8 month old Jaxson is my favorite stage so far. Just in the last two weeks he has become the easiest baby on the face of the planet. Seriously!
6:30-7:00am: Jaxson wakes up.
(He just started sleeping an hour longer. I can tell you the difference 6:45 makes compared to 5:45).
7:00am: Breakfast in bed with mommy and daddy! I give him 5oz and lay him inbetween the two of us. He lets us know when he is done with a hard wack on the face with his bottle.
7:15-8:00am: Jaxson and I play. He just started to crawl so we play hide and seek and race to the ball. Jax's favorite toys are ping pong balls. Really any ball he loves. But its ping pong balls that he can play with for hours!
8:00am-8:30: Breakfast is served. He eats little pieces of bread while I prepare him some of my homemade baby food. I just bake or boil the fruits and veggies. Then blend them up. Then add some spices. His favorites are pears w/cinnamon and Sweet Potatoes. He also loves his banana avocado yogurt breakfast. He still hasn't started teething so I can't give him as many chunks as he would like but hopefully soon.
8:30-9:30: Play some more. I take him jogging on my jogging stroller sometimes and other times we just go for a walk. Since i'm at the grandparents a lot of time my and mom just play with him some more. He loves it.
9:30-11:00: NAP TIME. Mommy hangs out with family/cleans/reads/gets ready for the day.
11:00: I wake him up. And... yep you got it... we play some more. He also just learned how to go from crawling to sitting up. So thats really fun for him.
12:00-12:25: I hold him in the rocking chair while I feed him
12:25-1:00: More Play time. This child has the life, lets be honest.
1:00-1:25: Lunch is served. I'm trying to get him to like green beans. So far i've tried regular old green beans and green beans with garlic. Both utter failures. A lot of times i' also give a few left overs. Like mashed potatoes. Oh how he loves mashed potatoes.
1:25-2:00: This is probably he 1 of 2 fussy stages. He generally does pretty well. But I do tend to hold him more during this time. He is just tired. So when we finally make it to 2:00...
2:00: NAP TIME
2:00-3:30: I just hang out. Yep my life is so easy right now. I think when we're not living with 10 other people i'll actually get some productive things done. But not today and not for 20 more days. Nope. For the next 20 days we will play play play!
3:30: I wake him up
3:30-5:45: Is normally when I do all my errands. Jaxson is an angel child in the store. I don't believe i've ever been with him when he has cried in a store. He is MESMERIZED by people. MESMERIZED by light. MESMERIZED by stuff. He just talks and yells and squeals. And I love it. Unless we're in a bank... signing up for a checking account... and he squeals... then you get strange looks.
BED TIME ROUTINE
5:45-6:10: Bath time
6:10-6:30: Feed him milk
6:30-6:40: Feed him some yummy fruits and veggies
6:40-6:55: Let him play and crawl and get his last bit of energy out.
6:55-7:00: Family Prayer, Silent night, Hugs from mom and dad,
and lay him in his crib! We lay him in his crib wide awake and he doesn't even cry anymore. It is AWESOME!!!! He just quietly tosses and turns until he is ready to go to sleep. Love it.
7:00-7:00: SLEEP! He wakes up at least once still, but he is doing LOADS LOADS better at sleeping.
And thats that. I'm loving him right now. I'm loving LOVING being a mom right now. And I think its a good thing that I wrote down his schedule because... it looks like it might be changing. Since he has been in his crib for 30 minutes and still hasn't fallen asleep. Just when you think you get the hang of it... they let you know... "NOPE MOM! Keep trying ;)!"
I. LOVE. IT.
Happy Tuesday
P.S. Its now Wednesday... and he refused to take his naps yesterday and woke up at 5:45 morning ;). So much for my easiest child on the face of the planet post!
