Caedmon is 8 Months!

Caedmon turned 8 months this Saturday!
Time is flying by so quickly. It just seems like it was yesterday that I posted his 7-month update and the videos to show you how he was beginning to roll over from front to back and from back to front.

Now, at 8 months, that skill is completely mastered and if we're not careful, he'll roll clear across the room. (He seems to only go in one direction though and once he gets to the far end of the room, he stays there and doesn't come back. This doesn't happen at our house though, since there's not much room to roll. But thanks to mom, we do have nice carpets in the living/dining room and Caed's bedroom so that he can roll and play as he pleases without the worry of hitting his head!) Caedmon hitting his head isn't the only problem now that he's becoming more mobile ... our latest worry is his arms getting stuck in the crib. As his nap was nearing its end last week, Caedmon screamed bloody murder and I rushed in there to see him squirming around to try and get his arm out from between the crib slats. He had tossed his pasi out of the crib and was apparently trying to reach out to get it. Poor guy, I had to pull one of the rungs to the right a little to get his little red arm out! I'm not sure what to do about this ... he's too mobile to use bumper pads any more ... but if he's going to get his arm stuck, that's not good either.

Aside from rolling, Caedmon is a superb sitter-upper now. He can sit on the floor and entertain himself very well. When we were at Ikea last weekend, we bought one of those wooden abacus toys and he loves to just sit and play with the beads. What a great buy ... it was only $7 and the used one I thought about buying at the consignment shop was $8! Glad I waited.

Caedmon's other milestones at 8 months:
Activities: Caedmon loves the remote control and any cell phone (he's loved these two things for quite some time now, but I haven't mentioned it before). He can drop his basketball in the hoop. He's a little fish in the pool and loves to splash and kick his legs. He has learned to belt out this high-pitched scream when we're in the car as he plays with his toys. (There's nothing wrong with him ... he just likes to scream!) He's not crawling yet, but as he rolls over, he's starting to scoot a little bit and reach out to grab things. He also does this from a sitting position, so it shouldn't be too long before he makes his first move. And his most recent accomplishment is his wave. He did this a few times back in March, but not consistently. As of this weekend, he's mastered the skill and enjoys waving to us and himself! Here's a video:


Eating & Drinking: Caed is eating an assortment of food these days, mostly pureed, but occasionally in chunks. His new foods this month include Cheerios, cantaloupe, asparagus, banana star puffs and whole grains of white rice. He tried brussell sprouts last week, but that didn't go over too well. We'll try those again another time. We're going to try tofu this week, I think.

As far as drinking is concerned, up until last week, Caed was only drinking out of his sippy cup when we would tilt the cup up, but now, he's figured out how to actually suck the mouth piece to drink the water!! In addition, we have followed in the Lizotte's footsteps and bought Caed his very own Camelbak 16-oz. water bottle. (Our's is blue so the boys won't get theirs' confused.) He's can't drink from it consistently yet, but he does get water from it from time to time as he bites the mouth piece and it certainly entertains him in the car. This will definitely be a drinking tool that he'll be able to grow into for years to come.

Sleeping: Caedmon is still fairly consistent with his sleeping schedule, except something happened when he turned 7 months. The calm, collected Caedmon that we once new when going to sleep is gone. Now, all we know, for the most part, is the Caedmon who screams and cries for up to 20 or 30 minutes before he falls asleep. It's a lot milder for naps and it's full blown at bedtime. I'm not sure what happened. But luckily, this hasn't affected his overall sleeping habits. Once he goes to sleep, he usually stays asleep and sleeps from 9 or 9:30pm to 8am ... minus the periodic 2 or 3am feedings (I'm not sure how those snuck back into the picture!) and the occasionaly search for paci. Caedmon also currently takes 3 naps a day for 1.5 to 2 hrs. each. I'm afraid, however, that one of the morning naps is going to have to go pretty soon.

Weight and Height: We won't go back to the pediatrician again until his 9-month check-up, so we haven't gotten an official weight or height check, but I would imagine that he weighs about 23 or 24 pounds, and several of his pants are too short these days, so I'm sure that he's gotten taller too (real helpful, I know).