Get to know Reid @ 8 months!

Sweet Baby Reid is eight months old today!  He’s growing and developing so fast that I don’t know where to begin!Eating:  He still nurses 4x a day, and now has three meals a day.  His favorite foods are bananas, sweet potatoes, apples, pears, butternut squash, carrots and chicken.  He really doesn’t like avocados, still.  If you mix anything with applesauce, there’s a good chance he’ll eat it.   His third tooth came in right before Thanksgiving, just in time to try ham for the first time!Sleeping:  Most nights Reid sleeps through the night. Most.  When he does wake up in the night he is screaming mad.  Sometimes we can settle him back to sleep, and other times we give up and turn on some lights to try and break the trance and stop the crying.  He takes two naps a day and they are getting longer, so that is nice!  Once he’s awake we either find him sitting or standing in the crib!Little Personality:  He loves to smile with a big open-mouth grin.  He’s super noisy and seems like he’s trying to carry on a conversation with himself or his toys.  When he’s happy he’ll “flap his wings” and squeak – it’s about the cutest thing you’ve ever seen. Lately he has begun making a cute little grunting/growling noise when busy playing, which is a welcome relief from some of the higher-pitched squeaking he likes to do.On the Move:  Reid is mobile and fast!  He is a pro at crawling, and in the last three weeks has started pulling up on the furniture (and anything else in his way) to get to a standing position and now scoots around the furniture.  Sadie has learned that when he raises his arms and leans forward he’s about to launch himself and she better get moving!  Likes:  being outside, crawling, standing up, swinging, cuddling, reading books, Sadie’s tail, noisy & wet kisses (giving and getting), music & dancing, jumping, bath time…Dislikes:  being cold during the diaper change after bath time, teething pain, being put down for a nap before he’s ready.Favorite Toys:  microphone (as seen in photo below…we don’t get it either…),  Mr. Wonderful (which was a given to Jer at his bachelor party), the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?, and his funny feet elephant from the Hofers…to name a few of his current favorites…Nicknames:  “Mr. Mister” (everyone), “Meatball” (everyone), “Big Guy” (Daddy), “Baby Dude” (Daddy), “No-Lips McGee” (Momma)   Reid in a Few Words:  happy, noisy, charming and loved!