8 Months

Today the little man is 8 months. I actually took his photos on the day. He was not a happy camper, so I fed him after a few. Then he wanted to eat the pieces from the calendar and sit on it.
He still is weighing 10kg (22lb). I am *sort of* worried that I am not feeding him enough. I know that sounds crazy, but now that he eats more 'real' food and drinks less, I just don't know how much he should have. I could probably look it up, but I know he always eats everything I give him. This week we introduced yogurt and eggs. Both were a success, although he did prefer scrambled eggs to hard-boiled.
Today is about 20 degress (68) or possibly more! I just had to share that wonderful fact. I feel like I just wrote about what a dear Mateo was for playing for about an hour alone. It has all dramatically changed! Yes, he is still a dear, but I must be by him. He has a bad case of the separation anxiety. At home, I can't leave the room without him going hysterical. Sometimes if someone else is in the room he is ok.

Thankfully he is sleeping enough that I can get my stuff done when he is sleeping (if I am disciplined). He also went 3 nights without waking up for his pacifier! It was the first night in MONTHS I didn't get out of bed at night.

The little man is quite strong and I won't be surprised if he's an early walker, since he's been early with the rest.

7 months, came and went....

Chubsie turned 7 month 2 weeks ago...he weights just around 10 kilo, so 22 pounds.

Lil Update

Chilling after his bath last Saturday

I've told a few people what a nice month it has been! Mateo has been charming! We are now pretty much in a schedule and he has learned so many things the past few weeks.

The best of course is that he is sleeping wonderfully! Normally he goes to bed around 9, after we Skype grandma. Then he wakes up one time, but I put the pacifier in and he sleeps a few more hours. He wakes up between 8 and 9, normally from a dirty diaper.

He then eats, gets dressed, plays and after about an hour goes to sleep for another hour. He is up for 2 hours, then goes for a long nap. Again in the evenings he has a small nap.
Tuesday night bath

This month he learned to sit and crawl. So mommy has to watch him a lot more. We installed his 'big boy' car seat and use the 'big boy' stroller now.

He also has seemingly learned to wave, which is just adorable.

He can say, "nee, nee, nee" (no, no, no) and scream very well. But, anytime he is screaming, it just means he is tired.

I think he's had another little growth spurt. It seems everything I put on this past week that isn't 9m is too small. Time to sort again!

We are trying to wean him from the pacifier. Not totally, because I like those extra hours of sleep, but mainly in the day. He is doing ok so far. I don't plug it in anymore, only if he is screaming for some reason and just for a few minutes. He can have it to sleep.He did this himself! He takes apart his play tiles and somehow managed to crawl in this. I think it looks like a tutu.