This has been by far your busiest month yet! You have mastered crawling, you are pulling up to standing position onto everything, you will stand by holding on with only one hand, will get from standing holding onto something to sitting by yourself, will bend down holding onto something to pick up a toy, and you are starting to cruise on furniture. You are definitely going to walk early!
We finally got you allergy tested this month, and oh my goodness, you definitely have some food allergies going on. You are allergic to beef, pork, soy, wheat, all dairy, and peanuts! So, needless to say, you are not breastfeeding anymore and you are on a special formula called nutramigen. You are also eating fruit and veggie babyfoods, and no baby cereals, because you have a reaction to oatmeal and rice. At first, you weren't too happy that I was refusing to breastfeed you, but now you are taking to your sippy cup like a champ! You still will not take bottles, but you are drinking from a soft spout sippy cup great!
You have become a lot more predictable this month! You are taking formula equalling 20-24 ounces 4 times a day and are eating baby foods (2-3 per meal) 3 times a day. We have started offering you some Mum mum crackers or baby cheetos for snacks, but you don't seem interested yet. Wheen you take a bite, you make this face that looks like you just ate a lemon. I think this coming month, we will start introducing more finger foods and some juice.
This month, you have started sleeping completely through the night also! You are going to bed between 7-7:30 and are waking up around 7am. Mommy really appreciates the sleep and I know that you are feeling more rested also! Your naps have become a lot more predictable this month too. You take a morning nap at around 8:30 or 9 and an afternoon nap around 12:30 or 1. Your naps are anywhere from and hour to two hours in length.
You are in anywhere from 12-18 month clothing because you are so long!
You are such a happy baby and are smiling all the time. This month you started blowing with your mouth all the time and it looks like you are whistling. You also started saying the sound "bababa" all this time too and you love when we say it back to you.
You and Owen are starting to interact and play together so much more. He will go in your room when you wake up and will just talk and talk to you and hand you toys. You are starting to get on his nerves a little bit when you destroy a block tower that he made or when you break his train track. But, he is learning to share his toys and to be nice to you.
You celebrated your first Christmas this year and you had a lot of fun "opening" your presents and spending time with family.
You are growing up so fast and we love you so much sweet boy.
