Nathan is changing a lot and learning many new things. He now can drink from a straw. He has a big appetite. He eats more than Noah now! He isn’t very picky either and eats what we feed him. He says Mama, Dada, Nonna, ball, wow, BooBoo, Ella, tractor, night-night, and cracker and he’ll also repeat some words if we say them first like banana, cross, cookie. He makes certain sounds for things like drink, Grampy, Noah. He loves his squeaky shoes and wants to put them back on when I take them off at night. One night I took them off and he picked them up, gave them to me, and held up his foot. Today I was blowing air through my lips and he was trying to so he’d pucker them up and blow then he’d laugh. He loves playing with cars and tractors and he pushes them around and says "bruummm brummm". It’s really cute. His new trick is crawling up on top of things then standing up and looking at us. He crawls up on top of the side tables or chairs and does this. He calls most animals Ella. When he sees a cow or a duck he’ll make the right sounds for them. He will also say turkey and frog and try to make their sounds as well. He will give hugs and kisses too which is so sweet. I’m not sure how tall he is or how much he weighs, but he has grown a lot lately.
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My little baby Nathan isn’t such a little baby anymore! He has been walking on his own since about the middle of January. Just this week he has been referring to me as Mama. He says Mama, Dada, Ella, quack quack, moo, tractor followed by bruummm bruummm, banana (sort of), and Elga (which is his cow). He also has his own special word for Grampy that sounds like Adada. He can identify several different things now like different types of animals, airplanes, cars, trucks, people, balls, etc. He tries to say Noah and Brother but it comes out as his own special blend. He eats all kinds of foods but he really likes pizza, ice cream, meatballs, and cottage cheese. He really likes bananas too. He’s in the Toddler 1 class at school and loves his teachers. He is sleeping on a little cot which is funny to me! When I check on him during his naptime at school he is usually alseep on his back while all the other little ones are on their tummies. He loves the paci still, especially when he’s sleepy. He’s into size 18-24 months and a shoe size 5. He’s a sweet little boy who loves to read books and cuddle with his Mama. He will bring books to us and grab our hands and place the book in them. It’s funny! Then when I ask him if he wants to sit in my lap to read the book he giggles and climbs in. He’s a good sleeper. He sleeps around 11-12 hours at night and normally takes a 2 hour nap in the afternoons. He hasn’t taken a morning nap since back around August. He follows Noah around and wants to do the things that he does. He likes going to the zoo and is content to ride around in the stroller and look at all the animals.
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Nathan is 8 ½ months and doing so great! His schedule has been consistent for a few months now. He eats five times per day. He eats cereal and a bottle in the morning and at night. For lunch and dinner he eats veggies, meat, and fruit with a bottle. After his afternoon nap he also drinks a little bit of bottle as a snack. He takes two naps: a short one in the morning and a long one in the afternoon. For about 3 weeks now I have been laying him down in his crib and he’s been going to sleep on his own. I usually turn the mobile on so he can watch it for a few minutes. He is such a content and easy baby. I can take him anywhere and he’s fine with sitting in the stroller or car seat. He doesn’t complain and is content sitting there and watching things around him. When I take them to the zoo or omniplex he takes in the scenery and is happy.
He has been sitting up for about a month and army crawls around. He can get to wherever he wants to go even though he’s not all the way up on his hands and knees. He is getting stronger each day. He stands or pulls to standing with the help of our fingers. When he’s standing and I ask him to dance he will. We tried to give him some cereal puffs the other day and he kind of gagged on it and tried to take it out of his mouth. He needs more practice. He kept spitting his cereal out at me the other night and I told him NO and he thought that was really funny and was laughing hard at me. Then it became a game.
He loves to jump in the jump-a-roo and he is so intrigued with Noah and all that he does. He cracks up when Noah talks to him or sings to him. If he and Noah are both on the floor he’ll try to grab Noah and play with him. He has two bottom teeth and that’s it so far.
He has his 9 month check-up next week so I’ll have an update on his weight and length. My sweet little baby will be a year old in a few months. It’s unbelievable and makes me sad that my baby is growing up so fast.
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Nathan is getting so big and changing all the time. He loves to jabber. When we talk to him his face lights up and he smiles or laughs at us. He adores Noah also. Noah talks to him and Nathan watches his face and smiles at him. He also loves Mickey Mouse. When I turn on the tv for Noah to watch Nathan is fascinated with Mickey and smiles at him. He got baptized on April 27. The cool thing about that date is that he was 5 months old that day but it’s also the date that Ryan and I started dating in 1996. Ryan and I had been together 12 years on the day he was baptized. We stopped swaddling him at night a few weeks ago and he’s doing fine. He sleeps from about 8:30pm-7:30am. He has figured out that he can travel around the room by rolling. We started him on cereal this last week and it’s hysterical to watch him eat it. He sometimes sticks his tongue out or does the "motorboat" where he spits it out at us. He is wearing size 6 months now. He is a very good-natured baby. He is laid back and doesn’t cry or fuss unless he’s hungry or tired.
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Nathan had his 4 month checkup today and everything looks great. He weighs 13.2 (25%) and is 25 inches tall (25%)
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Nathan had his 2 month checkup a week ago and he’s doing great! He weighed 11 lbs and is 22.5 inches long/tall. This puts him at 25% for both height and weight. Dr. Stephens said not to worry because at his next checkup we will be asking him why he’s so chubby.
Nathan is now smiling a lot and is sleeping through the night. He goes to bed around 10:30 and wakes up around the 6 o’clock hour.
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