My baby Braden

Gosh how you have grown this month. You started rolling and scooting all over the place just after you turned 7 months and in the last couple days (2/2/16) You can crawl. You can sit up for long periods of time. You always like to have mama in sight but sometimes want to play on your own. You no longer like to be held and fed a bottle but prefer to feed yourself. You also no longer need to be rocked to sleep and put yourself to sleep every nigh that past month. You refuse to eat baby food but will eat any adult food I let you try. Even though you mostly end up just gagging on it you still beg to keep trying. Still no teeth my late bloomer, but that does not stop you. The last week of January you had "the diaper rash from hell" it seriously lasted a week and your poor bum is still healing. Not sure what it was, but it was a nasty tummy bug for sure. 

You smile all the time at your family. You have the deepest belly laughs that I just want to catch in a box and keep forever. 

I think you are pretty good at sleeping now but I believe the 8-10 month old sleep regression is going to happen soon. So we will see. It's such a cruel joke that as babies start to form a sleep schedule they hit these stages of regression and it's hard on everyone. For now you go to bed at 7pm. Wake (sometimes) around 12, always 3, usually 5:30 or 6:30 and then up for the day around 7-7:30. I was more hopeful that you would be sleeping a solid 12 hours by now but I think you lack of eating baby cereal or anything else just keeps you less full at night. 

Then you take your first nap around 10am and sleep anywhere from 45 min to an hour and a half. It's wonderful. Next your up for the day and playing till a nap between 2-3 and this one I consider your good nap. It's been close to two hours these days. It's been so nice. Gives me time to spend with Madison one on one and get some chores done around the house. So if anything you Are a much better napped than she ever was. 

Oh little boy I just love you so much. You make my momma heart so happy. And maybe it's because your dad swears that we are done having kids, but I feel like we have a special kinda bond. I've heard boys have a special love for their moms before; I guess I never believed it. You can drive me crazy and ,y arms want to fall off from holding you so often but these days are already going too quickly. 

I feel like my free time is almost non existent these days. Shoot I can't even keep this journal up to date for you guys right now. The saying goes "the days are long but the years are short" and yes as cheesy as it is, it is 100% accurate.