Andy's milestones (December 2007)

December 15, 2007 You are 7 days away from being 8 months old

You are pretty sick right now. You have had a constant ear infection for the last 8 weeks. You are on your 5th round of antibiotics, and you’ve had a shot of Rocephin. You got the shot last Friday and it was so sad. It was so painful for you. You cried big crocodile tears. We have an appointment with the ear, nose & throat doctor on Monday – they are going to evaluate you for tubes. You are on your 5th antibiotic while we wait for the doctor’s appointment. You were so sick last night – now you have a barky cough. It’s so sad for you to be so sick. I hope you get better soon!
You are almost 8 months and I can’t believe it. I don’t know where the time has gone. I am so sad that you are getting so big so fast. You are such a joy. So cute, laughing, cooing, talking, giggling – all the time. You are the happiest baby by far. So sweet and cuddly.

You are sitting up, rolling all around. If we put you on your stomach – you get your feet under you and try to move. I don’t think it will be long before you’ll be crawling.

You wear size 4 diapers, size 9-12 months clothes (a little tightly – 12 months is best for you), drink 8 ounces of milk, eat baby food 3x day. You are on stage 2 foods – you don’t like meats, cereals – and now you are leaning more towards the fruits rather than food. You like orange vegetables better than green.

You are sleeping through the night – but you wake up many times a night to have your pacifier put back in your mouth. Either mommy or daddy sleeps in the room w/you.

Benjamin adores you. He loves to sit in the floor and play with you. He dotes over you whenever he has the chance. He talks to you like you are a person and loves to play with you. William – he loves you too. He’s concerned about you, but only really wants to play w/you if someone else is giving you attention. William & Ben call you Andrew and mommy & daddy call you Andy.

You clasp both your hands when you are excited – like you are signing milk w/both hands. It’s the funniest thing. You have done that for quite sometime now. You kinda twist your hands at the wrist and sign milk. Very cute – but we’re not sure what it means.

We introduced a few signs, milk, eat, more, bath, diaper change… I think you’ve produced milk – but it could be the wrist twisting thing – not sure.