It's official... as of
yesterday Sunday (I'm late posting this), Dargan is now
mobile!
We, along with the dog and cats, are in for an exciting time. I was out of town all weekend and
of course he started crawling while I was away, but he is definitely able to get from point A to B on his hands and knees. I'm so proud of him!
Growing
Still squeezing into some 9-month clothes, but mostly in 12mo. Pants are still baggy, but onesies need the bigger size to snap. And getting shirts over his big head is a challenge.
Movement
Standing supported, crawling, sitting and leaning, trying hard to pull up!
Rolling over and belly sleeping occasionally, but still prefers his side.
Sleep
Sleeping ~10 hours at night, plus a couple hours of naps during the day. We've been hovering between one and two naps... he's happier with two naps, but sometimes he fights the second one so it's a challenge to gauge what he's going to want each day. Sometimes if he's gotten just one nap at daycare he'll fall asleep on the 5 minute drive home and we'll let him nap the ~30 mins until dinner is ready. It's usually enough to keep him pleasant through the meal but not enough to screw with bedtime.
Speaking of bedtime... he's been going to bed late (8/8:30) a lot of nights, but it's just so hard to get him home, fed, etc without being ridiculously rushed before then! So far it's not caused any big issues, but I really don't want him to be overly tired because of it.
Also, new development as of Tuesday night: if he's not immediately asleep when we put him in the crib, he will be awake, crying, sitting up (from lying down!) and crawling around. This was NO fun, and I hope it passes quickly. Poor guy, he doesn't know how to lie back down yet!
Eating
Still holding strong on the same schedule during the week:
nurse at wake-up
breakfast then bottle
lunch then bottle
afternoon snack then bottle
dinner
nurse before bed
During the weekends we have fallen into a schedule where one of the bottle/nursing sessions is eliminated. The timing just works out that way since we're more likely to be out and about. Nursing happens between breakfast & lunch, then again between lunch & dinner, plus the first a.m. and last p.m. = down to 4 total. I need to figure out if this is what they want him to transition to at daycare or if we just do our own thing at home on the weekends.
As for foods, he hasn't really found anything that he dislikes... although cottage cheese is not a big hit still. He looooves strawberries, so we give him those after he eats the rest of his dinner.
Other Fun Things
Swim lessons started last Thursday! He did well - just a little bit of a startled look when we first got in. He handled getting dunked really well! Seemed to enjoy playing in the water.
Visiting Wrap: Perigee Ocean
Other cuteness:
