Baby State of Affairs: 9 months

Last Wed, we took Max to the ped for his 9 month check up. Here are his stats:

Weight: 22 lbs (86%)
Height: 29.75 in. (94%)
Head: 18 in. (71%)

Unfortunately, Max started having a fever the night before so he was not so willing to be poked at. Many tears later, we hustled him home for some TLC.

So what's been going on in the world of baby burrito? Not too much. He's still eating and drinking the same as in the last update. Mobility-wise, he's definitely crawling. Hasn't pulled himself to standing yet but is starting to pull himself to kneeling. So cute to see him wobble and flop over. Teeth-wise, he's got four now! His top two came in a couple weeks ago. Luckily he hasn't been exercising his teeth on ME when breastfeeding. Sleep-wise, he's been sleeping about 11 hrs at night with a 2 hr nap in the morning and a 0-1 hr nap in the afternoon. Pretty awesome. Every now and then he'll actually fall asleep on his own after playing in the crib for a bit but that's not too frequent. Yes I still nurse him to sleep, yes it's the path of least resistance, I know. Sociability-wise, he's easy going and loves to giggle at mommy's silly faces and daddy's silly antics. He's obsessed with "ba" lately and blowing his lips.

This of course was all pre-cold. These past few days have been pretty miserable. Our wonderful baby has been replaced by a sad grumpy fussy baby. The fever is mostly gone thank goodness, but he's got a runny nose and chest congestion. He's been coughing more and more (throwing up contents of his stomach sometimes) and his appetite is negligible. Poor little man. I can only hope he'll recover quickly.

Baby State of Affairs: 8 months

I can't believe Baby Burrito is 8 months old! He's so freaking cute these days.

Sleep - The past few weeks, he's been back to sleeping through the night. Thank god!! Sometimes he's cry out randomly but usually he settles himself back down. He still takes two naps a day, although sometimes he refuses the afternoon nap. Seems to be more frequent lately (last two days were 1 nap days) He's pretty damn tired by bedtime but even though he's fussy, he's still surprisingly good natured I think. I imagine it's still quite early for him to be going down to 1 a day but after some googling it seems like total sleep is the important number, not number of naps. So I guess if he's still sleeping 11-12 a night and taking a 2-3 hour nap, then we're ok.

Unfortunately, putting him down for naps is still a bit of a battle. Lately, we've tried to get him super sleepy and then put him in his crib while he's barely awake. At first, he'd cry for a hearty 15 min but now he's cries for just a little, then falls asleep (although every now and then he'll still cry heartily). I think putting a stuffed animal in there with him also helps. Why didn't we do that before???

Mobility - Baby burrito is definitely getting closer and closer to crawling. He likes to get up on his hands and feet and do some weird hopping motions, almost like he's going to pounce forward. We definitely need to baby proof the house asap.

Talking - Super babbly baby. Loves to make ba ba and ma ma sounds. In the last week, he's really gotten hooked on blowing his lips over and over...and over and over... and over and over. You get the idea.

Eating - Still drinking three 6 oz bottles during the day plus one before bed feeding from mama. Also still having 3 feedings of solids a day. Pretty consistent. I'm still breastfeeding although since I dropped one pump session at work, I'm pretty much producing exactly what he drinks. Unfortunately, since I threw out so much frozen milk, we don't have much reserves left in the freezer. Next week, we plan to drive him up to LA so my mom can watch him so we'll need to supplement with formula. Hope he takes to it ok!