Chug-a-lug

Last night Robbie woke up at 3:30 (a little out of the ordinary as he's been sleeping through the night for about a month now) So I made him a 5oz bottle and he guzzled the whole thing, I gave him a kiss on the forehead and put him back to bed, 20mins later he was awake again! Could he really still be hungry? I whipped up another 5oz bottle and he DRANK IT ALL! 10oz in one feeding... Holly Hanna!

I'm going to have to play around with his meal times a little bit. Am I willing to give up the one time I nurse him? (right before bed) Things to think about.

My boys

Pulling Up

Well today Grammy & Grampy came over and put his crib together for us. We sat him in there to make sure he was still comfortable with the whole idea of a crib... here's what he showed us he can do http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k186/babyrobbie/Video/04-13-07/?action=view&current=04-13-07.flv

Testing out different sleep paterns

After last night I've decided that something needs to change. Robbie is a little hellian anytime after 5pm! Last night he was so cranky and tired that he went to bed at 6:20.

After pondering over my options I thought I'd try something out this morning. He woke up around his usual time of 6:30, I made a 6oz bottle and fed him in the rocking chair in his room. Once he was done I plopped him back in his crib and left the room. He went back to sleep until 8:30!!! This is fantastic! By him sleeping in he pushes his naps back which means 5 pm shouldn't (knock on wood) be something out of a horror movie! I've tried putting him down for naps at 4, 5 & 6 but he just cries & cries! I think he knows that it's the evening and he wants a bath and boob.

He is such a happy boy today. I'm so proud of him! I sat him on the carpet right beside the kitchen while I made his breakfast and he was so content to sit there and watch me. He rarely falls backwards anymore so I don't have to lug pillows around to cushion his falls. This morning he had papaya, kiwi fruit & whole wheat cereal. I will NEVER be making kiwi again, he can have it when he's older and can handle all the seeds. I followed my recipe book, put the kiwi through a strainer to get rid of all the big seeds... so I was left with green liquid, awesome. That stuff was everywhere: babys face, high chair, sleeper and on me! Robbie's trying to be Mr. Independent and feed himself so he likes to grab ahold of the spoon and lead it into his mouth.... every time he grabbed the spoon he spilt 1/2 of the kiwi juice. So it turned into a papaya and cereal meal! hahaha.

8 Months

Wow, I can't believe another month has past already!





Today Robbie & I went to the mall to spend some time out of the house, I was running out of things to do for Robbie! The big purchase of the day was a sippy cup with a straw in it. I discovered he does know how to use a straw while having a bite to eat in the food court. He was getting really anzy in the stroller & every toy I gave him he would throw overboard and would expect me to pick it up and give it to him again. This got old REALLY fast. We've given him straws in the past and he enjoys to chew on them, this time he wrapped his lips around it and sucked with all his might! I quickly felt the straw get cold from the pop being sucked up and I pulled it out as quick as I could but the little guy had already gotten a little gulp. He jerked backwards and put on a big sour face! HAHAHA! So this experience prompted me to get a sippy cup with a straw. When we got home I made him some milk & put it in the sippy cup, he sat there and started drinking it but he couldn't figure out how to regulate the flow. He'd take a massive gulp and almost choke on it, he quickly got frustrated at the fact that he was hungry and he wasn't getting his food ASAP. I think I'll try putting warm water in it (thanks for the tip Grammy) and give it to him during his meals.



Robbie is so well behaved out in public. Everyone comments on how happy of a baby he is and how adorable he is. I had him in the stroller for the first half of our mall experience and then put him in the wrap for the second half. That wrap is definitely on it's last leg (for Robbie), he's just too heavy. You wrap it in a way that it goes around your waist and then crosses at the baby's crotch and goes over your shoulders and back around your waist again. Robbie's so heavy now that all his weight is being put on his crotch. It didn't seem to bother him, but I had to keep stopping to readjust the wrap so that it distributed the weight evenly. I'm in the process of ordering a new carrier that can go up to 50lbs! I can't wait!

Treehouse

You know, I've never been keen on kiddies watching TV but last night I caved.

Colin was working late last night so I had Robbie all day & the weather was horrible (rain) so we were forced to stay indoors. The dude has such a short attention span & he's not liking his toys anymore! We went room by room investigating it and seeing what he could keep himself occupied with. Nothing caught his attention! So around 5:30 (1/2 hr before we start cereal & the bed time routine) I plopped him down beside me on the couch and changed the channel to Treehouse. He was mesmerized by all the contrasting colours and all the different sounds they were making (we were watching 4 Square) He watched it for a good 10 mins! AMEN!

NewVideo

http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k186/babyrobbie/Video/04-09-07/?action=view&current=04-09-07-1.flv

I think I might submit this to America's Funniest HomeVideos.