Stats: He is now up to 18#11oz and 28.75” long. That keeps him off the charts for height still but he has dropped down to 75percentile for weight. Pediatrician isn’t worried because he is starting to be more active and move around a lot more.
Playtime: Same as the last month. Still playing with teethers mostly. He now prefers to be sitting up while playing even though he falls over a lot. He is starting to be able to correct his balance occasionally. We have given him some plastic containers and some blocks and he enjoys those.
Sleep: He is still sleeping through the night. He still occasionally wakes up between 4-5 to eat, but that has only happened maybe 5 times this month. The thing that has been getting to me has been that in the last two weeks he has been having nights where he doesn’t want to go to sleep so he is up until sometime between 10-midnight. Even after these nights, he only sleeps until 7:15-7:30. Once he did this and then woke up at 5 to eat and then slept until 9:30. He is starting to adjust his nap schedule. Most of the time we seem to be on a 2-3-4 schedule where he is up for 2 hours, takes an hour nap, up for 3 hours, takes a half hour nap, up for 4 hours, goes to bed. Sometimes I will get the hour nap in the morning and two half hour naps in the afternoon. Occasionally, he really fights it and I only get one hour and a half nap out of him throughout the day.
Food: Still mostly breastfeeding. He has had a few more solids lately. We have tried carrots, cream of wheat, and green beans. He loves carrots and cream of wheat. We have still been trying the green beans, but they are definitely a no go for him right now. He gets about 5 bites and then spits it all back out. I know it is usually the texture that they need to get use to, so we keep trying every few days.
Teething: Still drooling and fussy, but no teeth yet.
Clothes: Bye-bye all of the 3-6, 6 month, and the smaller size brands of his 6-9 and 9 month. He still fits most of his 9 month clothes, but many of them are starting to get snug. Darrell actually put a 12-month onesie on him the other day and he fit it nicely. 🙁
Diapers: I finally did a strip clean of them and they are way more absorbent again! Haven’t had a leak since (except when we were out and put a double microfiber insert on him for overnight instead of a microfiber/bamboo set up, but we expected that.
