I've got an 8 month old son today!! Wow how time flies! Gonna do a quickie post just to update:
What's new on the 8 month old agenda? well we've got an army crawler (not really new), we've got a major 'opihi (he whines whenever mommy is out of sight) (I'm chalking this up to me being a stay at home mom, so he's not used to being apart from me), we've got a child who loves to eat finger foods more than baby food, but is still really finicky with most foods, he likes breads, cheerios, rice and rice noodles, he hates cheese (threw up both times I offered it to him), he is picky with which strangers he'll go too, he appears to like some more than others and usually only girls, he wears clothing that is made for 12 month olds or older, he weighs 20 pounds, loves to make noises by banging things together or crackling paper or plastic bags, loves to be put in a standing position and bouncing (we chalk this up to his bouncer), loves to be in water but has recently started to dislike baths, still sleeps with us in bed for most of the night which is driving us/me crazy (I really need to figure out how to ween him from this bad habit, or actually how to ween myself from this bad habit), still breastfeeding him, but am supplementing with formula at least 1x a day b/c my milk supply does not seem adequate for him, he is a distracted nurser and will stop and relatch himself fairly frequently during nursing sessions, he still needs to nurse to fall asleep (but I'm working on phasing this out without a pacifier, which he still wont accept), he literally SCREAMS in a very high pitch whenever he is unhappy and even sometimes when he is happy, we've switched from his infant carseat stroller to the fancy schmancy umbrella stroller (He loves being upright more), he is more handsome than ever, and the best thing in both my and DH life (hands down).
i start a new temp. job tomorrow for 3-4 weeks. Good company, decent pay, easy/mundane job, am hoping this leads to a new career and/or a permanent future job. Dh and I are hoping to move out and are looking for a place to rent.
