Eight Months - Sleep!

Wow! My little man is already eight months! I can hardly believe that! We've celebrated his first Halloween, his first Thanksgiving and his first Christmas is rapidly approaching! Having him in my life has truly been the most incredible & perfect experience ever! As a lot of you know, my monkey man still likes to take a bottle in the middle of the night. Ever since he got the first tooth though I've been a stickler about not wanting him to get the bottle during the night...I'm terrified of bottle rot...ugh! So my sweet little boy made it a whole night without a bottle and only cried once until 6:30 am. And that once lasted about 2 minutes of a tired off & on cry (and thankfully, I was half asleep so I wasn't horribly sad about it like I usually am). We are just making sure that he gets a full 6 oz bottle before he goes to sleep & that way he has no excuses for being hungry! :)

And now my monster's CAN DO'S!

*Get myself to standing like a champ
*Stand without support for about 5 seconds (sometimes I look like I'm surfing!)
*Cruise along the furniture
*Beginning to show reasoning (i.e. sitting on one side of your table and peeking at both sides to determine which side would allow you the most wiggle room to get into the dining room...and you chose the right side!)
*Mimic some sounds (i.e. mommy's been coughing and i think it's oh so funny to copy her!)
*Wave hi & bye-bye (mommy note: oh my gosh, monkey, this is the cutest thing! i effing love it!!)
*Brush my tooth & gums! Yes, I do sometimes use the wrong end but my mommy figures if she lets me do it and she just helps I'll learn to like having the toothbrush in my mouth. My new toothpaste isn't as yummy as the apple toothpaste I had as a baby though :(

I think those are most of the new things I've learned this month!

Love, CDub