Darrell & Sharyn

Playtime: He loves playing with his toys. We are mainly playing with teethers right now as he is drooling and chewing on everything. He gets plenty of tummy time and has recently started to roll from tummy to back shortly after I put him down. Of course then he gets fussy and only wants to be picked up. He has found his feet and loves to play with them and stick his big toes in his mouth. It seems to only be his right foot for now. Occasionally he will get his left foot up there, but he definitely prefers his right foot. He likes to bang on things and will go for our computer keyboards if we are close enough. We recently pulled out my keyboard and let him play with it. It is one of the first things he likes to do in the morning and after a bath. The other things he enjoys doing throughout the day is mirror time and visiting Daddy.

Sleep: We finally reached sleeping through the night! We had the sleep regression for about 4 weeks and he was in his co-sleeper. We slowly worked on the transfer to the crib. We would put him down in his crib in his room and move him to the co-sleeper in our room when we went to bed. For a few nights, that was when he was waking up anyways. Then we were moving him asleep and he would wake up shortly after the move. So we decided to just let him sleep and only move him if he woke up. A few days later, he was sleeping through the night. He has been doing it for about 2 weeks now and it is very nice. We put him down between 6:30-8 (depending on his cues) and he wakes up once about an hour after we put him down to eat one last time and then doesn’t wake up until 8-8:30am. He might wake up and fuss around but he puts himself back to sleep so I don’t actually wake up. There have been a couple nights recently where he wakes up around 5:30am to eat and goes back to sleep until around 9 but they aren’t regular. He has also mastered the roll to his side since he prefers to sleep on his side. I lay him on his back and by the time I get downstairs and the monitor on, he is on his side.

Food: Edward decided he was ready for solids earlier than we thought we would give them to him. He was only eating every 2-3 hours and then he started working his way back so I was feeding him every hour. I was starting to get exhausted during the day so we started solids and he has worked back out to every 2-3 hours. We started with mashed up avocados and then have slowly moved on to other foods. So far, he has had avocado, banana, oatmeal, and applesauce. His favorite right now is banana. He doesn’t like the texture of oatmeal so we are still trying it and he likes applesauce but is not a fan of the tartness. We will probably wait a week or so before starting another food (either sweet potatoes or green beans are next on the list). Right now we only feed him once a day but I think he is starting to want it twice a day.

 Teething: He is still really drooly and fussy occasionally. I saw a tooth for a few days but it went away again. He is starting to get a nice bite and his gums feel sharp so it hurts when he gnaws on our hands.

Clothes: He has slowed down his quick growth (yeah!) so he is still in his 6-9 month clothes. We still have some 3-6 and 6 month items out but it is only a couple. Most of what he wears are 9 month outfits. Maybe he will stay in them for a couple more months. 🙂

Diapers: We have undid the last vertical snap so they won’t get any longer. He is starting to be between horizontal snaps so we might have to come out another snap on that soon. It really depends on the diaper though. We have been having compression leaks so we have to make sure to change him every 1.5-2 hours otherwise he needs a whole outfit change. I need to do a strip clean of them and it might help with stuff but I haven’t had a chance yet. Soon though.