Motor Skills: He is still doing the army/worm crawl but boy is he getting fast! I found him standing in his crib last week and now he pulls himself up on everything! He also started cruising (using furniture to walk) yesterday and he has attempted to climb up the stairs once or twice. This is such a hugh change for me since Colby didn't even start crawling until he was 11 months old. Chase is a very mobile baby!
Speech: Jason is very pleased to report that he says "dada" now. He loves waving hi and bye bye and waves by opening and closing his hand, so cute!
Food: This boy loves to eat! (As if you couldn't tell from these rolls!) He is not picky one bit and will eat anything. He usually eats oatmeal with flax and banana in the morning, snacks on goldfish and animal crackers throughout the day, eats some cheese and a sandwich for lunch and has dinner of some sort of protein and pasta. He doesn't eat any baby foods anymore. He does so well with solids. His favorite foods include yogurt and watermelon but this kid will literally eat anything offered to him. I am sad to report he has almost completely weaned himself. He just doesn't have the patience or attention span for nursing anymore. I have a bunch of stored milk so my goal is to at least make it through the next month without supplementing. I am heart broken but I am just trying to remind myself that every kid is different and Chase is just not a nurser like Colby was. He will occassionally nurse before bed but even that is hit and miss, sad! :(
Sleep: He is taking one nap a day, it usually lasts about 2 hours and he goes down around 8pm and wakes up around 8am. He doesn't even cry when it's time to lay down, he's been so easy that way.
Play: He loves chewing on the diaper ointment tube (yuck!) and loves the leapfrog learning table because he can pull himself up on it and play with it. He adores the truck that Pa John and Barbara got Colby for his birthday last year and when I sit him on it he can actually propel himself (he only goes backwards for now but he's getting the idea). He also loves the rocking horse. Even when he was in my belly he was a baby in motion, constantly moving, and that continues now! While he likes to be on the go he loves to be held and has been a bit of a mama's boy these days. Another thing he loves doing is blowing rasberries! I've never seen a baby do that before but he gets such a kick out of it, anytime he sees open skin he goes right for it and blows a big rasberry, what a funny baby! We just enjoy him more every single day. Colby started calling him Chasey so that has kind of become his new name (he couldn't be Chase baby forever!). He is such a little love and adores his big brother. What an amazing addition to our family he's been!
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So very cute!
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