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!