Happy Birthday, Little One!!!
Ethan must have just gone through a growth spurt this past week. I was even starting to get concerned that he was sleeping from 7:00pm till 9:ooam, and then napping 4-5hours a day! And, given his 2.5lb weight gain within the last month, he certainly increased his quantity of food. He's realized that he can feed himself with his little fingers while he waits for Mom to bring him his veggies and fruits. He's feeding himself Gerber Puffs and Yogurt Melts, crackers, cheese, bread, Cheerios since December, which makes him Little Mr. Independent. He's also drinking 2-3 sippy cups of water a day- probably where half the weight gain comes from. New foods include papaya and parsnips, and vanilla yogurt. YUM.
He's starting to make all sorts of consonant sounds, but has yet to say 'mama' or 'dada', which is okay since he's still my little baby, but I keep repeating those words every day. He 'talks' a ton- he has 'conversations' with his toys and will even think there is something funny and say 'hahaha', which totally makes me feel left out of the joke. I love just watching him play with his toys and talking to them. We are still doing his colors, alphabet, and numbers every morning, sometimes probably too much, and then we 'review' them throughout the day- counting his puffs, singing the ABC's (probably 20+times a day- yeah, a lot), pointing to different colors, etc. I just like to incorporate learning into everything possible, especially when playing with his toys. Hopefully it will all come naturally before too long.
Since his 'growth spurt', I think his 12month clothes are feeling smaller, at least his sleeves don't need to be rolled anymore. Even some of his 18month sleepers are getting tight- might just be the chunky thighs and long torso. I practically laughed when he got 18month-24month clothing at Christmas, but he might just be wearing it all by his 1st birthday- yikes.
His giggles, laughs, and smiles are just adorable. And, I know I'm not just saying this because he is the most popular thing in any stores we go to. One day he entertained a long line of stressed out holiday shoppers at the checkout- something really funny about his Teddy going through a teething ring! He is such a sweet, happy, giggly baby!!!
Can't belive it's been 8months already. I've been putting aways some of his little, baby clothes, organizing them into a tote, and I practically cry the whole time seeing all his little clothes that he used to wear. I love folding and ironing his laundry cause it is just so darn cute.
It's been a whole new experience, dramatically different, sometimes not fun and stressfull, but mostly the sweetest time ever, and I already think my baby is growing up too fast, I just hope he's had the best 1st baby year ever!
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