- Oliver now has a grand total of SEVEN teeth! They were just popping up right and left this past month! He handled it pretty well. We did have to give him Tylenol a couple of times, but overall it didn't affect him too much. We do swear by those teething tablets and give those to him often as well.
- He has been doing well with baby food and seems to like green beans the most. He is still taking soy formula, but we've thought about trying a milk-based formula again. We'll see if we ever get brave enough. His spitting up has drastically decreased so we'd hate for that to start up again if he truly is lactose intolerant.
- He is officially sleeping through the night. We can pretty much count on him sleeping from about 7 p.m. until about 6:30 or 7 a.m. Some mornings he just wants a bottle and then will go back to sleep for another hour or so, other mornings he is ready to start his day. He still takes two or three naps a day depending on their length. He isn't really on a set schedule yet, but is usually awake for about 2-3 hours in between naps.
- He's doing much better at sitting on his own. He still isn't very interested, but he will sit unassisted for longer periods of time now. He usually ends up lowering himself down on his side and then rolling over on to his tummy.
- He is getting closer to crawling. When on his hands and knees he will try to move his knees forward, but his hands haven't figured out what to do yet. Sometimes it causes him to face-plant on the floor, which doesn't make him very happy. He loves to just rock back and forth on his hands and knees.
- He loves to reach and grab for things. It definitely is hard to eat or drink anything while holding him. Even reading a book with him in your lap is hard because he just wants to grab it. Of course, everything he reaches goes directly to his mouth.
- He loves to pat things. Often through the baby monitor we can hear him patting his bed. While reading books to him he loves to pat the books. Dave even mentioned one day while carrying Oliver, he was patting his back. It's cute!
- He still loves to jump! He is a wiggle worm and is hard to hold because he just wants to move! He can pretty much get anywhere he wants just by rolling around on the floor. He finally figured out a more efficient way to roll from his tummy to his back. Miles has been good about picking up his smaller toys that might be a choking hazard for Oliver.
- He is a big boy! He is wearing a size 5 diaper and recently moved up to size 18 month clothes!
- There is no doctor appointment this month so we'll get his stats next month (although it will be late because our new insurance starts Sept. 1st and we want to wait for that).
- Oliver loves his big brother and often laughs at his silliness. He seems to enjoy sharing a room with Miles as well. Oliver is also a huge daddy's boy! He's started saying "dadadadadada" a lot more and Dave is hopeful he knows what it means but he doesn't!
Click here to see Miles at 8 months!
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