I don't understand how time has flown by so fast. I swear.. once Ben turned 3 months old it seems like my life has been on fast forward times 3. Ben will be 9 months old on the 30th, and I wanted to give a little update on little man's life thus far.
Ben has been crawling since 6 months, and now pulls up, climbs up the stairs (in less than 1 minute), he can push his walker himself- but only a few steps. I really think that in 1.5 months he will be walking. I'm trying to deviate a plan to stop this, because once he starts walking it's really going to get crazier in our household. I won't need to work out anymore because I'll be chasing Ben around all day.
Sleeping has been our biggest challenge in the recent weeks. I mentioned in an earlier post that Ben had been sleeping with us.. well, wait for it.... not anymore! We started "Ferberizing" him last week. Which means that we let him cry in his crib for a few minutes, then go comfort him, then let him cry, them comfort him, and repeat until he falls asleep. So far I would call it a success. The first three nights were rough though because he threw up in his crib- talk about feeling like a bad mom. My poor child cried so hard he puked- go me. I felt like s**t, and almost stopped the process, but with assurance from my doc and other mommies I continued on, and am glad because Ben is now falling asleep every night between 7:45-8, all while putting up a weaker fight each night. He will pass out from 8-1, but then at 1am he decides to wake up. This is normally the hardest part of the night, because it normally takes us a few hours to get him to go back to sleep. Often we have to give him a bottle- which we try to avoid, but in the middle of the night it's kind of hard to not do what you know will help him sleep. Evan is the strong one at night, because I'm always like "forget this, let's put him in the bed" which obviously would be 4398243 steps backward. Thank goodness Evan is there to be strong and get him back to sleep..whew. Hopefully within a few more days (weeks) he will be resting peacefully for a solid 10-12 hours and I can dance around my house with joy.
Ben eats everything, including meat. Happy Baby makes chicken and turkey "meals" that are all organic, and good for Ben. To me, and I'm sure to everyone else, they look like cat food, but to Ben they are a gourmet meal. Yum? I've also started feeding him more table foods. For example, if we go grab Mexican at night, I always order Ben a plate of sliced avocado, and smush it up with my fork- it's his fave. Avocado is definitely his new favorite food. I guess the smushy, soft and buttery texture feels good on his little gums because he will eat it up in t-minus 30 seconds. He's also eating pasta with olive oil, and plain rice + his usual fruits and veggies . No sugar or salt yet (or ever)..yeah right.
Speaking of gums, Ben now has two bottom teeth and two top center teeth for (duh) a total of 4 adorable, sparkling white teeth. I love his top teeth because they have a charming little gap between them. He's very shy about letting you feel and/or see his teeth, so consider yourself lucky if you've seen his elusive little gap teeth- they're awesome.
Ben now has a pretty extensive vocab too! His first words were "uh oh" which was discovered by our wonderfully nanny, Liz. She was strolling him through the mall one day when he dropped his toy and exclaimed "uh oh!". How cute is that?? Liz says she has probably said it around him a lot when he dropped his toys. I love it. Now every time he dropped something he shouts "uh oh!". It's awesome. He also waves and says "bye bye". If anyone around him says "bye" he automatically starts waving. I will have to upload a video, because it's too cute for words. Ok.. Ok, I've got to stop because I'm gushing, and it's annoying I know. But, I'm sorry- Ben's awesome and if you don't like it, don't read my blog- haha!
Other (questionable) words that he has said are bad and button. I say questionable because I can't decide if he means to say them or if his sounds just sound like the words. He said "baaaaa- ahd" while I was changing his diaper yesterday. He has a really bad diaper rash which stemmed from him being constipated over the weekend (I'll spare you the details), so changing him is really uncomfortable to him. So he was crying, and I was wiping, and I said "I'm sorry Ben, that silly diaper rash is BAD!" and he repeated me by saying "bahhhh-aaahd". It was really funny.
I'm trying to think if there is anything else extraordinary that I've left out. Ben now weighs 20.3 pounds and his between 29 and 30 inches long. He wears a size 12-18 months shirt, but 6 month pants because his waist is teeny tiny. It's funny because all his pants are like little Capri's. Evan doesn't think it's too funny though because he said he was always teased in school because his pants were too short. Evan said I can never ever ask Ben "where's the flood?".
We are so lucky to have him in our lives. We thank God every night for our awesome little Ben-man. Pictures to come-- I promise!
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