The Schlegel Family: 8 months!

My apologies for the tardiness of this posting. I went back to work and school, so things have been a little hectic around here. The boys love their nanny though and Grandma was just here for a week, so they have been well taken care of in my absence.

At 8 months (5.5 months adjusted) both boys are:

- 12lbs, 8oz and 24 in (Carter) and 14lbs, 4oz and 24.5 in (Anderson)

- Eating 5oz of food 6 or 7 times per day

- No longer sleeping through the night (uggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh) - we're working on it, but they wake up starving and since they are still pretty small for their age, I feel like we need to feed them? Any ideas?

- Rolling around all over the place (Carter more so than Anderson; while Anderson knows how to roll from his back to his tummy, he prefers just laying on his back, but Carter uses rolling as his preferred mode of transportation, so he can get from one side of the room to another pretty quickly)

- Sitting on their own for very short periods of time

- Eating one serving of solid foods per day (they like sweet potatoes, are not so fond of rice cereal and are unsure about bananas)

- Have graduated from seeing the occupational therapist every week to every two weeks! She is very happy with their progress and just wants to keep an eye on things to make sure they stay on track with their development. Her last report stated they are now within "the normal range of development for their adjusted age." Woohoo!!!

Some individual achievements:

- Carter is holding his own bottle for some feedings. He prefers to drink with either one or both thumbs in his mouth along with the bottle

- Carter seems like he is starting to think about crawling. He is on his tummy pretty often, moving all his limbs around and getting frustrated that he's not getting anywhere. He has figured out how to scoot himself backwards, so that's working for him right now.

- Carter is much more interested in solid foods than Anderson. He dive bombs to get the food off the spoon and eats at least twice as much as Anderson.

- Carter is a stomach sleeper. We still lay him down on his back, but he flips over almost immediately.

- Anderson is very interested in blowing raspberries. ALL. THE. TIME.

- Anderson likes any toy where he can stand up and play with it, either in a toy that holds him, or being held by an adult while playing with the toy. He doesn't like being laid down, ever.

- Anderson can hold his own bottle to eat. When he's hungry enough, he'll grab it from you, but the majority of the time he prefers being fed.

- Anderson can sit for longer periods of time on his own than Carter. Perhaps the extra weight he's carrying in the posterior region is helping him out in this task?

Here are a few photos from the 8 month photo shoot. Thanks so much Sarah and Jason Johncock for getting the boys these great shirts!