eight

If March comes in like a lion or a lamb, so does 8 months.  And this one came in like a lion.

It started last week when little b caught a nasty cold.  It was *just* a cold until the weekend when the fever wouldn't go away.  Josh took him to the doctor this past Monday, where he was diagnosed with an ear infection in his left ear.  He was prescribed zithromax, which is a 5 day dose.  Today was day 4 of the 5, and he isn't feeling any sort of better - in fact, he seems worse.  He's so clingy, glassy eyed at times, and his cough is enough to scare anyone - so deep and so phlegm-y and  nasty.  I was hoping there wasn't fluid in his lungs.  We took him back to he doctor today where not only is his left ear infected still, but his right ear is infected now, too.  So, on to another antibiotic - his 4th in his short little life.  We go back to the clinic in two weeks and if it's not clear then, we will be referred to an ENT for a tubes consult.  

Nevertheless, here's who little b is at 8 months: (I did manage to get an 8 month pic - see below - It's not his normal happy, but he does serious very well too!)

Length / Weight: Monday he weighed in at a whopping 19 pounds, 13 ounces.  When I measured him at home, he was 28.5 inches long.

Eating: Still on Similac Sensitive, and most bottles are 6 oz.  We moved to fruits this month.  He loves those too! He likes apples, bananas, apple/banana/strawberry mix, but wasn't too impressed with peaches.  We only tried those once, though - maybe next time he will like them.  He's also been eating a few table foods, like a french fry while we're at a restaurant, an apple slice, and some of the Gerber puff cereal things, which he likes.  He also discovered Cheerios this month and likes those too!

 
Sleeping: He usually gets up once at night to eat - somewhere between 1 and 3 is his norm lately.  Depending on what time he eats is when he wakes up for the day - sometimes 6:00, sometimes 7:30.

Wearing:  Size 3 diapers, and size 6-9 month clothes.  We would like to put shoes on sometimes, but his feet are a bit fat and won't fit in most shoes! I *think* 3.5 is a close size.

Miscellaneous: He is still a mover and a shaker!  He has taken a few "steps" on his hands and knees, but then puts himself back on his belly to army crawl - I think because its faster for him.  He can get anywhere he wants to! He discovered that there is a hallway in our house and down it are some ROOMS to discover!  And he also figured out that if he goes past the living room, there's a kitchen and that's where we are when we cook! :)  There is a picture of his brother when B was 2,  at the lake, framed in the hallway across from little b's room.  Every time we leave his room we have to stop and look at the picture - he LOVES to look at it!  He's also now clapping - on his own, when we say yay, and when he hears the word clap.  And shakes his head no!  It's so cute.  He has only done it once at an "appropriate time" - he pushed his bottle away while shaking his head once.  The other times it's funny.  Like at the pharmacy today I asked him if we should get him feeling better and he said no.  Lol!  He can pull up to sit on his knees, and if you put him on his feet to play at a table of some sort, he can stay there and play.  Such a big boy!  And his facial expressions - OMG, they kill us.  You can't help but crack up at all his faces.  There are plenty of them!  But they never seem to come out when the big black camera does. ;)

He continues to be amazing and we couldn't be more in love with BOTH our boys!