Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The big boy....

A couple of days ago my baby boy turned 8 months old. This was a really emotional month for me. Here is why.....
He weaned himself from nursing. I think everybody knows that I am not a great nurser. He loved it though so I have grown to love it. I have felt so rejected because he wants nothing to do with me. I will try to nurse him and he just kind of smiles and looks around. I can hear him thinking 'Mom I'm good! Thanks though'. He even pushed me away one night. That was the worst. Why do I feel like this when usually I can't wait to be done?

He weaned himself from the binky. In the beginning I hated that he loved that binky. It was just one more thing for me to think about. But, he loved it so I would cart it around. I grew to love the look of him sucking on his binky. I thought it was so sweet. He would go to sleep so easily with his bink. He suddenly stopped wanting it. One day he literally took it out of his mouth and handed it to me.

Big sister started Kindergarten....That makes everything he does more emotional because I know how fast time is going to go by. Before I know it he will be starting Kindergarten.

He started moving around. He scoots. He gets up on his knees and crawls, then goes back to scooting. I think he likes it better. He can go from tummy, to knees, to bum really quick. HE IS INTO EVERYTHING!

I love watching him get big, but I hate it too.

Mostly I just love him!

Here are his stats:

28 inches long (80%)
18 Pounds (20%)
head-(70%)

***I have thought he was so chubby and he certainly looks healthy. The Dr. was worried because he is only in the 20% and is "tall" and his head is big. Really? I thought he was a chunk! Guess we better step up the calories!

5 comments:

Aubrey Jane said...

I had a similar experience at the Dr. yesterday. Aaron is above 90% for length but he dropped from 90 to 50% in weight from 2 months. He seems happy, healthy and chubby to me and the Dr. didn't seem too worried, but he said he probably needs more calories and we need to really get going with the solids.

Lacey Sue said...

You and me BOTH are emotional basket cases! Aspen started 2 grade...WHAT?!?!?!?! Braden started preschool- OH MY WORD!!!! And my sweet baby boy seems to be growing WAY TO FAST! We should just get together (yeah right, drive all the way back to Utah right???!?! hehehe) and have a good cry fest!!!

The Tyler's said...

I could eat him up right now!!

When did you guys go to the beach?? Where was our invite?? Totally kidding.

1 of the Grandmas said...

He is looking so much older to me. Guess he is growing up if he is doing all those things on his own. Better start calling you more and talking to him. I don't want him to forget grandma!!! Cute pictures...I loved them.

Anonymous said...

Love the pictures at the beach! He's a doll and I totally get the whole emotional roller coaster:) It's so different with boys, they just need to NEED us forever!