I never got around to writing a post about Timmy at seven months old because it landed right during our trip to San Diego. Now he will be eight months in one week and I have been wanting to record a few new things about him before I forget. Since six months there have been some pretty significant changes with this guy.
He now has two teeth on the bottom and I was surprised at how much teething bothered him. I'm not looking forward to having the next set of teeth come in.
His hair has really filled in and he no longer looks bald on the sides. His new hair is dark and straight as can be. It now lies flat and forward, making any kind of cool spike do difficult. I'm used to the total opposite with Brian's hair.
Timmy is still growing and growing. All his clothes are currently 12 month size or larger and I don't know how much he weighs, but I guarantee he's no small dude.
He has a stronger desire to move around and he rolls and reaches to get toys, but he's still far from getting up on his knees and crawling. If I set him in a sitting position he enjoys sitting for a time playing with his toys.
Timmy smiles a lot, but he only giggles if we work hard to please him. Usually those giggles come when Brian laughs in Timmy's face or when I tickle him. He gets super excited when Mark gets home from work and flaps his arms up and down and kicks his legs really hard. Then if Mark doesn't immediately hold him, he protests with some major whining.
Timmy's favorite people are of course Mark, Brian and me. Like I said, he gets so excited when he sees his daddy and he always wants to be in the same room as Brian. He is generally fine to be held by strangers as long as he doesn't see me around. For example, if I am talking to someone at church and they ask to hold him, he'll go to them initially, but as soon as he looks at me and realizes that I'm not holding him he gets nervous and begs to be back in my arms.
His current nicknames are: Timmy, Timmer, Timmers, Tim-Tim, Tims, and Buddy.
He is a pretty good eater and is eating any solids that he can mash with his gums. He definitely has his favorites though. Like most babies, he loves cheerios and bananas. For months I have been working with him on learning how to suck water out of a sippy cup or a straw. It has been a battle, but I'm happy to say that I won this one and he figured it out just this afternoon. He is currently still nursing and I haven't needed to or attempted to give him a bottle for the last six months. This may have been a mistake, because after struggling to keep him eating off both sides for his entire life, he has in the last week finally won that battle and is only nursing from one side. I'm fine with it for now, but he may have to learn to drink his milk from a bottle after all. I could see him taking to it either really easily or really struggling with it. We'll see what happens in the next few months. Luckily he's a pretty big boy and I'm not worried at the moment that he's not getting enough.
Last of all we come to his sleeping patterns. I am overjoyed to report that he is SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! It wasn't until we returned from San Diego and he was over seven months old that it has been a consistent thing. Not only is he sleeping through the night, but he is sleeping at least 12 hours every night. Usually it is more than 12 hours. He usually goes to bed by 6:30 pm and he almost always wakes up between 7:15 and 7:45 a.m. The last few days it has been 7:15 a.m. on the dot. I'm hoping it doesn't get any earlier than that. He takes two naps a day. His first nap is always around 9:00 a.m. and his second nap varies depending on how long he slept that morning. I try to get him to sleep just after Brian goes to sleep for his nap so it is most often around 12:30 p.m.
We are loving Timothy at this age!
