Today Carter turned 8 months old. He has been doing wonderful. He is a happy little man who smiles a lot and is learning so many new things. He loves to play with his hands and eat them. He has been sleeping well at night and wakes up very happy. It's the naps that you have to worry about, he doesn't take many and when he does he's a bit tearful when he wakes up (easily consolable though so that's a plus). He has been doing great with his eating and is taking his bottles now in under 30 minutes. Burping has taken on an art and I have come up with a technique I call co-burping. This is especially helpful when Carter is milk drunk (see below photo). For those of you wondering, milk drunk occurs mostly around 9 pm where Carter basically sleep drinks and when it's time to burp he is so tired he can't even hold his own head up. Burping can be tough so Mommy holds him while Daddy pats his back. This has yielded a burp 100% of the time. I might have to write a book on this new found technique. He has been eating baby food now as well. This is quite entertaining since he is not the greatest at opening his mouth to accept the food. It requires Daddy and Mommy to put on their best show like singing, dancing and acting goofy just to get a smile so we can sneak the food in as fast as possible, I refer to it as a baby food plane crash. It can be a messy experience. His favorites so far are carrots, sweet potatoes, squash and pears. He is doing well at Daycare and has been quite excited when he sees his teachers who have been amazing at learning and understanding what it is to care for a preemie with eating issues. Carter is looking forward to his 1st Halloween and I would really recommend you stay tuned to this blog because you will not want to miss his costume. Enjoy the pics for now, Happy 8 months Carter, the man, the strongest, my hero! #babycarterstrong
Pumpkin patch time
Chillin in my love seat
Taken from a previous post. This is "milk drunk"
