Catching up...

Wow... I am long overdue for a post!! I think it's been about a month since I posted something other than our 'blog challenge'.

Connor keeps me busy, especially since he has become mobile in the past month. Right after we got home from Killington, he started army crawling where he doesn't get his belly off the floor. He is pretty good and fast at that; he can get anywhere he wants in no time. I really have to be more aware of where he is when I am trying to get housework done. Mobility has definitely added a new dimension to our day. These days, Connor is doing a combination of army crawling and true crawling. Just this past Saturday, the 3 of us were in his nursery playing and he took a few "steps" on his hands and knees. By the end of the day, he was truly crawling across the room! What a big boy!

He is also standing along furniture & at his exersaucer. He can maneuver around a little bit, but hasn't gotten very good at walking around the furniture. We didn't realize it at the time but, we started a bad game with him. When he first starting standing at the furniture, one of us would always be there with him. He would let go of the furniture and fall straight back knowing that we were there to catch him. He finds this to be hilarious! Anyhow, now that we trust him enough to walk away while he's standing up at the furniture, he tries to do this and doesn't realize we aren't right there. Well, I'm sure you can guess what happens. He falls back on the carpet and hits his head. He cries, but I think it is more because of shock and surprise than being hurt.

Let's see...what else is new? He has pulled himself up a few times. He is eating quite a few new foods, especially finger foods. He loves pancakes, chicken, bananas, avocado, and blueberries. Another one of his favorite foods right now is broccoli (pureed). We had him at the doc at 9 months for a check up and he weighed 18 lbs 11 oz and was 29 inches long! He dropped on the growth charts for his weight, but a lactation consultant reminded me that those growth charts are for formula fed babies. Yes, I am still nursing Connor. I am hoping to cut back drastically at 1 year (which is only about 2 months away...crazy!!). I am thinking that we will keep the bedtime and nighttime feedings until he's ready to give them up because some times that is the only way we can get him to go to bed and sleep well at night.

That brings me to sleep.... *sigh*. We definitely have more good nights than bad nights these days. I really thought we'd all be getting more sleep by this time. We only have really bad nights (up every 2 hrs, screaming) whenever he is getting a new tooth. He's up to 6 teeth now and we are thinking he is on the verge of another one. We have gotten pretty good at recognizing all the signs by now.

Connor and I have been going to swim lessons on Wednesday mornings and he LOVES the water! It is a group of about 8 babies & moms (and one dad), and Connor is by far the youngest. However, I would probably say that out of all of them, he loves the water the most! Some of the babies twice his age scream and cling to their mom or dad. He just splashes the entire time. We haven't made any friends because everyone keeps about a 3 foot radius distance from us so that they don't get wet from his splashing. Ha ha. The water is cold...

He stills says da-da like there is no tomorrow. I haven't heard a true ma-ma yet, but every now and then we get a ba-ba which I think is his attempt at saying ma-ma. When he says it, it seems like he's trying to mimic me saying ma-ma. He'll figure it out

Well, that's all for now!!