The Ups, The Downs, and Everything In Between: Beckett James

You just get more fun every month little man. Your personality just keeps busting through!

Stats: No checkup until 9 months. You are definitely growing though. Your nine month clothes fit perfectly!

Likes: Zoe is still your fav. The other day we went in her room while she was at swim lessons and when I opened the door, your face just LIT UP. Then you realized she wasn't in there and you definitely got confused. It was adorable. You get that same excited face every school morning when we go get her. I know this won't last forever, but I'm going to soak it up while you do it. She's like our little, 2.5 year old babysitter :)

Dislikes: Not much has changed since last month. Loud noises…You still scare pretty easily. Being overtired. Being left alone. You like to be sitting by yourself, but you need to be able to see people. You are content for a few minutes while I run around to get laundry done, etc. but it doesn't last very long. Getting your first tooth was also very rough for a few days.

Biggest Achievement This Month: Talking. You would talk by screaming before (not crying, just screaming). But now you are actually babbling sounds. DAADDAAADAAA is your favorite. You've thrown some other consonants here and there too.

Biggest Challenge This Month: The teeth! I should have known this would be rough since you are your own person and the exact opposite of Zoe in every way. I could see your bottom tooth starting to poke through. It just happened to be the day before daddy and I left for VA. You got diarrhea, were fussy during the day, and slept horrible for Nana at night. You had two rough nights when we got home and then were back to normal. You've gotten a few other teeth which have been fine so I guess you just didn't know what was happening that first time.

Sleep: Down for the night around 7:30pm. You then wake any where from 5-6:45am. I'd say your norm is now in the 6 o'clock hour but you have your 5 am days. We bought black out curtains so we'll see how those work :) Sometimes you just chat for 30 minutes to an hour, sometimes you fall back asleep. It's random. You aren't guzzling your bottle in the morning so I know it's not hunger. Your naps are at 9am and 12:30/1pm. At home you just take two naps but you take three at school because of how short they are. Your naps are anywhere from 1-2.5 hours.

Temperament/Personality: Happy, happy, happy! Again, you love to "play" with Zoe. You want everything she has, and she's usually very good about sharing and passing things back and forth.

Eating: I'm thinking you were going through a growth spurt last month. You aren't nearly as interested in eating now. You take FOREVER to eat your bottles and FOREVER to eat your solids at lunch and dinner. You are back down to 6 oz bottles. You take bottles at 6:30/7:00am, 11:30/12pm, 3pm, 7:30pm. The exact times depend on how long your naps are. I've realized you are exhausted at 7:30 no matter how long you nap so now I just let you go as long as you want.

You love your cereal and yogurt. You still like other solids but you are slow at eating. You take your cereal and yogurt and 8am, two small packs or one large pack of food at 11am, and then again at 6/6:30pm.

Randoms: All size 9 month clothes. I am still squeezing you in size 2 diapers to get rid of them but it's caused a lot of blow outs. Your teeth give you the runniest poop which means a lot of soaking clothes in oxy clean. I'm thankful that it saves them but I'm so sick of all the poop! Still in size 3 at night.

Milestones: You now have 3 teeth and another on the way. Both bottom teeth and one fang tooth. How random right?? The other fang tooth is the next one on the way. You are going to look so funny! :) You are sitting awesome on your own. You did tip back once at the camper of course on the cement but you only whined for a second and then were fine. You still can't pull up or come close to crawl. You do try to push yourself forward and spin in circles.