Throwing & Crawling

Well, another week down and another milestone for Lennon. He started crawling last week on his 8 month birthday. It was on a night when we’d pushed him to his bedtime limit by going out to eat. He fought getting his diaper and pajamas on so I let him roll around naked for a few minutes. I turned to grab something and when I looked back he was up on all 4’s and crawling towards his dresser. He must have felt much “freer” being naked ;). He loves to take his grubby little fingers and mess with the knobs on his dresser, so I should have known that would be good motivation.

 

 

Our other favorite pastime this week is playing catch. I don’t know if Lennon really gets that he’s throwing the ball back to us, but we’ll pretend he does. We’re going to need to work on that arm if he’s going to be the next Joe Mauer.

 

 

Other things to remember about the week: Daycare informed me that Lennon loves the book “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” They said he laughs and gets wide eyed whenever they read it. I bought a copy on Amazon as he definitely has certain books he pays attention to & some that he gets bored with. They had a fire drill at daycare this week and I learned that they get all the kids out by putting them into a crib and rolling them out of the building., ha ha. Apparently Lennon was pretty amused to be riding outside in a crib with his friends. Let’s hope he doesn’t laugh if he’s ever getting wheeled out of an actual burning building. That would be creepy.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Erin

 

The Life of an 8 Month Old

Lennon is 8 months old this week. I can’t believe he’ll be 1 year old in just 4 more months!

For the past couple of months he has been attempting to move in one fashion or another. He started by rolling himself over several times to get to his destination. Then he began scooting backwards on his belly. We were sure he’d start crawling any day, but several weeks went by and he kept scooting his little life away. His new form of transportation is doing the worm. He needs some major motivation to go very far…like the power cords under the TV stand, or some other object that he knows he’s not supposed to have. Crawling would be easier, bud.

 

 

In other news, Lennon had his first high grade fever this past weekend. He got a little extra cuddle time over those days and now he’s a bit of an attention whore. I actually thought he had an ear infection because he’s been so out of sorts since his fever. I took him to the doctor and everything is fine. I’m starting to think he’s acting up just to stay home with mom & dad. He cries for me while I’m getting ready in the morning and just wants to be held. This needs to stop as it breaks my heart! Hopefully it’s just a phase that he’ll get over soon.

We’ve been upping our repertoire of finger foods for the little man. Sweet potatoes, steamed apples, avocado, bananas…you name it, he’ll eat it. He still doesn’t have any teeth so we’re a little limited on what we feel comfortable giving him. I tried blueberries, but I found a chunk of blueberry skin on Sophie like 3 hours after he ate, so I’m pretty sure he just stores food in his cheeks when he can’t process it, ha.

He’s a pretty good humored kid and still laughs hardest at Dave. Our new trick is putting a stocking cap on our heads and then dramatically throwing it off. It gets him every time.

 

Lennon had his first Halloween this past week. We dressed him as Dennis the Menace for daycare. He ended up getting sick that day, so no trick-or-treating this year. Wuah Wuah.

 

He seems to be a bit of a rough-houser. He loves to crawl on the couch and let himself fall backwards so we have to catch him. He also likes when we bounce a ball off of his belly or head & he’s starting to try to throw the ball back when we throw it to him.

He’s apparently a little Casanova at daycare…he’s been known to hold hands with both Lauren & Adele during story time. Adele’s dad is a big football coach…I’d stay away from that one, Lennon.

Favorite toys of the moment: “Peek-a-Who” book, a makeshift rattle I made out of Tupperware and coffee beans, one if his empty formula containers to bang on & tags. He has a Taggie blanket, but he really only likes the real deal. So basically anything that’s not an actual toy. He’s still a big fan of stroller & car rides. He puts up a big stink when he has to get in his car seat, but once he’s strapped in, he’s good to go.

It seems like every day a new little personality trait comes out. It’s so fun to watch him grow & change.

Happy 8 months little man!

Xxoo

Erin