Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Brady's 8 Month Birthday!

Look at my handsome little buckaroo! Already 8 months old. My how the time has gone by. People always say they grow up fast, well the second grows up even faster in my opinion. I keep thinking Brady is still a little baby, but actually he is starting to do some not-so-babylike things...

Like eat his first taste of dirt!
Notice- he had CRAWL over and PULL UP to reach this dirt. I think he decided he likes his food better.







Another thing he has been doing is "talking". He says "ba ba ba ba ba", sometimes we think he is saying bubba, but we aren't sure. He does love his big brother! Luke can make him laugh like nobody else. The sweetest thing about their relationship is that no matter how Luke is to Brady, Brady ALWAYS adores him. We are working on Luke's behavior towards Brady. At times, he can be pretty rough. Brady has lots of paybacks stored up for Luke one day real soon!


This isn't the clearest picture ever, but it is easy to see his two teeth. He also has another one coming in on the top. Boy will we be glad when he is done teething!


Which brings me to my next point... Brady is still not a consistent sleeper at night. A lot of nights he will sleep from 8:30pm to 6:00am, but not always. The past two nights have been terrible for him. So bad that I took him to the doctor today to see if their could be something wrong. He just screams as loud as he can in the middle of the night. Believe it or not... there is nothing wrong though. Except teeth coming in, I guess. Luke never had this much trouble cutting teeth. That just goes to show that no two kids are alike.
Usually I will go ahead and give Brady a bottle in the middle of the night if he wakes up, but not after today. The doctor said NO MORE BOTTLES in the middle of the night. So, blame it on the doctor! All I can say is pray for us the next few nights. They may be pretty rough. Brady doesn't give up without a fight.
As for food- Brady is eating mostly baby food, but starting to get some table food here and there. He got his first sippy cup two days ago and is still learning how to use that.
His weight today...20.5 pounds!
Happy Birthday Brady! Our goal before your next birthday is to get you sleeping all night, EVERY night!

1 comment:

Nicki W. said...

BIG BOY!!!! he is so precious, ang. sometimes i think he looks just like luke, but in some pics, he looks totally different! i hear ya on the "gentle" stuff. mug is definitely rough with reese in an innocent way. they are two peas.

also, last night when reese did her 2 am wake--i let her cry. it was an awful 22 minutes, but she feel asleep. ahhh! i am not ready for that yet! i think she may be cutting teeth too!