He is still eating four bottles (8:30-9, 1, 5, and 7:20) but he's been bumped up to 7 ounces. I keep thinking he's going to move up to 8 ounces soon, but he doesn't seem to mind just the 7. He is now eating table food and loves everything we give him. We are only giving him softer things, such as tomatoes, sweet potato fries, pickles, mashed potatoes, and rice, but we are trying to give him more of a variety. He loves macaroni and cheese, sweet potato fries, and anything peach or mango flavored! Our pediatrician said that he could have anything and everything except milk from a jug and honey. We've given him peanut butter one night at dinner (the Benadryl was on hand!) and he absolutely LOVED it! It was hysterical to watch him try to get it off the roof of his mouth. When he gets more teeth, I can't wait to see how he handles a pb&j ;) After visiting with the pediatrician today (12/12), he is now supposed to only get 3 7fl oz bottles a day, and a well-balanced meal during meal times. Well-balanced means a combo of meat, veggies, fruit, and carbs. We haven't given him any meat because I figured he can't chew it since he only has his two bottom teeth. Well, that's a bad philosophy! We just have to chop it up to where he can "chew" it. A neighbor suggested meatballs and meatloaf, so we are going to try that! This table food has thrown us for a whirl!
He is working on his top two teeth (any day now!), so that has thrown us for a little loop. They have caused one extremely runny nose, which caused him to wake up between 5 and 6 each morning because he couldn't breathe. Luckily, he would go back to sleep almost immediately after another dose of Benadryl. If he didn't wake up around then, he would wake up at 7:30 wanting to wake up and play with his dad. But after a bottle around 8:30, he would fall back asleep until 10 or 10:30. Fortunately, we are getting past this runny nose and he's sleeping the whole 12-13 hours at night (7:30pm -8 or 8:30am). The past few mornings he's actually slept until 9:30. I wonder if he's going through a growth spurt. Let's hope so!
Some activities he loves doing this month are singing, waving, walking with his walker, and taunting Chipper with his toy (and laughing the whole time!). He's started doing this little laugh that sounds like a sheep baa-ing (working on a video). We aren't entirely sure what it means. It could mean that he knows he's cute and wants attention, he's excited about something, or he's thinking of doing something he isn't supposed to be doing. Whatever the meaning, it's super funny! He's also starting to pull up on things and letting go to balance for about 5-10 seconds and then falling. He especially likes doing this in the bathtub, which scares me every time. It's really hard not to gasp and hold my breath, but I don't want to "scare" him and think that it's something bad. He also has learned what "no" means. He doesn't always obey it, but he's getting better at it. I'd say he obeys it about 75% of the time. We are still working on the concept that Chipper's water bowl does not need to be tipped over every time he passes it. He is much better about leaving it alone now, but he doesn't always leave it alone. He really LOVES his baths. Cameron has started a game of timing him crawling from his room to the bathtub. His record, so far, is 12 seconds ;)
Below are some pictures of our sweet little boy and a short video of him playing with Chipper.
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