Happy Eight Month Birthday, Jackson!

My sweet baby Jackson,

Happy Eight Month Birthday! I have to wait until you go to bed to write this post because you are so active and busy that we have to chase you around all the time! You are curious, into everything, a super fast crawler, and you fall and bump your head numerous times each day…you are definitely all boy! Here are my guessing for your size this month:

Weight: 20 pounds or so

Height: 28 inches

Diaper Size: 3 during the day, 4 overnight

Clothes: 9 months and 6-12 months

You now have 6 teeth, four on top and two on the bottom. Over the last few days you have been trying to cut a third tooth on the bottom as well. I’m not certain, but I’m pretty sure you have more teeth than some 18 month olds! You look adorable when you smile, and we have also started brushing your teeth while in the bath at night.

 

This month you took off with crawling and can be on the other side of the room in a blink of an eye! You are so fast that we cannot turn our backs without a) having you caged in with pieces of furniture, b) strapping you into the high chair, or c) plopping you in the Jumperoo. If we by chance do not do those things and we look away from you, you immediately go one of two places: towards the stairs into the new dining room (thank goodness Daddy put up your gate a few days ago), or towards the step down into the new mudroom. Seems to me like you’re looking for trouble and trying to get yourself into accidents, my boy. As for me…I’m chugging Diet Pepsi and just trying to keep up with you!

Speaking of accidents…now that you can pull up on your own this month (yes, ALL BY YOURSELF!), you fall backwards or fall forward and bonk your head or face at least 10 times each day. Sometimes you cry and sometimes you just roll out and act like nothing happened. You pull up on everything: the activity table, the front of your walker, the couch, the ottoman, our legs…you name it. It’s funny watching you try to figure out how to sit back down once you’ve stood up, and is probably the source of most of your falls. I know you’ll figure it out on your own soon, but I still hate seeing you get hurt so much. I know that this is only the beginning…

You also have started eating quite a bit more soft table foods, and you have mastered the pincher grasp, so you put pieces in your mouth all by yourself. You’ve had macaroni, shredded cheese (your favorite), steamed carrots, steamed broccoli, and you inhale puffs and yogurt melts. I’ve started trying to teach you a few signs while your eating like “more” and “all done.” You mostly just look at me like, “Woman, quit waving your hands and just give me my food!”

Probably our favorite development this month is you actually saying  “Dada.” I really pushed for “Mama” first, but I was thrilled when you started rattling off “Dadadadada” all the time. It’s so cute and is definitely your favorite sound to make now that you’ve started saying it. We are trying to get you to realize that that word is actually a person, but you haven’t figured that out yet.

We are having so much fun watching you grow, Jax, and I know I say this to you all the time…but it is only because I mean it so much: We love you forever!