(Photos taken at 8 months 1 day – in all our blizzard prep we forgot to take an 8m photo)
weight: 18.8 lbs
height: 29ish inches
head: really, really big
Interesting Tidbits
- Ivan is starting to feed himself food (as seen above with the raspberries all over)
- learning to drink water from a sippy cup
- sits unassisted without a pillow
- tries to crawl but still not there (lots of face planting)
- no new teeth (still just has two bottom teeth)
- loves eating purees
- claps (mostly when eating – he loves eating)
- does the “pat it” motion when we do Patty Cake
- says ma ma, da da, ba ba, yeaaaaa (no association to particular people or things)
- has had SO many colds this winter
- his separation anxiety is kicking in
- Ivan is starting to look more like Mike, but still has Emily’s hair, eyes, skin tone (and maybe small feet)
Ivan Loves:
- eating
- feeding himself
- playing on his “drum” (an old popcorn tin from his Grandpa Frank)
- chewing on his favorite teethers (more teeth are coming!)
- reading books
- holding hands
- chewing on phones/ipods/etc.
- pays very close attention when Mike when he’s doing things
Ivan Hates:
- being left alone
- putting on shirts (sleeves)
- when he can see his bottle, but he is not drinking it yet
Things we’ve learned this month:
- Teething sucks
- Ivan is remembering activities / games that we play