My sweet Braylen Thomas is 8 months old. No stats for you, just giraffe shots.
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| For those like me that want to see how much he grew from the last month. |
As I packed up some of cousin Luke's 9 month clothes, I stumbled across PJ's with the same design as the ones he wore on his homecoming.
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| 3 days old. Newborn size PJs |
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| 8 months old. 9 month size PJs |
Every month brings new challenges and joys. This month, my joy was having a stationary baby. It was easy to plop Braylen on the floor with a bunch of toys and know he was content for a while just sitting there. In the last week Braylen is showing some signs of wanting to do more than sit, roll, and dive. Suddenly I wish I had done more story times, signed the kids up for professional pictures, and soaked up these precious minutes even more than I have. This boy will be on the move soon for the rest of his life soon. I have a feeling my joy this month will be my challenge next month.
My challenge this month was naps. Braylen has turned into a great sleeper. I skip all the hullabaloo that I do with Evie before nap/bed and just put him awake in his crib. He's my "easy one" with sleeping now! He will sleep in the car, but he will not transfer or even stay asleep once I put the car in park. The two naps have really put a damper on Evie's playtime. I know everyone has their opinion about routines and strict naptimes, trust me, I totally judged my sister for being so strict about naps. I get it now. My kids are SO much better when they can nap at home, normal time. The same goes for bed. Braylen naps from 9am-10:30/11 and Evie starts melting down about 11:15 am. It makes it really difficult to do anything! I feel trapped in my house again. My sister reminds me it is only 1 year of my life. It stinks right now, but we will get through it.
Braylen and Evie are interacting more and more. Evie
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| "Row, Row" |
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| It's all fun and games until someone gets her hair pulled |
There are subtle changes each month like Braylen is making more sounds and his fine motor skills are improving. I was about to write this post with no major milestones, but low and behold, Braylen went from laying to sitting in the last two days.
I have a feeling a lot will change in the next month.
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| I most certainly do! |
1 comment:
Holy wow. I can't get over Braylen's EYELASHES in that last photo!
Like you, I bit the bullet and got my kids home for nap times when they were little. It made such a huge difference in their behavior that it was worth it. But I like being home, so it's not such a hardship for me. In fact, now that they are big kids who go go go all day every day, I MISS those naps. :)
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