Collier is 8 months!!!

I can't believe it!! Technically this is a day early.

I know I just posted about Collier so a lot of this is going to be a repeat. But here goes!

Weight: 17lbs 14oz. Not sure on the height.

~Still has just 2 teeth.
~Collier is officially talking! He can say Dada!
~He has learned how to clap!
~He is "walking" ;) with the assistance of a the walker pushing toy. Obviously he's not really walking but its still cute!
~He can climb the stairs.
~His balance is getting there. He can let go of the furniture for a couple seconds before he falls. ~His falls are also controlled now. Before he would let go and just fall directly back and hit his head. Now he lets go and falls down to a crawling position.

As I said before he is eating three meals a day and usually just eats what we are having. He's starting to get sick of the cheerios though. He loves cereal bars. cold cereal, fruit.....well really he just loves everything! He is still breast feeding. He probably nurses 10 times a day. He also gets usually at least one formula bottle a day.

He takes about 2-3 naps a day. Usually a morning one like around 10, another around 1, and then another around 4 or 5. Bedtime has is around 8 or 9. We don't have a definite sleep schedule so it varies. He still wakes at night quite a bit. I think he just knows I'm there and wants the comfort of breast feeding. Wyatt is going to start giving him a water bottle at night and see how he does. If he's actually hungry it won't work but if he just wants the comfort of sucking it should do the job. It worked last night, I didn't nurse him at all in the middle of the night. We're playing this by ear though since we don't know how much milk he is really getting during the day. But I'm hoping this will encourage him to eat during the day! He still cosleeps the majority of the night. Which is fine. We love cuddling! :)

He is def. wearing 6-9 month clothing. I think by January he will be wearing 12 month. I need to hurry up and get the use at the 6-9 clothes...haha! He is wearing size 4 diapers, but I think 3 would still fit. The 4 are a little big.

He is no longer a paci baby. He gave that up right after he turned 7 months. Which is funny because B gave it up at the same time. I'm going to buy him some sippy cups and try to start him on those. Hopefully, he'll catch on to holding them pretty soon since he's not really use to holding bottles.

He doesn't really play with baby toys to much. He likes the big toys. His favorites are the leap frog table, musical chair, and the drop and roar dinosaur. He also still likes his swings as long as Daddy puts him in it. He doesn't like it when Mommy does it. He also still likes the jumperoo.

He is really starting to show is personality. Which is ornery! He loves to bug his Sister. He has even started pulling her hair. Today we were doing one of her activity books and he wouldn't leave her alone for anything. Brenna asked why he was bothering her, and I told her that was his job...lol! That's just what litte brothers do. He also has a "temper". I have learned his "mad" cry. Which happens quite often because he thinks he should be able to do whatever he wants. But he is also still a sweet little boy that loves to cuddle. He has also started to show interest in cartoons. He will watch them and get very dazed on them. B never did this! These 8 months have been amazing and I can't believe my baby boy is going to be 1 in 4 months. :(