Well, today is actually September 8, 2014, that I am starting this post. I figured if I start now, I might actually be posting by the time his is actually 9 months. Which means I have 11 days to update the past three months on his development. Here is goes.
Sleep Patterns: Since our vacation in Sechelt, Spencer's sleep habits have been off. I haven't been putting him in the crib to fall asleep, if he doesn't fall asleep while having his snack of a bottle or yaybie. For the few weeks after getting back he was a handful to settle down for a nap. In hind sight it might have been a little to do with he was no longer on the awake for 2 hours nap for 1 rotation. He had moved on to awake for 3 hours or so and then sleep for 40-120 minutes. Which is why he was fighting going down for a nap after 2 hours. He was starting to wind down but wasn't quite ready to sleep. For a long while he nitht time habits were, go down to sleep around 8 (give or take depending on the day), and then when Deb and I would go to bed around 11 he would get sleep fed either a bottle or yaybie. (If I haven't covered the slang yaybie, look up a you tube video of it. It is a comic that thinks BOOb is a negative word with boo in it, the term stuck from early on.) After Spencer's sleep feed he would sleep until about 7, sometimes a little earlier but it was an excellent routine. This was also disrupted by vacation, and him being sick with the stomach bug we were all afflicted with a couple weeks ago. The past couple nights he seems to be getting back to the old, better routine. It is nice to get more than 2 hours or sleep in a row lately.
Doctor's Visits: He hasn't had any doctor's measurements done recently. Home done measurements are he is now 8.6 kg which is 19 pounds. His head still looks a little big, but as Deb says, that is to house all those brains he is developing, lol. He measures about 30" tall. A lot of people mistake him for a year old for how tall he is.
Spencer's neck seems to be doing very well. It is nice when he is sat on our lap and we see how straight he holds his head now. It makes the screaming stretches worth it now. We are glad we caught it early and dealt with. Thank you to Calgary Physio.
His testicles from Hydroseal seem to be doing better as well. We have a follow up appointment with the urologist at the end of September, with an ultrasound the week before. I don't see there being any issues with that.
Spencer's cheeks still suffer from breakouts that fluctuate from day to day. When they get bad we have started using Aveno cream for Baby Eczema. Poor little guy. He also seems to break out in diaper rash worse around when he is about to pop teeth through. Poor little guy. Neither seem to really bother him though which is good.
Food: Spencer almost eats everything now. We have changed brands of cereal though as when he is on Gerber or knock offs his cheeks seem to get worse, especially oats. He seems to do better on Heinz cereals, so we have been sticking to that, but this might just be a coincidence. His favourite foods right now are yogurt, and most things that come out of a squeezm. When on vacation, we had purchased some store bought ones that seem to be main ingredient of apple sauce. He is now hard put to eat straight veggies, so we have been making a mix to put in some refillable squeezms that we got off Amazon and lowering the quantity of apple sauce. One of he current mixes are: Blueberries, couscous, carrots, apples sauce and chickpeas. We try and feed him a little of what ever we are eating. His full meals usually consist of a savory like, chicken mixed with carrots, peas and edamame or a lentil chili, then he will have some infant cereal, then some of the blueberry mix or something similar, and to top it off, some yogurt, all accompanied by a side of formula. As we are getting this ready he usually has some puffed wheat and or cheerios. When he wants to, this boy can eat a LOT.
While on the trip to Sechelt, Spencer learned to drink from a straw. This is great for on the go, and when he wants some water. We are still using sippie cups and that is going well. He sometimes lifts it himself, but that is still a work in progress.
He still isn't a fan of bottles during the day, unless he is going down for a nap. On the upside though, he is more prone to taking the yaybie to go down for a nap now which is good. Before he was fighting taking the yaybie because he would then fall asleep most of the time, but now as he is going down and/or waking up he will have some breast milk. I am still taking Domperidone to help with my milk supply and that is helping keep things going. I can feed through the night and most naps, provided I drink enough water through the day.
Somewhere in this three months, Spencer outgrew his Lamb swing. He still has a different swing that he still fits. Occasionally he sits in it and watches the fish in our tank as some quite time. But he usually doesn't fall asleep in there.
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