Tate is almost 10 months old and he is getting to be so much fun! So glad he is much happier now and loves to eat food. I am not going to lie but Tate was a very hard newborn and life was pretty hard but now that he is older and not teething as much he is a good baby. Tate like to be around other people and babies. The Summer time is so much fun b/c everyone is out of school and we get to play all day long. Tate and I normally go and hang out with his cousins (my sister in laws & their kids).
Things Tate likes: EATING (thats number one) swimming, playing with his dad and cousins, the beach, going on walks or runs, listening to music with mommy, playing with G'ma & G'pa, crawling on everything, diving head first off the bed, walking with his little walker, sucking on his pacifier, crawling up stairs, bath time, the vacuum, exploring, nursing, attention, and love any kind of ball.
Things Tate doesn't like: getting dressed, having to sit on our laps, getting his diaper changed, scary looking people, pocky grass, having his hands held down (haha he hates that), taking a nap anywhere else but his carseat or crib, sleeping through the night without comfort feeding, and his jumper.
Tate knows what he wants and tries very hard to get it. I know we are in for a fun ride with him but he is pretty darn funny and makes my heart full. He is growing pretty fast these days. In one month he grew a whole pound and an inch and a half. So now he weighs 17lbs 5oz and is 28.5 inches. Still small but he is healthy and happy. He now has eight teeth. Four on the bottom and four on the top. Watch out finger! Those teeth hurt. He has gotten me twice while nursing but not horrible bad. I get pretty nervous though. He will not take a bottom with formula in it. I dont blame him, it taste sick. I havent tried pumping and giving him one, too much work. So we just nurse once in the morning, afternoon, and night. He takes about two good naps a day. One in the morning for about two hours and another one in the late afternoon for about an hour or more. He goes to bed around 9. I would like him to have an earlier bed time but we wouldn't ever be about to go anywhere at night. So we are ok with him going to bed when we get home.
Tate does great when there is a lot going on around him. He gets board easy if not and complains more. If there is lots going on he is distracted. If you want him to be a happy clam then u have to feed him constantly. He eats just about everything we do expect milk, peanut butter, and honey. He will eat just about anything u give him. He loves crackers, sweet things, and those squish pouches. They are too expensive to buy so i bought those refillable kinda and have been making my own stuff to put in them. Tate poops about once a day typically in the morning and its funny b/c he has a pooping position he gets in. He gets very quite ( and gets on all fours, sticks he but up in the air and goes. Funny boy. Or should i say stinky boy.
My little boy love to play with everything he isn't allow to play with. All the dangerous things like cord and plugs. He LOVES them. U put him in a room and thats the first thing he goest for. He likes glass things try to grab and play with them. He like to play with the floor fans, the stairs, my keys, loves balloons, and plastic stuff. He likes to hit his head on things, climb up on whatever he can. Somehow this boy find trouble no matter how hard i try to baby proof things. The other day he got into my purse and found an apple in it and started to bit into it. haha. He know when you say No and he knows what it means. He listens pretty good when you tell him no. He will stop to see if i am looking when he about to do something he knows he not suppose to.
Some other fun fact about Tate would be he loves to talk and his very vocal and loud. we would die at church without a pacifier. kinda dreading the day when we have to say goodbye to it. I have to keep a close eye on him constantly. He likes to shake his head no and wave hi and bye. We are trying to teach him how to clap and say yes with his head but not yet. He likes to dance and copy what u are doing. So cute. HE rocks his body up and down when there is music. He love to throw and hit things. HE has a death grip when he grabs my hair. Tate likes to play in the bathroom. He likes playing with the toilet paper roll and hits the toilet paper so it starts to unroll down then he pulls the toilet paper apart and eats it. Haha he is such a boy! He like to try to climb into the tub. He stands there on the outside of it hitting and yelling. He really likes bath time. Still doesn't like to go under the water but doesn't cry now like he use to. Tate loves new toys and places. He is defiantly an explorer. He goes off in the house by himself. He doesn't cry when i leave the room or house, thank goodness. He doesn't cry in his car seat hardly at all, doesn't cry as much when he falls over. He would cry all the time if he felt like he was going to fall or did fall over. He is a very messy eater. I feel like he needs a bath every time i put him in this highchair. Well enough about Tate. I could go one for a long time.
We are having a fun summer and we love having daddy around more now that the house his done. We went camping a couple weeks ago and that was fun. I will blog about that another time. My little brother comes home in two days and i cant wait for him to meet Tate. We are going to mammoth in a couple weeks with my family and it will be fun. later!!!!!
