Tuesday, April 20, 2010

8 Months!


Weight: 16lbs 4oz ............... 10th Percentile
Length: 27.5 inches ............... 50th Percentile
Head: 18 inches ................ somewhere around 75th Percentile

Jonah is growing right on track and received a perfect bill of health from the doc. He is the happiest, most easy going and social baby I have ever seen. His teacher love him to death and comment on his mellowness daily.

Milestones: This big boy is quite mobile as you know from the multiple inch worming posts! He can also stand up on his own while holding on to something. He pulls up assisted and we did recently lower the crib in preparation for more of this! Jonah popped one tooth on the bottom and its neighbor is shortly behind. It is also worth noting, he has been the most pleasant teether ever - you would never even know! He claps his hands, will wave occasionally and can talk up a storm. He says multiple syllables, but it usually comes back to "Da Da" or just "Da". He will point at the dogs and smile when they come in the room and announce "da". Smart kid ... must be that big head housing that big brain!

Likes: Still enjoys bath time with dad and will splash on command when you tell him to "splash, splash". This, by the way, is hilarious to him. He hasn't met a pureed fruit or veggie he doesn't like, but fingers food are more fun when they are on the floor for the dogs to eat! His favorite toy is the music table he got from his Aunt Bess, closely followed by the counting turtle from Uncle Chris. He also loves anything he can bang together. A new favorite pastime is chasing after Tilly to get her ball. Fortunately, Tilly will gladly hand it over to him to "throw". Jonah LOVES Ryan. I am great for snuggling and eating, but Dad is for everything else: playing, wrestling, talking to, you name it. He lights up when Ryan walks in the room. In fact, one of his teachers told Ryan "she has rarely seen a baby get that excited for Dad". Loves those two fellas!

Dislikes: There still is not much that makes this guy mad. We continue to struggle with naps, but if you can get him down, he's out for a solid 2 hours .... makes sense, right?

Jonah, you are a parent's dream! You make parenting easy for us and we are so lucky. Thanks for being our sweet baby boy!

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