Eight Month-Old Eating Machine

Our "little buddy" turned eight months old today, and he is doing so many new things!

• Reid officially cut his first tooth around 7.5 months; this was very quickly followed by his second tooth less than a week later
• He can stand without holding onto anything for short periods of time, and he continues to walk with his walker, crawl, and pull up on everything in sight
• Reid is definitely a climber! Today he crawled over to a box by a window and next thing I knew, he was standing on top of it. Heaven help us!
  
• He continues to babble constantly, but he has also started to make what I call his "commenting noise"; he looks at something and makes a noise that either sounds like "dees" or "doh"; this is frequently followed by turning to make sure we're acknowledging him and whatever he is talking about

One of the biggest changes we've noticed in Reid recently is his appetite for solid food. He is eating a wide variety of foods in a wide variety of textures. I'm having tons of fun creating new concoctions for him each day, and I think I may do a future blog post devoted to baby food-making. The foods that Reid is now eating:

• Veggies: sweet potatoes, carrots, zucchini, butternut squash, acorn squash, green beans, peas, yellow squash
• Fruits: apples, pears, blueberries, avocados, bananas, mango, peaches, pears, plums, prunes
• Other: monterey jack and cheddar cheese, yogurt, scrambled egg yolk, rotini pasta, oatmeal, rice cereal, chicken, puffs, Cheerios

Reid is very into finger feeding; he has been feeding himself pieces of diced, cooked fruits and veggies (sweet potatoes, peas and apples are favorites), and pieces of cheese, pasta, puffs and cereal. He also grabs the spoon out of my hand frequently and tries to feed himself (with some success!). He drinks water out of a sippy cup with each meal, too. Have I mentioned that I cannot believe how grown-up he's getting?!









I feel like this one-sided dimple is new. At least it's getting much more pronounced, don't you think?