I realize the danger in announcing this, but we're just so excited that I have to share: Andy has slept through the night for the past week! He goes to bed about 8pm and wakes up around 6:30am. After all the problems we've had with sleep, it's nice to finally see some advancements. There still is plenty of room for improvement: we currently rock/cuddle him to sleep (we'd like him to learn to fall asleep on his own) plus naps are still difficult, but we just are so pleased to finally see some light at the end of the sleep-deprived tunnel!
Plus, Andy now is a champion eater. It took almost over 4 months of daily trying, but he now has taken to solid foods. He does great at every meal. His favorites are actual bananas, carrots, and peaches plus baby food applesauce, sweet potatoes and yogurt. He loves Cheerios, rice cakes, and surprisingly enough, chick peas and black olives. His only real dislike is green beans (can't say I blame him!).
Andy now crawls quite well. He started by doing an army-style crawl, but now is up on all fours and traveling with lightning speed. That means I spend a lot of time chasing him! We installed our baby gates, electrical covers, cord covers, etc. this past weekend. We still need to close off a few drawers in the kitchen. Andy wants to explore it all!
I'm attaching some recent photos. I love the one of him seriously "studying" the LeapPad! The other one is at a nearby park on Mother's Day. Many thanks to Uncle Jim for taking and sharing some of these!
How great that Andy is "growing up" to sleep and eat - worth celebrating! The pictures of our little grandchild are absolutely adorable. Of course we always think that. Can't help it if we just have really cute grandkids! Must take after their parents.
ReplyDeleteYea Kris! Did you even remember what it felt like to not be sleep deprived? So happy for you (and Andy). Also glad to see he got to wear the Mickey vest!
ReplyDeleteGo Andy!! That is worth celebrating. You know, we got very lucky with Brianna in having her take to falling asleep on her own at a very early age. Then, just around Thanksgiving last year, we hit a "phase" that she is still in! Refusing to fall asleep on her own! But she sleeps the whole night. The majority of me feels that as along as she is sleeping the whole night, that's what counts. Because then mommy gets to sleep!! Congratulations to Andy on all of his accomplishments. And for hitting the 9 month mark!!
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