Merry Christmas!!
We haven't been to the doctor for a checkup, so I don't have weight and length updates. He's definitely growing and looking more mature, but he's a skinny thing!
eat
this boy loves him some breastmilk. He still eats mostly breastmilk, nursed or from a bottle. He had zero interested in food during months 6 and 7 and just now maybe taking a bite or two. He really doesn't enjoy being spoonfed, unless it's rosas refried beans, ha! He has enjoyed puffs, broccoli curls, blueberries, some shredded chicken, etc. Maybe we'll get there and he won't be primarily breastfed by the time he's 6!? HA!
sleep
the last week or so has been better, after a month + of waking up several times a night, we're back to normal. He takes naps at 10am and 1:30pm.Bedtime around 8 and usually sleeps until 6ish. We like to feed him at 6, then lay him back down until 8. Most mornings this goes well.
Brooks:
-he's crawling! He's been army crawling for weeks now but as of this week he started getting up on his back legs and really crawling. Sister is unimpressed with this because now he's after her snacks and toys constantly!
-he does good with his fine motor-he can pick up the tiny puff stars and hand them back and forth between hands. I'm always amazed at the tiniest things these guys pick up when they start crawling.
-he's pulling up! he does good holding on to things and standing, perferably against the bathtub (insert eyeroll)
-he babbles but no words yet!
-he has 3 teeth! two on bottom and one on top off to the side just breaking through.
-I end up calling him so many names throughout the day "brooks", "brother", "bubba", "buddy", "brooks man", etc.
-he has 1 dimple on his right cheek that is adorable!
-such a boy this kid lights up when i ask if he tooted or pooped, ha!
-also, perfers only toys that he can make the most noise out of. Or, he'll get a plate or something and slide it across the ceramic floor making the worst screaching sound.
-he (right now, like right this second i'm watching him from the side of my laptop) looks at me when he has something questionable, like say, fuzz in his hands. I see him raise it to his mouth and say "uh uh!" and he stops and gives me the flirtiest grin. oh sheesh.
he loves
-brushing his teeth! he lights up when I get the toothbrush ready at night and smiles the whole time! (please brooks, keep on keepin on! Currently we have to hold sister down to get her teeth brushed)
-when Ev is playing anywhere near him, he cracks up laughing. Even though she's constantly an inch from stepping on his head and i'm panicking, there is nothing he loves more.
-loves playing peek a boo! either with hands or by hiding around a corner
-he has the biggest belly laughs when you tickle him or kiss his belly!
he dislikes
putting on his pj's after his bath he screams bloody murder. every. single. night.
being put in his high chair or car seat, again, every.single.time.
month 7 was rough and I was starting to doubt this mom of 2 thing, mostly due to an ongoing cough for brooks which meant like zero sleep. But we're back to the happy boy who can now move himself to a new activity, i'm loving this sweet stage.
we love that straight across little tooth smile! And those cheeks with the softest skin ever!
