Wesley's eight-month stats

Once again, a belated post, and I don't have official stats, but ...

Estimated weight: 22 pounds (!?!)

Current developments include sitting up and clapping. He went from no balance to nearly professional sitter in just a few days time. And he seriously started the clapping thing one weekend (right before he turned 8 months, actually) and spent an entire day clapping - he's hooked, and it's adorable.

On the eating front, he used up the remainder of my frozen milk supply this month ... going forward, he'll get all formula except nursing sessions in the morning and right before bed.

And seriously? He L-O-V-E-S food. Like, we're going to have to make him get a job to help with the grocery bill if his appetite continues inflating with age. It's amazing to see how much food he can put away, and Tim has repeatedly said he thinks we could just give him food continuously and he would just keep eating and eating. There was one night that he polished off an entire grilled cheese sandwich, a pear and some strawberries and still acted hungry. I wanted to have a chat with him and explain that he'd only been doing this solid food thing for two months and need not be eating the same amount (or more) food as Elle.

Funny, funny boy.

The reflux seemed to be getting no better until he'd been on the medication for almost exactly a month, and finally, we have seen a dramatic improvement and reduction in the amount of times and volume he's spitting up. It's hardly noticeable now, especially after how much he had been doing it before.

We officially ditched the infant seat and installed convertible seats in both cars for him. We scored a spectacular deal on the Chicco NextFit, so he's riding in rear-facing style sans bucket seat.

Bath time is fun time!

He officially dropped his third nap, although some times if he doesn't nap at daycare I get slammed with him trying to sneak a car nap on the way home, which doesn't end well for anyone.

He's firmly in 6-9 month clothing and sometimes decidedly more comfortable in 9-12 month sizes. (He's a big kid!) He just jumped up to size 4 disposable diapers.


He's babbling and making lots of fun noises these days, but the only recognizable word is really "dada," and so far he hasn't associated that with Tim. We've signed to him since birth, and he definitely understands them but hasn't signed anything back except "milk."

Current habits include nursing/taking a bottle 5-6 times a day, eating solids 2-3 times a day, napping 1-2 times a day, sleeping a solid stretch at night (usually sleeps 9-10 hours, then wakes to nurse, then sleeps for another hour or so).

Current loves include solid food (favorites include watermelon, sweet potato fries, mango, yogurt, chicken, cantaloupe and banana), sibling bath time, the cats (he has a radar for them and stares at/follows them whenever he sees them and makes an excited squeal when they're near him), clapping.

Current nicknames Bro, Hoots, Buppa.

Also of note: He met his second family member this month! Aunt Marti had a business trip to nearby Tampa, so she came down a few days early to spend some time with us. Wesley was puzzled at first but appreciated the extra attention. While Aunt Marti was here, we visited several area restaurants, headed to a favorite playground, spent a lovely afternoon at the beach and took in a spring training game (his second!), where he did fabulously, all things considered.