Cael turned 8 months old on Thursday. He started crawling shortly after he turned 7 months old, but has been crawling backwards since he was 6 months old. He's pretty speedy now and is obsessed with shoes and vacuum cleaners. I'm not sure why he likes to chew on shoes, but we have to remember to put them in the closet by the front door after taking them off. If he hears the vacuum start up he races to it and will just watch amazed as I vacuum with it. No teeth yet, but lots of drooling. He still spits up a lot, which is very annoying. Now that he is crawling everywhere he leaves a trail of spitup for me to clean up. We go through lots of carpet cleaner! He's still a good eater, but has seemed to slow down a little bit and not eat quite as much as he used to. He is getting pretty good at eating finger foods such as his mum-mums, and puffs. He even fed himself part of a pumpkin muffin the other day that I crumbled uo for him. He still prefers to nurse, but will happily take a bottle of breastmilk if it's offered to him. What a relief for me! He's a great sleeper and takes a morning and an afternoon nap of about 1 1/2 - 2 hours. He also is asleep within minutes of laying down. At night he sleeps about 12 hours straight without a peep. He is starting to enjoy having books read to him and will pay attention now instead of just trying to chew on them. Also, something that I am really enjoying, is he is becoming more cuddly and likes to cuddle with me. He will reach his arms up when he wants to be picked up or crawl over to me and try to climb into my lap. When we rock in his rocking chair he lays his head down and will snuggle. I love it! Cael and Ayden are best buddies, too. Ayden will get down on the floor and crawl with him or lead the way somewhere as Cael crawls after him. He is such a good big brother and is always playing with him and entertaining him. I think it helps a lot that Cael is mobile now and can get places on his own. I'm sure they will be chasing around after each other once he is walking. I'm still amazed by how smiley and happy Cael is. He's so easy-going and can easily entertain himself. It's not very often that he is cranky or in a bad mood. It's hard to believe that in 4 months we will be celebrating his 1st birthday!
While I was taking Cael's 8 month pictures, he was cuddling the bear, and I got a lot of cute photos that I had to share....
Cael and Ayden playing in the hallway.
Eating his first muffin. A pumpkin one, yummy!
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He really is SOOO sweet! I swear he's never without a smile on his face these days. Charlotte also has always been significantly more cuddly than Eloise was at that age, which sure makes me feel more appreciated. I love the picture of Cael nearly off the chair :)
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