Wild Man

Evan has been crawling for a month now and he's just a wild man! He can get anywhere! He loves to crawl over to whatever Connor is doing and get in there and make him scream. The other day he crawled over to Connor made him scream, turned around and went to Marley and smacked her (she growled at him) then went to the couch where Sophie was sitting and pulled her tail. He can pull up on most things and is starting to cruise around things.

He's getting picky about meal time too. He wants to feed himself and smacks the spoon when I try to feed him. I think I looked just as bad as he did after this episode. He still doesn't have any teeth so it's hard to find things that are hard enough that he can pick up but soft enough to gum.

Connor wanted to get in on the picture taking! Connor has moved into Pull-Ups which he calls underwear. He is also voluntarily sitting on the potty. We haven't actually used the potty yet, but he's interested. He can even get his "underwear" off by himself and sit on the potty alone! Big boy! He's also grown 1.25" in the last 3 months! He's turning into a boy!

We started sleep training with Evan. He gets mad when I set him in the crib, but the first night he only cried for 34 min before rolling over and falling asleep...on my hand. The second night was 30 seconds and the third night he just went to sleep. We did do some naps in there too so he's getting lots of practice in going to sleep in there. The problem seems to be staying asleep. The first two nights he was done around 2:30 am and I brought him in, but last night it was 12:30. I tried to let him cry back to sleep but 45 min later and I just brought him to bed. Poor little guy is so sad in there. So we're making great strides but still have a ways to go...but he's only 8 months old! He's also too busy wreaking havoc during the day! So he's not nursing which means he wants to "fill up" at night...which is our main problem! We'll get there soon though I'm sure.