Happy 9 Month Birthday Will!!!

I cannot believe my baby is 9 months old today!! It amazes me how quickly they grow and learn.

Will weighs about 17 pounds now, we haven't had him officially weighed but I think that is about how much he weighs. He has a well visit next week. He loves to pat things, his toys, the wall, water in the bath tub, cold windows, things that make noise, my face, his brothers head, anything really he just loves to pat. Will can sit up very well but I still like to have a pillow behind him. He is starting to sit up extremely straight then try to lean forward and walk his hands in front of him to grab things. He still cannot get up on his hands and knees by himself yet. Will loves to eat baby food, puffs, and gram crackers. We will be starting him on homemade meat baby food this week I hope. Will loves his pacifier, blanket, and mommy. Lately he will lay his head on my shoulder and snuggle with me, I love it!

Last night I we started sleep training Will with Tracy Hogg's method in her book The Baby Whisperer It is called the PI/PD (Pick Up, Put Down) method where you lay the baby down then you pick him up to comfort him and once he is quiet you lay him down and keep doing that. The first time last night that we did this it took him 35 mins to get back to sleep then about 20 mins each time after that. I only got up with him 3 times last night which is AMAZING and I hope it gets better tonight. We started this method with Joshua when he was 14 months old and he started sleeping through the night in 5 days!!!

Well here are some pictures of Will from today! Happy 5 months my baby!!!

Will is 7 months old!!!

Will is now 7 months old. Boy is it hard to believe. He is turing into quite the character. He loves saying 'Dada' over and over again, although he doesn't know who Dada is yet. He also says 'lala' and grumbles a lot. He now has two teeth, he got one on Thanksgiving day and the next one the day after. They are popping up a lot now and boy is he cute with his little white nubs!

He is becoming more mobile. He likes to roll places but doesn't like it once he is there. He usually gets stuck and then starts to cry or whine. He love jumping in his jumper-roo. He sure can bounce high. He can now sit with the assistance of the boppy pillow. He won't throw him self forward any more so I can leave him to play sitting up more than I used to.

He really likes going to book babies on Friday mornings. We sing songs, say poems and read books. He really likes the peek-a-boo song. It goes like this...
Peek-a-boo I see you won't you share a book with me.
Peek-a-boo I see you won't you share a book with me.
I say Peek you say boo readings what we love to do.
I say Peek you say boo readings what we love to do. Then repeat.
We cover our faces when we say peek-a-boo and he smiles so big.

He loves baby food. I have made him almost all of the baby food he has eaten.
Sweet potatoes, harvest squash, green beans/carrots/harvest squash, pears/avocados, peaches/avocados, pumpkin/banana/peaches, pears, carrots, peas. I think that is it.

He is still not sleeping great at night but I am fine with that. He has stopped needing us to walk him around for hours at night to get him back to sleep so I am very thankful of that.



If you click on the pic you can see his teeth.


Sitting up.


My guys!


Will is 7 months old!!!

Will is 4 months old!

On Saturday Will turned 4 months old! It seems unreal that he is that old already. He loves to talk, kick the floor, suck his paci and if that isn't available suck his thumb. He loves to smile, play patti-cake, and do baby sit-ups. He loves looking at his family. He hates laying on his stomach, he is so lazy he won't even try to lift his head up off the floor he just lays there now. He can tolerate the car seat now, so we might venture up to Gillette one of these days. He is old enough to start eating rice cereal but I don't think he is ready. I'd like him to be able to sit in a bumbo before he starts eating food.

We went to his Well check yesterday he is 26 inches long 80th percentile, Weighs 14 pounds 8 1/2 ounces 40th percentile, and his head is measuring 43.1cm just below the 75th percentile.

I'll try to get better at posting pictures more often. I haven't had the time recently. We have all been sick, so I have been busy trying to get healthy and taking care of my sick family.

Joshua has been very cute lately. The other day he held on to Will's hand and said "I love you Will! I love you, I love you, I love you!" It was so cute.

Here are pictures of Will on the day he turned 4 months old.