8 Months Old

Carter is 8 months old today.


And he said "mama"! I had him in the jogging stroller this morning and I was sitting in front of him tying my shoes. He stretched his hand out towards me, looked at me, and said "mama". He's said it a few more times today but not necessarily to me. But I'm claiming that he said his first word today and it was mama!


I've been really working on getting Carter to take naps in his crib this week (finally, I know). Yesterday was a complete disaster and the only time he slept was on me after nursing (and during his run with Brian about an hour before bedtime). Today, however, has been a complete success. He took 3 naps in his crib! They were for 1 hour, 25 minutes, and 35 minutes. I've been rocking him in the glider in his room for just a couple of minutes before putting him down. He has been almost asleep when I put him in the crib. I'm going to tackle putting him in his crib fully awake soon but I want him to get used to naps in there first. I seriously doubt tomorrow will be anywhere near as good as today, but at least it's a start!

Next I need to tackle putting him to bed at night awake instead of letting him fall asleep on me when he's nursing and then putting him in his bed after holding him upright for 15 minutes. He's still spitting up if he moves too much right after eating or gets real upset. That's why I've still been putting it off.


Carter had his first taste of Charlotte's food today. Charlotte tends to take one piece of food out of her bowl and eat it in a different part of the house. Sometimes she'll drop it and forget to eat it. Carter crawled into the dining room this afternoon and I followed him in about 5 seconds later and noticed that he looked like he was chewing. I put a finger in his mouth and pulled out a piece of Charlotte's food. What scares me is that he could choke on it. I've been trying to be careful to pick up any stray food and also not let Carter get to Charlotte's food bowl. We may have to find a new location for her food or make her start eating it all at once instead of grazing all day like she does now.


I weighed myself this morning for the first time in awhile. I am now at 124.5 lbs. So that is 2.5 lbs less than when I got pregnant. I have 7.5 lbs to go to get to my target "happy" weight.