It is hard to believe that our little boy is already 8 months old! I feel like each month is going by faster and faster as we are getting closer to his first birthday. Jake's personality is growing day by day and each day it seems he is doing something new, and wanting to do more and more on his own. We celebrated his 8 month birthday with Jake catching his first cold :( Last night Jake was extremely restless in his sleep. I took his temp around 1:30 am and it was 102! We gave him tylenol and got him back to sleep and got him in to the doctor first thing this morning. He has a cold, but has not had a fever at all today, which is good. He is playing and eating like normal and except for the occasional cough and sneeze, you probably couldn't tell he is sick.
Here he is playing today, still smiling :)
it's hard to tell from this angle, but he is pulling his toy basket over to find a new toy
he loves to smush his face up on his inflatable ball
Here are some of Jake's big accomplishments from this past month:
*he has become very good at feeding himself finger foods. he loves puffs, veggie sticks, yogurt melts, and apple wedges. he started off the month by raking the food into his hands, but now uses the pincher grip to grasp his food. he contstantly wants what mommy and daddy are eating, but we aren't quite ready for table food yet.
*he says mama and dada and associates the word with stephen and I. you can ask him "where's mama/dada/or daisy?" and he will find the person in the room you ask him about. his other favorite things to say are 'nanana, bababa, yayaya, and what often sounds like "hey"
*he reaches for us when he wants to be held and it is the best feeling in the world!
*he gives big ol' sloppy kisses and I love them! he loves kissing the 'baby' in the mirror on his sing-and-stage'
*just today he started clapping...he loves to clap objects together and hold my hands and make them clap, but today he finally realized he could clap his own hands together. we are also working on waving "hi" and "bye" he waved at the manager at olive garden last week when we were eating there, but I didn't see it! he loves to raise his arms up in a "yay!" pose and most of them time holds things in his hands while he does it :)
*he rolls all the time in his crib and while playing, finally rolling from tummy to back on a regular basis.
*over the past few days we have started working on Jake putting himself to sleep in his crib as opposed to us rocking him. the transition has been surprisingly easy so far. and even though he isn't feeling well today, he set a personal best time of being asleep in 8 minutes for his afternoon nap today! I was dreading this transition and am thankful it has been going well to this point.
*and of course our most frequently asked question, no, still not crawling...and I am enjoying these days before Jake starts running me all over the hosue :) he can hold himself up in all-fours position if we get him there, but he doesn't initiate the position yet. he also will spin himself in circles playing with toys and does so by using big push-ups and dragging himself to the toy he wants. he can scoot backwards, but no forward progress yet. I really think Jake won't be an army crawl kind of guy...he is going to just take off on us one day!
*he loves his scooter that grandpa and granna got him for Christmas, but he can only go in reverse :) and he loves to sit on it and play on his activity table. it also gets him closer to Daisy, which he loves.
Jacob, Mommy and Daddy love you so much! It is so hard to believe that you are growing up so quickly on us. We love playing with you every day and seeing what new trick you will surprise us with. We can't wait to see what new milestones month 9 will bring.
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