is a healthy, active 8 month old :)