Eating and Sleeping

Kail has really begun to enjoy eating.  The other day at Grandpa and Grandma Mitton's house he discovered the ability to play with his food while he eats it.  SOME of it still got in his mouth, I'm just not sure how much, and I was very very grateful that we had taken his helmet off before this episode. 



 

 

Along with playing with his food he now really likes to feed himself.  We are working on fine motor skills but he still can’t quite get the cheerios in his mouth.  He does, however, do really well with veggie straws, and now if mom and dad are eating he has to feed himself as well.  Also sadly the booster chair we have been using to feed him in is having to be retired for the highchair for a while as he has discovered he can use his feet to push backwards and we are afraid he is going to push is way right off the table.

Everyone keeps telling me larger babies sleep through the night faster and better . . .  Kail however douse not agree with these people.  He has slept through the night 3-4 times in the last 7 months but never two nights in a row.  Even when we keep him up from 3-4 in the afternoon until bedtime at 8:30-9:00 he will wake up in the night and demand to be fed.  It’s not uncommon for it to be 2-3 or even 4 times a night still. (Those nights are painful).  We are not sure if this is because of the teething as he is pretty upset when he wakes up a lot and clearly wants to be asleep but is too upset to sleep.  Mom sure would love to get some sleep but on the other hand, quiet time just rocking in the chair with him at night and cuddling is nice and he is very cute when he goes back to sleep.