So this month seemed to go by a lot faster than last month! I think that probably has a lot to do with all of the wonderful company we had! Karla and Katie were here in mid March. Mom followed along 10 days later along with Tara and her family! Plus we had Caiden's 3rd birthday celebration squeezed in there too. SO, we've been busy! In the midst of all that, Ezra has been keeping plenty busy doing lots of growing and mastering of milestones!
Like last month, I don't have official stats, but I can tell he is getting heavier. He is still pretty comfortable in 6-9 month clothing depending on the label. More often than not, he's wearing 9 month sized clothing.
Grandma & Ezra
I've got lots of fun stuff to cover in the highlights, so let's get to it!
The biggest news is that Ezra is now sleeping in a crib in his own room! We moved him on April 9th, and he has transitioned pretty well, and it has been SO nice having our bedroom back. I can actually go in my room and take a shower while Ezra is napping! Such a novelty! :)
Speaking of sleep, this has actually been a pretty decent month. He seems to have settled into a nice routine for the time being. He starts his day around 7:15am and is ready for his morning nap by 10. He'll sleep for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours and then takes his afternoon nap between 2 and 3. He'll generally wake up between 4 and 5. Bedtime is pretty consistently at 6:30 now. Most nights he wakes up either around 1am or between 4-5am for a feeding and goes back to sleep. There have been a few nights where he wakes up around 10 or 11 and fusses a bit, but then he goes back to sleep on his own. The only downer that's developed over the last couple of weeks is he gets so upset about naps and bedtime. He never goes to sleep happy which makes me sad. I really hope we can get to a point where he doesn't fuss so much about sleep. But I having this routine (finally!) has been a lifesaver for me. Having some sense of structure makes even the nighttime feedings a lot more sane in my world. Now I can more confidently predict that if I go to bed by a certain hour, I'll at least get X hours of sleep before the next day.
Last month I mentioned that he wasn't terribly interested in rolling over, and he seemed to have forgotten how to roll from his tummy to his back. Well, wouldn't you know it, the very day after I blogged that entry the little stinker rolled over from back to tummy and resumed his tummy to back rolling! I guess he was just biding his time. LOL!
His very first time rolling from back to tummy!
Now that he is rolling, we often find him sleeping on his side or his tummy. As a result, we stopped swaddling his arms so that he can maneuver himself and not get stuck. I never know what position I am going to find him in when he is ready to get up. :) I also suspect that the pack 'n' play may have been getting uncomfortable. Because once he moved to the crib, he immediately changed his sleeping position.
The eating has been going extremely well! So well in fact that I am virtually convinced the poor kid was starving all these months judging by the way he packs the solids in! He has scrambled eggs or a full bowl of oatmeal mixed with applesauce at breakfast. Caiden then helps ration out the Cheerios for him. Then at lunch he has bananas or lentils mixed with carrots or sweet potatoes and his Mum Mums. (And let me tell you, this boy LOVES his Mum Mums. That was his first food for self feeding. In fact, he loves them so much he thru an unholy fit at lunch one Saturday when I tried feeding him something after he already spotted the Mum Mums. That was a 30 minute screaming fit calmed only by eating his dang Mum Mums. Sigh) And dinner usually involves some sort of veggie/fruit combo. He took awhile to adjust to water, but all of the sudden one day he was totally down with it. So weird!
Mmmm....Mum Mums!
He has learned how to play with Caiden's old red train that spits out balls and plays music. He knows how to push the button to get it to go. It took him all of 2 minutes to figure it out!
Video of Ezra playing with the train. If you can't see it, click here.
He loves to click his tongue against the roof of his mouth and especially loves if you click back to him. He'll either instigate the clicks or mimic yours, and then smile and laugh.
Tara has applied the perfect nickname to Ezra: Little Billy Goat. This kid loves to first, put anything into his mouth, and second, he loves to chew on paper, shiny objects (necklaces), hoodie draw strings, etc. He is constantly munching on his books! So the billy goat moniker fits him like a glove.
Ezra has been working a little too hard on his pincer grip. He goes into overdrive and pinches the crap out of me while he is nursing. He'll grab my face, my nose, my skin...anything he can get a hold of. And if his nails are just the tiniest bit too long, OUCH! I can't wait for this phase to pass.
His sitting up skills have dramatically improved. I can now sit him down on the floor and he only occasionally falls backwards. One of his recently discovered favorite past times is to sit next to his basket full of toys and pull them out one at a time. This will keep him happily occupied for a good half hour! I just love to sit and watch him pull things out one by one and explore (i.e.: chew on) them.
Hmmm...what to pick, what to pick...
Ezra seems to be exercising his temper. If he is ready for a change or wants something different, he has no qualms about letting you know! Most of the time he is pretty chilled out, but boy oh boy, when that temper flares up, watch out!
He is still such a cuddler which I just love! He will happily sit on your lap for endless amounts of time. He also really enjoys being carried around the house.
I think that about covers it for this month. Lots of big steps and plenty of fun along the way. Next month he has his 9 month check up, so I'll have some height and weight stats to post. In the meantime, have fun looking thru all the photos from this month! Here are Ezra's photos, and here are Caiden's photos.
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