Gavin is 8 Month Old (February 26)

We discovered this last month that Gavin will not do anything he doesn't want to do. We have been trying to drop his 11:00 p.m. feeding for months. He just refused to eat at 7:30 before he went to bed, so he had to eat at 11. Then while my sister was babysitting him, he decided to finish his bottle before going to bed. That first night he got up at 3 a.m., but we were able to put him back to sleep without feeding. Now, he will finish an 8 oz bottle before bed time, sleep till 5:30 a.m. (this is Gavin's magic hour where no matter what we do, he will wake up at this time), drink a bottle and then go back to sleep in his own bed. Before now when Gavin woke up at 5:30 a.m. he would "sleep" in our bed because he was so noisy he would wake up Dallin. This is a huge celebration for me because before I could never go to bed before 11 and I was up at 5:30 every morning. I feel like a new women because I'm actually getting a decent amount of sleep! I know a 22 pound baby shouldn't need to eat at 5:30, but I can fight it and hold him off till 7 a.m. and not sleep, or I can feed and then go back to bed. I choose to sleep. I have learned too that fighting Gavin is pointless. When he wants to sleep past 5:30, he will (he actually has a couple of times.)

Gavin's other big news is that he decided to roll over from his front to his back. Again, we have worked with him on this for three months. He would roll onto his front, play for a little, then start crying until Dallin or I came and rolled him over (he reminded me of a slug.) Then one day last month, he just rolled over. We weren't playing with him or anything. He wanted a toy and rolled over. It will be interesting to see how this part of his personality manifest as a teenager...

So, at 8 months Gavin is almost sleeping through the night, rolling all over the house, trying to push himself up to get ready to crawl, enjoys sitting and playing with toys, and eating like a champ. He does three 8 oz bottles a day (we just barely dropped a bottle), eats three meals a day, and can drink from a sippy cup. He likes his snacks and can put them in his mouth by himself. He likes bigger snacks like biter biscuits over puffs and cheerios because he will still choke on a puff every once in awhile. Gavin has been teething and drooling all month, but we haven't felt the tooth yet. Gavin teething means he is a little crankier, but cranky for Gavin would seem like a normal temperament for any other mom. He is a very happy, giggling baby.