Xavier is 8 months old. It is so hard to believe. He is getting so big and learning so many new things! We are having a blast!
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| Happy Baby :) |
-Every day he is laughing more and more. We are truly starting to see his personality. He is so happy!
As noted in the "Milestones" section, he has learned lots of new tricks :) He is doing "Baby in a Picture Frame", clapping on command, waving, high-fiving, and babbling more and more! His favorite word is still dada but he is experimenting with new sounds.
He is eating solid food three times a day and the fourth is just a bottle. His eating schedule is pretty concrete...however, we are noticing that we have to "up" the amounts of food soon because he is becoming more restless at night. In order to avoid giving him extra calories after a big meal, we sometimes just give him a bottle with water in it and it satisfies him for a couple hours.
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| Playing in the sun :) |
He has gained very little weight since his last check up and as best we can tell, he now weighs approximately 25 pounds. He will go back to the doctor within the month for his 9 month checkup but until then, we are weighing him on our scale at home.
He is sitting up like a champ and has started trying to sit up on his own. He gets closer every day! He is rolling and leaning and moving more rapidly and we can tell his motor skills are improving as well.
He has always been a good sleeper, but the past month has been rough. He gets up several times throughout the night and the only thing that he seems to "want" is to be held. He doesn't seem to be hungry, need changed, or need the temperature to be altered. We aren't sure what is going on with him but it is killing both of us! We haven't had a good night sleep for a month and it is starting to take it's toll. I have researched it but have found nothing that seems plausible. Just pray that Beanie starts sleeping well again and that mommy and daddy get some rest too :)
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| Lovin' on daddy :) |
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