Its been a long time since I've actually had a written update on how Mikey and Michaella are doing. They are officially 8 months old and doing GREAT. As far as weights and heights they seem to be n par but we will know more at our 9 month check up at the end of this month. Lets break this update down into sections otherwise this could go on for days.
Food.......
Oh how they love food. Its so fun to watch them taste new flavors and feel new textures. They quickly went from your basic cereal to stage 2 foods. We quickly realized both Mikey and Michaella did not care for the smooth texture of the stage 1 foods. We moved on to stage two fruits and veggies right away. In most cases we have to add rice cereal to thicken their veggies. But as i expected they will eat the fruit in many different forms.
Recently we started adding meats and moved onto stage 3 meals. So far Mikey's favorite is Turkey and rice and veggies. Michaella loves the stage 3 meals and will eat just about any combo! Whats great about the stage 3 for those that don't know is they have chunks of veggies in them so the rugrats can learn to mash their food in their mouth.
We have tried the following foods: (veggies) peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, mixed veggies; (fruits) apples, pears, peaches, bananas, mango, fruit medley, banana/strawberry/orange; (meats) Turkey, Chicken, Beef; (meals) chicken noodle and veggies, turkey, rice and mixed veggies, chicken and mixed veggies, beef and mixed veggies, turkey and sweet potatoes; (actual fruit) bananas, apples, cantaloupe, ice pops
They love puffs now and have a variety they eat during snack time where they get some juice or water.
Sleep.....
I am happy to report for the most part they are sleeping through the night. With teething at a minimum we are having much more restful nights. With the exception of the occasional paci re-insert i can manage a solid 6 to 7 hours sleep. Naps are going well to. We are down to 1 am nap at 9 am a noontime nap then a late afternoon nap around 3 pm. Then they go to bed around 8:15 pm. Bedtime consists of a bath, clean diapers and jammies, lotion, hair brushed, teeth brushed, nails trimmed, then we read a book and have our bed time bottle. Usually 9 times out of 10 they go right down even if they don't fall asleep during their bottle.
Teeth....
Oh the teeth...!!!!!! Mikey has 3 bottom teeth and 4 top teeth. No I'm not kidding the boy has almost all of his front 8 teeth! The best part is they all popped in with in about 1-2 months. NO FUN! Michaella on the other hand has just her 2 lower incisors.
Height and weight...
will be updated after 9 mo check up
Activities....
1 word = nonstop!!!!! Michaella is a giant ball of energy. She crawls very well and fast! She has just started climbing on everything including mommy and daddy. She goes from laying to sitting to crawling and back again. Mikey has started to "scoot" he will sit on his hiney and use his legs to pull his hiney along the floor. hahaha! He hasn't learned to get up from the laying position yet but he is getting better and better on his belly every day. God knows how to bless us with small favors everyday bc i think if they were both as active as Michaella i wold be in trouble!
Overall...
They both are happy and very healthy. Mikey's reflux is gone. He no longer takes meds for this. They are both babbling up a storm and I'm pretty convinced they are starting to say "mama" and "dada" They now reach for us when they want to be picked up. We are actively working on sign language. They understand "all done", " more", "baba" and "num nums(food)" they cant sign it yet but i think Michaella is working on something bc when she eats she makes this motion with her hands and i cant tell if she is trying to say more? They LOVE daycare and have a bunch of friends. They are growing fast and doing great. Hopefully more good news after their 9 month check up.
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