EIGHT is GrEaT!

Connor is 81/2 Months Old!

Update:

- We are working on Connor clapping, waving and giving high fives!

- He is taking short naps, but sleeping better at night!

- He is starting to get a bottle before bed, because it fills him up more and he sleeps better with it. After his bottle he is usually out in seconds.

- If you are holding Connor when he is mad, he will climb up you to try to get away.

- Still loving the bath!
- Still sits in the bumbo happily as long as he is entertained or eating. He is getting too big for it though.

- Hates the swing, unless he is already asleep.

- Has a new car seat!

Estimated Height: 27 (maybe a smidge under)

Estimated Weight: 22+ lbs (We have no idea really, because I have been waiting for an accurate weight but we can't get a scale)

Look at that adorable, toothy grin!

Milestones:

- Cut his 2 Front Top Teeth and his 2 front bottom teeth!

- Quite the conversationalist: Making “mama”, “baba”, “dada” sounds. BEST SOUNDS EVER!

- He is starting to get a little separation anxiety, when Mommy or Daddy leave the room for example. But he is still content when people hold him so no Stranger Danger Anxiety yet. Which I like because I love that he is content in anyones arms. Even if you have never met.

- His vision is like a hawk, he gets every little thing on the floor even after we vacuumed and Mommy tried to get everything she saw. We have to keep a sharp eye on what he is doing and what he is putting in his mouth, since he is still in the oratory phase.

- Clapping, Connor's latest trick! He does it all the time, but if your clapping he will just get excited and smile at you.
-He is doing the commando crawling now. Where he is on his stomach and drags himself across the floor by pushing off with his feet and pulling with one arm.
-And in terms of real crawling he is making progress towards it. He will now get on his hands and knees and bounce a little, like he is trying to work up the momentum to go. And then he will lunge and fall. But he is getting closer and closer!

Likes:

- Lots of attention, whenever someone gives him some he gives a smile in return

- Bouncing when in someone’s arms

- Playing Peek-a-boo, with people and objects

- Playing with a ball, throwing and rolling it (but Mommy and Daddy are doing all the throwing and rolling but he loves watching where the ball will go and trying to get it!)
- Jumping around in his Johnny Jump-up
-Trying to feed himself

Dislikes:

- Sippy Cup

- Loud noises: Vacuum, blender, hair dryer, crumpling paper (terrifies him)
- Being woken up when he wasn't finished his nap
- Too mnay kisses
- Getting toys taken away
- Having his diaper changed, it is so up in the air one month he is fine and the next it is a huge ordeal. And this month he is not a fan. He tries to squirm away and hates to have to be still. So he usually ends up screaming.

Mommy’s Favorite Connor-isms:

- Connor likes being read bedtime stories and eating the bedtime storybook.

- Playing “I am going to eat your fingers” with Mommy, he will put his fingers in my mouth so I can chomp on them, again and again. And he will laugh!
- I bought Connor a toothbrush and it came with a couple so one of them I just let him play with, and he loves chewing on it all the time!

Daddy’s Favorite Connor-isms:

- Playing “I am going to get you” with Daddy he will bury himself in Mommy and giggle

- Playing cowboys and indians with Daddy (this is how the game goes Daddy bounces Connor on his knees and makes giddy up noises and then turns connor and says "Oh no its Indians, they are chasing us", so then he bounces really fast and makes Connor laugh so hard- there is more to it but thats the jist)
- Connor learned to splash in the tub, and if you get close to put the soap on him he will splash you. So cute but very wet!