Week 36 & 37 - Milestones...so far!

Week 36 & 37 - Milestones....so far!
(4/18/10 - 5/1/10)

Since this blog is being used as Andrew's baby book and most baby books have sections for milestones I thought that I would list all of the things that Andrew is doing and ALMOST doing now that he is 8 1/2 months old.

Body: 24.5 pounds, 30" long (91st percentile)

Rolling over : He is a rolling master. Can roll easily from front to back and back to front. Will sometimes roll to an object if he really wants to get it.

Eye Contact: Phenomenal eye contact, no worries there!

Eating: Well this is a different topic all together. Recently (within the past 2 weeks) he has decided that he likes the "O" cereal and the puffs that you can get from the store. He is working hard on his "pincer grasp" but hasn't quite got that yet. So most of the time the cereal is on the floor because he tries to grab with a "sweeping motion" with his hands.

Sitting: He is a sitting champ. He sat pretty early and is honestly very very stable. I don't ever have to put any pillows around him when he sits now. He still might occasionally fall but that is because he is trying very hard to crawl and sometimes gets tripped up and will topple.

Crawling: We are very close to this. He can butt scoot in circles and can somehow get a foot or two across the floor by just wiggling and moving his legs. He is at the phase where he is shifting his legs to the side and then trying to rock up onto his hands. Of course that one pesky leg keeps getting stuck.

Walking: He is obviously not walking, but I had to put this in here because he is a "crazy maniac" in his walker. He gets going so fast that he will lift his legs and coast to a stop.

Talking: This is the one area that I am worried about. Of course all books say he should be babbling which is the bababa, mamamama, dadadad (basically combining consonants and vowels) but he just hasn't done this yet. That doesn't mean he isn't talking. On the contrary, he is very vocal. He is always ahhh'ing, oohhhh'ing, uuuhhhh'ing, blowing rasberries, and he does a "TTTHHHH" sound. We just haven't gotten any of those pesky consonants yet! (hopefully he is storing up or maybe it is the teething)

Teething: We have 4 teeth (in 4 weeks) and is currently worrking on the 5th tooth! He is a cutie with teeth.

Grabbing: At this point in his life there is nothing safe from his grasp! He will take anything out of your hand, and will gnaw it to death! He has also started to swap things from one hand to the other!

Sleeping: Before teething started we were having some good nights (up once a night) now that teething has started we are a minimum of twice a night with sometimes 3 times. But that is what happened with his brother so I am not worried! This too shall pass!

Name: At this point we are fairly certain he knows his name. If you call his name 9 out of 10 times he will look immediately. Of course if he is playing with his brother or a toy forget about it, but hey I don't always look if I am engrossed in something either! hehehehehe

Joint Attention: Now a days this is a big one that people look for and Andrew is good to go on this one! Part of him being curious is that when he finds something interesting he will look at it and then look at you (or the person doing the interesting thing) almost to say "What the heck is that?". He will also look at something that you point to, and has gotten pretty good at actually looking at the object not just your finger.

clapping: This one is tricky, I think he is trying to clap but am not 100% on this one yet. It really looks like it, but of course he doesn't do it on cue yet....so we will wait and see.

Personality: This is the best part of all. Andrew has the most pleasant personality. Don't get me wrong he cries and can get grumpy (he lets you know when he isn't happy). But he loves to smile, will catch your eye from across the room and give you the biggest smile imaginable! He is also EXTREMELY curious, and the #1 thing he is curious about is his brother. What Jacob has Andrew wants. I am not looking forward to him crawling cause I think Jacob will finally get a dose of what "sharing" means!