Eating like a champ: I already mentioned that the little one started solid foods. After apples, we returned to the squash family with yellow squash. He likes this one better than butternut and acorn or maybe it's that he's a lot more hungry and I'm not feeding him enough! I am stepping it up to 3 meals a day (oatmeal with fruit for breakfast, vegetable followed by gripe water for lunch, and oatmeal for dinner).
Formula dilemma: He drinks from a bottle, but is refusing formula. We gave him formula at the 3 month mark because I was returning to work and I didn't think I could keep up with the pumping. However, I was able to keep up by keeping a very lax schedule at work and he has been spoiled with only breastmilk. My mom forced him to have an ounce here and there in the last two weeks, but he would stop drinking and she had to switch to the milk after that. I've been mixing a little formula into his oatmeal, so that he will accept the taste again.
Crawling: He is an adept crawler at this point, much more so than at 6 months. You put him onto the ground and he quickly rolls over and takes off. You have to watch him every second because he zooms over to the TV stand that has glass doors or to the coffee table that has glass panels. Tonight, we're getting rid of the "coffee table of death" as I call it.
Love of water: The little one loves water. I think what he loves most is drinking out of a glass. He likes a sippy cup and has started holding it to control when he wants to drink, but he enjoys drinking out of a glass more than a sippy cup. When I give him gripe water in a shot glass or water in a Moroccan tea glass, he lunges for it and grabs the glass in both hands. I even was able to give him a liquidy rice cereal, which he hates, in a glass. He wants to grow up too quickly.
Sitting up and Standing: He is sitting up with ease now. He crawls, then sits, then crawls some more, takes a sitting break, etc. This past week, he started standing up unsupported. He falls down within 3 seconds, but he is able to grab hold of something (such as the "coffee table of death") and pull himself up. He is not always successful at it, yet he is persistent and I have seen him do it a handful of times now. Two days ago, my husband went into the little one's bedroom to check on him and he was standing up in the crib. It's time to drop the level a notch.
Personality: He likes to get his way. He is very clever and manipulative about it. I guess all babies are that way. He is extremely active. He will not sit still or take long naps. He adores nature and being outside. He could stare at trees for hours. He likes boy things - banging toys, diving head first into tables, playing with cars, tackling you.
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