Weight: I haven't had Henry weighed this month but we should hopefully have a visit from the health visitor soon to have him weighed properly.
Routine: Henry wakes up around 6:30am during the week and then has a nap around 9:30am for half an hour. He then has a longer 2 hour nap at around 1:30pm and then goes to bed at 7:45pm after his bath.
Food: Henry is such a great eater, we've had no problems getting him to try anything and he's always happy to eat new things. We definitely dont need to coax him by turning the spoon into an inaginary aeroplane, he's like a little baby bird, mouth wide open waiting for the next mouthful! He has 3 meals a day, plus snacks 3 times a day and porridge at bedtime. He drinks water from his sippy cup throughout the day too.
Sleep: Henry's sleep is way better than it was, but still not the best! Since being born he has always woken up half an hour after being put down. We never understood why but it was sooo frustrating! He's finally dropped this annoying habit (for the majority of the time!) and now settles for a good stretch when he goes to bed. He usually wakes for a feed when we go up to bed around 11pm and then usually has one more wake up during the night. This mightn't sound great to you, but when I think of the nights of hourly wake ups, it's a vast improvement!
Sizes: Henry is in size 9-12 clothes but he's started to wear some of the smaller 12-18 month things now too....some are still enormous but a few things now fit him. He is wearing size 4+ nappies. We had his feet measured for his first pair of shoes this month and he is size 3G.
Milestones:
• Henry is crawling around like a pro now. He started off dragging himself across the floor commando style for about a week, but is now properly up on his knees finally. Nothing is safe anymore and we have to watch him like a hawk!!
• Henry walks holding our hands, can walk whilst pushing his little cart along and cruises round furniture easily. He is loving his new found independence!
• This is a funny one that's made us all laugh this month. He has such a funny fake cough that he does on purpose for attention/sympathy, especially for his Parpar!! He basically does this little cough to see your reaction and then continues to do it with a huge grin on his face. Most mornings when he sees his Daddy for the first time, the first thing he does is smile and cough until Daddy coughs back!!
• I definitely feel like Henry understands a lot more of what we say to him. When I ask him "Where's Daddy?" or "Where's Marmar?" he looks around with a huge grin on his face. He definitely understands that "ah ah ah" means he's doing something naughty and needs to stop. He makes noises all day and definitely tries to communicate with us too, he's constantly saying mamama at the moment and Mr B is convinced that he means Mummy but I'm not so sure!
• Henry has a top tooth peeking through now to join the two on the bottom. It's definitely given him a lot more pain than the bottom ones did, poor baby.
That's it for this update. As I said, I've loved this month, he's been a real pleasure to have. He makes us laugh everyday and has such a little personality shining through. He's definitely got over his grumpy phase which I'm glad about, I'm not sure whether it was down to separation anxiety with me being back at work or whether it was frustration at not being able to move around. All I know is I have my happy little bean back again.
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