8 Months Old

Sam is 8 months old now, and he has two new teeth to celebrate the milestone. Not the top two front teeth, but the next two bottom teeth. He got them both yesterday. I still think the top two will be here any day now. His gums are really swollen and he's still chewing on everything and drooling like crazy. His favorite teethers are his little fish bath toy and his sippy cup. We tried the cold wet washcloth and traditional teethers, but he doesn't really go for those. He doesn't drink out of his sippy cup yet. I tried that and he just let the juice run down his chin.

Sam's appetite is back to where it was before he got sick. He's actually finishing a 6 oz bottle at each feeding and finishing a stage 2 jar of food at each meal. He even ate half a jar of vegetables for dinner tonight. Oh, in case I didn't mention it before, he started boycotting vegetables a few weeks ago. It took me a while to realize that he was only finishing the fruit dinners. Since he's always been small, I'd rather that he eat something than fight him to eat vegetables. So, I did a little research and found some other jar foods that had fruit and vegetables mixed together. They have the added bonus of being organic. Earth's Best is sold at Kroger and Central Market, but Healthy Times is only sold at Central Market, so I ordered some online.



We bought a new highchair this weekend. We had been using the highchair that my sisters and I used, but it doesn't meet the new safety standards and Sam is getting quite active. It made me too nervous when he leaned over the edge to try to pet Cleo. The new highchair has a five-point harness which has the added benefit of locking him in place to eat. I think it went from taking about 20 minutes to feed him to about 10 minutes. Doesn't seem like much, but you'd be surprised how exponential the stress can be when he's fighting you not to eat.



Ian and Roya stopped by to exchange Christmas presents this weekend. We hadn't been able to do it earlier since Sam has been sick. They got Sam a VTech 3-in-1 Smart Wheels. He's not quite old enough for the rocker or the bike functions, but we couldn't resist pushing him around the house.




Here's a great shot of Cleo curling up on our bed. She really doesn't appreciate the hard flooring in our house. She has a favorite soft spot in each room of the house.



You gotta see Sam crawling now. He scoots across the floor like crazy. He doesn't want to sit still any more. He goes from toy to toy and then wants to go exploring. It never fails though .... he'll be doing something cute and I'll go get the video camera, so he starts crawling away or doing something that he shouldn't or stops doing anything at all. Here are some quick clips ...

Laughing with Daddy after bath
Crawling and blowing raspberries
Crawling away


--Emily