Day to Day with my 8 month old.

I am always searching the web to see how much other 8 months are sleeping, or eating. What they are doing, or enjoy. I hope this can help someone else. It will also help me remember what 8 months was like when our next child is this age.

Monday-Friday:
*I get Alex out of bed at 7:25am. If he wakes up before this time he just plays in bed with his bears, until I come in to get him. I change his diaper, and get him dressed. Then he lays in the boopy and has a 6 ounce bottle while I finish getting ready. We leave for work at 7:45.

*From 8-9 Alex plays with the girls, or crawls around trying to keep up with them. He loves all the space at work, and all the furniture that he can use to cruise with.

*Next comes his morning nap. It's never very long and always falls somewhere between 9 and 10:30.

*When he wakes up he gets a diaper change, and a 4 ounce bottle. As long as it's nice out we all head out as soon as he is done. Most days we take a mile walk, and then come back and play outside with the girls next door until noon.

*For lunch Alex has been having a half of a stage 2 fruit or vegetable mixed with cereal, a few puffs, and a sippy cup of water. When everyone is done with lunch Alex gets another diaper change, and a 4 ounce bottle. Then he gets to play with Megan while I put the other 2 girls down for a nap.

*Between 1:30 and 2 Alex takes his other nap. Yesterday was a big shock because Alex slept from 1:15-4:15! He has never had that long of a nap before! Most days he has a 2 hour nap somewhere in the middle of 1pm-4:30pm.

*When he wakes, again, he gets a diaper change and a 4 ounce bottle. If it's not too hot we go right back outside until it's time to head home at 5:30.

*If it's been a bad nap day Alex likes to sleep in the car on the ride home. If it's been a SUPER bad nap day I will put his car seat in his room with the fan on and let him sleep for a little while. We have not had to do this for awhile though.

*So when we get home he helps me let the dogs out, and then he plays while I make dinner. For dinner he gets half of a stage 2 vegetable, and half of a stage 2 fruit both mixed with cereal. He also gets to have his sippy cup with water. He gets puffs when he is done, and we are starting other finger foods like diced banana. When we are all done he gets another diaper change and a 4 ounce bottle.

*For the rest of the night we all play together. Alex isn't really into toys right now. He would much rather like to work on standing, walking, and crawling. We also like to take the dogs for a walk on cool nights.

*Around 8:30 we start to get him ready for bed, or earlier if it's a bath night. He gets a clean diaper, lotion, and his pj's on. Then dad feeds him a 6 ounce bottle, and I do prayers with him before I put him down for the night.

The only thing that is really different on the weekends is that we are gone a lot more. His feedings pretty much stay the same, but he tends to take more short naps. Maybe it's because he ends up falling asleep in the car while we are out, then he thinks he has had a nap even though it was only for 10 minutes.

In two weeks 1 of my nanny kids goes back to school, and one of the other kids will be in preschool so I plan to add some solids for breakfast at that time. Right now it is just to crazy here in the mornings, and I don't want to have to wake Alex up any earlier then I do now. As it is I feel bad having to wake him in the mornings!