Joe is 8 Months

Happy 8 Months Joe!!

Height - 28 in. (56th Percentile)

Weight - 17 lbs 15 oz (30th Percentile)

Another month come and gone.  It's so hard to believe!  Joe is getting bigger and bigger

every day.  He's sitting up now, still with a little bit of help.  He basically sits on his own, but

needs a helping hand to make sure he doesn't face plant when he dives forward to grab one

of the toys just a little out of his reach.  We practice sitting up a lot though, 

so he should be sitting like a champ in no time.  

He is still one of the happiest babies I have met.  He rarely ever fusses and is always very

happy to give out his smiles to anyone we meet.  Though his favorite person to smile at

is Owen.  He loves Owen SO much and grins ear to ear when he sees him.

 It's great that he is so happy to see Owen because it helps when I am trying to feed him his

solids.  For some reason he is not all that excited about eating real food.  I occasionally get

an open mouth here and there, but most of the time I have to sneak the spoon in when I

can.  That's why it's great having Owen there to make him smile.  The two sit across from 

each other in the dining room and smile and laugh.  I wait for Joe to flash Owen 

a big open mouth smile and I go in for my sneak attack.  

The one food he loves and will eat without a fight is pears.  He would eat pears every day if I let him.  I've started giving him fruit combinations with pears to help him get a little more

variety in his diet.  The other thing we've tried are Baby Mum-mums.  He holds onto it,

flips it around in his hands, nibbles on one end, flips it around again, and nibbles on the

other end.  I don't think he really ends up eating any of it, but it is good practice.

 I was hoping if he started eating more solids it would help him sleep better at night, but unfortunately that has not been the case.  He is still up twice a night.  Typically at 12:00AM

and then 4:00AM.  Thankfully he eats quick and then goes right back to bed, but I have to be honest that I am really looking forward to getting a full night's sleep again.

  Hopefully in time his thumb will be enough at night to help him get back to sleep,

but for now it just makes him look really cute when he decides to suck on it.

 

 He loves chewing on every and any thing.  His favorite toys are the rubber ones
he can chew on, but anything will do...his toes...the monkey's toes. ;)

Joe is happy to do pretty much anything, but his favorite thing is the jumper.  He goes

absolutely crazy in that thing.  He jumps and jumps and has this big goofy smile on his

 face.  When he gets a little fussy, that is the one place I can put him where I know it will

cheer him up and he will be back to his happy self again.

Thanks for adding so much happiness to our lives Joe.  

Looking forward to what this next month has to bring.