8 Months old! This special little man is growing so fast and is such a wonderful addition to our family.
Take a look at this smiley little boy! He is always happy to see us, always smiling, and that cute smile is very contagious.
Mr Noah has had an eventful month. On one of John's work trips out of town, Noah decided to catch a lovely summer cold. He was terribly congested and snotty, fevers, and a bad appetite. This warranted a trip to the pedi as he started wheezing, retracting, and having a difficult time breathing. In the pedi office, the NP gave us around-the-clock nebulizer treatments and graciously invited us back for a visit the next day. She was worried about needing a hospitalization, so we were hoping to avoid this step if necessary. It was a long, not fun evening, but thankfully at the next day's appointment, Noah was slowly sounding better and not wheezing as much. Although he did have double ear infections requiring some antibiotics. No hospitalization needed, but we needed to call and give report to the pedi staff for the remainder of the weekend and the info would be passed to the on call doctor. If they were concerned they could call me back, but if not, we were okay to continue with breathing treatments and finish the antibiotics. It was a slow recovery, but Noah was a trooper and made it through smooth sailing, even with a few smiles on his face.
Noah has really started crawling and moving around. He is completely crawling and has forgotten about the little army crawl business he started out doing. Once he sets his eyes on something, he is on the move. This new-found moving freedom has brought out the over-protective sister in Hannah. She has started "hoarding" toys on the couch so Noah can't reach them. This didn't last very long because Noah figured out how to pull himself up to stand by the couch and is now reaching for things. Noah is so proud of himself when he stands, he looks around and smiles. He is a funny little boy!
Noah has also started interacting with us more. He starts clapping when we say "yea!" and loves to hear the noise his hands make when he claps. He is also starting to wave. He doesn't quite move his fingers, but holds his arm/hand up. He is becoming more interested in his books, but still wants to eat them more than see what's on the pages.
Noah has become quite the little eater. He loves all food so far, except squash, that one he doesn't seem to enjoy. He loves all fruits too and certainly scarfs those up pretty quickly. He loves his puffs and snatches them up into his mouth as fast as he can. He has figured out that if he slams his hands on the highchair the puffs move closer to him. We constantly are picking up the puffs because he loves watching them fly all over when he slams the highchair.
Noah is still working on his teeth, we haven't seen any poking through yet. But he certainly is a drooling machine! And everything goes from his hands and into his mouth, constantly gnawing on a toy. That must feel good rubbing against his gums. He likes to suck on the cold, gel toys we put in the fridge, and the cool must feel good on these warmer days as well. Hopefully we see something pearly poking through soon!
Noah is an okay sleeper. He wakes rather frequently, cries a little bit, we give him his paci, and he typically falls back to sleep. We have discovered that he does not like to sleep in a pack and play. For whatever reason, he wakes WAYY too much in those and is not a happy little man if we try to make him CIO. In addition to the pack and play business, he also does not like to sleep anywhere other than at home. He does pretty terrible when we stay overnight anywhere. He must really love his bed!! But Hannah was pretty similar, she preferred to sleep in her room at home as well. Kids are certainly creatures of habit.
Here are my 2 favorite kiddos in the whole world!! These two make my heart so happy :)
