Brady 9 months

Brady,

Sorry your 9 month blog is so late!  I was waiting to write it until you went to the dr. for your 9 month checkup so I could include your height and weight in this post!

You are still very busy and can't ever sit still for very long.  Unlike your brother who is content playing with one toy or watching tv for as long as I let him, you want to play with everything in the room!   You are still pulling up onto everything and are crawling so fast now!

You are still taking 4 sippy cups a day of formula and one sippy cup a day of dilluted apple juice.  You are taking all fruit and veggie baby foods and you now will eat snacks and love them!  It is a challenge to find you snacks and finger foods that you can eat because of your allergies, but I am working on it my dear.  You like Mummum crackers, pinwheels, rice cakes, and baby cheetos for snacks, and so far you have tried banana, blueberries, beans, carrots, peas, and rye bread. 

You are still going to bed around 7pm and usually sleep until 7am.  This last week you have woken up at 5am and we found out today that you have an ear infection.  So, that explains why you have been so fussy lately!  You usually take go down for a nap around 9 and take another one around 1. 

You are still in 12-18 month clothing.  We found out today that you are 30 inches tall, which is the 95th percentile in length.  So, that explains why you are in such big baby clothing!  You are 19 pounds and 16 ounces too.  You have a big baby belly, chunky thighs, a dimply booty, and a chubby face which is so adorable. 

 

You still say "baba" all the time, and your new sounds are to blow your tongue against your teeth making a spitting sound, you say "ada" and "dada" (even though you don't know what you are saying yet.)  You have started bouncing up and down and if one of us does it to you, you will do it back. 

You and Owen still love to interact with each other and are starting to do it more and more the older you get.  You will baby babble and he does it back to you.  He is starting to show you how to use toys and wants to read to you.  He also gets worried about you if you cry and doesn't like it. 

This month was your first Valentine's day.  Also this month, we got a new dog.  You love Tinka and laugh at her and think she is so funny. 

You are such a happy little guy.  You are always always always laughing and smiling.  We love you stinker and can't wait to watch you grow up more and more.

 

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

Brady 8 months

Brady,

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.

A few picture updates

 Christmas lights at the Fayetteville square.

Owen and Brady meet Santa.  Owen looks at Santa while Brady tries to attack Owen. 

 Typical day.  Brady sits, Owen tries to sit next to Brady, Brady attacks Owen, Owen gets out of dodge and Brady starts crawling.

Owen and I made monsters.  He loves them!

Owen loves playing in his tent with his blocks and books!

Brady 7 months

Brady,

You are now officially an army crawler.  You can get from point A to B in about 5 seconds flat.  We are definitely starting to baby proof and had to put the baby gate up.  You are putting EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING into your mouth including all of Owen's toys, which we are constantly taking the little parts away from you.  You want to be where the action is and don't want to miss a thing!

Last week I took you to the Dr. because you had been having a runny nose and then started running a fever.  I found out you had a nasty sinus infection and you are now on antibiotics for it.  You hate taking your antibiotic and have thrown up mucus a few times.  Poor pumpkin.  You have been so snotty and are having a hard time sleeping because you can't breathe through your nose!

You are still learning new ways to make your voice heard.  You are starting to blow raspberries as loud as you can and are still doing your high pitched opera singer voice.  We think that voice is hilarious and is definitely your trademark.  Your other thing you have started doing is grunting if you need to poop.  It is hilarious!

This month, you learned how to sit all by yourself with no support!  You are becoming such a big boy!  You still would rather crawl around and don't want to be stationary for very long but you look so big sitting there with no help at all.

We are still working with you on taking a bottle, but you still hate them.  So, we started introducing soft spout sippy cups, and I think you like those a lot better.  So, here's to hoping that you will take one now and again for your last feeding.  We will keep working with you and I really think you will get it soon.  You are still breastfeeding 5 times a day and eating 3 meals a day.  You have also graduated to the high chair!

Mimi came to our house to celebrate Christmas with us since we will be celebrating Christmas day with mommy's family.  You were very sick that day, but you love your presents you got and Owen loves his too! 

You are pretty consistently going to bed between 7-7:30pm and are waking up around 7ish.  You are starting to sleep through the night without waking up more, although you have kept mommy up a lot this week because you weren't feeling well.  I have enjoyed the extra snuggles.

We didn't weigh or measure you this month, but you are big.  You are in 12 month clothing because you are sooooo long my boy! 

We love you to the moon and back "big and tall". 

Brady 6 months

Brady,

You are 6 months old!  Where the heck does the time go?  I cannot believe you are half a year old.  It serioulsy went by so fast.

You are still such a mover and a shaker!  You got up on your knees for the first time this month.  You really want to crawl, but right now you get on your left knee and push up and drag the right leg behind you.  You kind of inch worm your way or barrel roll where you want to go.  You are still a hair grabber, try to eat everything, and will not sit still no matter what!  If you are in the bumbo or bouncer, you try to roll out of them!

You love to talk and coo still!  We have heard you say "ma" and "dada" but you don't know you are saying it yet.  Everything you say, Owen will look at me, tell me what you said, and will start laughing so hard.  You two are just too sweet to watch together!  You still do your high pitched Mariah Carey squeel too.

