New month....

First off, it took an entire month for Gaven to get his second tooth. So now he has 2 teeth!!!! YEAH! He is now 8 months old. I can't believe we are now closer to him being a year old. He is still babbling and saying dadada and an occasional mama. My favorite is still "nda". He has his velociraptor screech. He has started to scream more often. Finding new vocal cords everyday.  Still no crawling. But he loves to hold your fingers and pull himself to standing then sit,  stand & sit, stand & sit. I need to take more pictures of Gaven. I haven't put any in his month by month frame since October. Here is a picture that Caleb sent me the other day.

Hi Mommy

Caleb is back to work. So that is good. Gaven loves being at the babysitters and she missed him. Plus it is good for him to be around other children. But I do miss not making the babysitter stop in the morning.  I am doing well with my workouts. I actually have been working out 4 or 5 days a week. I am happy about that. For more info check out cristygetshealthy.blogspot.com. 

Have a great week!

7 months and counting

Gaven is growing like a weed. He is now 7 & half months old. Last week we took Gaven to the Doctor for the 2nd half of his flu shot, he had gained a pound & half in a month.  He got his 1st tooth Christmas weekend. Now we are still waiting for the second tooth to break thru. I am beginning to think that he is going to get his top teeth before this other bottom one comes threw. We have all the same symptoms as when the first tooth broke threw: runny nose, increased pooping, crankiness at times, trouble bottle feeding. But still nothing, just a one tooth grin!

Now that he has a tooth, we have started giving him teething biscuts & cookies. He is having fun with them. I get at least 15 minutes of free time. I also bought a box of Cherios so he can start working on his pinching ability. For now he is just raking and having fun throwing them. I have added an additional feeding at night for Gaven, maybe this is what attributed to his pound & a half weight gain. He gets Beechnut Goodnight cereal. He loves it, just wants us to shovel it in as fast as we can. Giving him this additional feeding has changed his eating patterns for the rest of the day, some. Before he would eat a jar and a half to two jars of food for lunch and dinner. Now he eats one jar of veggies and sometimes a few bites to a half jar of fruit. I think this is working for us. He is gaining!

He is playing with all his new toys very well on his own, but does enjoy when mommy and daddy play too.  Thanks to Gaven's Aunt and Uncles for the noisy toys. He seems to really like playing with his steering wheel, the gears and the fish bowl (it lights up too). We didn't get many books but we are still reading our books. He likes to touch the books now so we are reading our 2 touch & feel books often. Time to hit up amazon for books. Gotta love the FREE SUPER SAVER SHIPPING. To bad mommy can't use her Bath & Body works gift card there, lol.

This weekend we took Gaven for his first sled riding experience in his very own "baby boggan". He liked being pulled around the yard, but when I stopped he wanted out of it. Gaven really enjoyed watching the big kids, i.e. daddy, Uncle Trevor, Poppa Jim, build a snowman and go down the hill on their sleds. I wonder what adventure Gaven will go on this weekend?

Being a new mommy, I am just trying to take in all his new experiences and enjoy them for the simplicity of an infants view.