You love the jumperoo still, but your favorite activity is to be on your belly and to watch everything and everyone, try to put as many things into your mouth as you can, and to try to crawl!

You are taking 4 1/2-5 breastfeeding feeds a day and are eating 3 meals a day.  You have tried a lot of different fruits and veggies and love everything you have tasted so far.  We can tell that you are growing because you are starting to eat more and more at each meal!

You still hate bottles, although we will keep trying little man!  We know you are working on getting some more teeth in because you are drooling like crazy and putting everything into your mouth!

We found out that you have your first ear infection.  The pediatrician prescribed amoxycylin so we will start that and see how it goes.  I feel like this is why you haven't been eating as well lately and once you start feeling better you will eat like a champ again!  You also have this weird fungus circle on your head, but we are going to start some cream on it to see if that helps. Your ezcema is so much better since I have cut out dairy.  We are still applying the lotion every day and that is helping.

Last month, you experienced your first Halloween and you were a dinosaur and Owen was a ninja and this month you went to Mimi's house for Thanksgiving.  We hung out with her, Aunt Emily, Thadd, and you also got to see your Great Grandma Emily, Uncle John, Aunt Marlene, Mawmaw, and Pawpaw on your way back home.  It was a fun filled three days!

You are taking 2-2 1/2 naps a day of about an hour to two hours each.  You still go to bed between 7-8, will wake up once in the middle of the night to eat, and then will wake up at 7ish.  I think once you start taking good feedings during the day again, you won't be waking up in the middle of the night anymore.  You have slept all the way through the night before without waking up, so we want to make this more consistent ok?

You weigh 17.5 pounds (50th percentile), are 29 inches long (95th percentile), and your head is in the 75 percentile.  I knew you were getting longer because you are in pretty much just 12 month clothes now.  So, hopefully you aren't in 2T clothes by the time you are 1!  You are in size 3 diapers now too!

You are still as chubby and chunky as ever and we love you so much!

Brady 5 months

Brady,

You are now 5 months old!  You are getting so big and we love you so much our spunky, funny, smiley, wiggly, active little man.

This month you are sort of becoming mobile.  You will roll onto your hip and push with one of your feet to get where you want to go.  You will end up on the opposite end of the rug or your crib at times.  So, we are wondering if you will be crawling by the end of the month my dear.  You are still quite the hair grabber and you also like to put your mouth on our chin or cheek.  I call you "Mr. Peepers" from SNL because that is what he does.  You are so wiggly and smiley and want to socialize all the time.  Owen doesn't like it very much when you try to eat his face or arm or pull his hair.  He doesn't quite understand what you're doing.  You are not a very easy baby to rock because you will have both of your hands around my hair while you are trying to eat my chin all while I am trying to sing to you and rock you and knowing it isn't working. 

This month, you have found your voice even more.  You make this sound like you are choking and it scares us every time you do it.  You will talk to anyone or anything that will listen to you.  You coo, squeal, giggle (which we love), and smile all the time.  We tickle you or make silly sounds to you like "dadada", "boo", like to play peekaboo or make farting noises and you think they are so funny. 

You love to be on your tummy now because you are so busy.  You were introduced to the jumperoo this month and absolutely love it.  You will hit the buttons and start squealing when the music starts.  Owen loves to show you how to push the buttons too.  You have also been introduced to the bumbo this month, but we don't use it very often since you try to crawl out of the side my crazy child. 

You went to the pediatrician this month about your ezcema.  We were told to put hydrocortizone cream and Eucerin lotion on your face as well as mommy avoiding dairy products.  Your face is really doing a lot better. 

Your gas issues have gotten so much better!  You have gone from pooping up to nine times a day to now once every day to every other day.  I think starting cereal has helped with that. 

You have now tasted green beans and peas and are still eating cereal too.  You will sometimes take cereal in the morning and will eat cereal combined with a veggie at night.  You will be starting fruits this week and will work your way up by the end of the month to eating 3 meals a day.  You are still breastfeeding 5-6 times a day and are refusing to take bottles.  We are pretty sure that is because of you teething so early.

You got your first tooth at 4 1/2 months and are working on about 3 more right now!  You are totally opposite from Owen in all areas and this one is no exception.  He didn't get his first tooth until 8 months and he would get one at a time.  At the rate you're going, you will be getting your teeth in fast and all at once!

You are going to bed pretty consistently now between 7-8.  You will wake up once in the middle of the night to eat still, but will then sleep until 7 or 8.  You are usually really good about eating and going right nback to sleep.  I really think once some of these teeth come in, you will be sleeping a lot better and hopefully through the night real soon!  You are also becoming a rolly polly now and that will wake you up when you get wedged into the corner of your crib.  You are taking about 3 consistent naps a day now ranging anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 1/2 hours.

You weigh around 14.5-15 pounds now and are still in size 2 diapers although you will be moving to 3's really soon. 

You love love love your brother Owen and you are both such a joy to watch together!

 

 

We love you so much and you are so much fun to have around little guy!