Henry - 51 (almost) Weeks old

Tomorrow Henry turns 51 weeks old - and then next Wednesday (the 24th) he turns 1 year old!

Hmm... I got up here, now how do I get down??

It is amazing to me to think that at this time last year he was still in my belly. The rapid growth and change that infants go through the first year is crazy!!

Bottles: He had a couple weeks where he was doing awesome, and now he's drinking about 4 oz per bottle time again - so about 12 ounces a day. He gets half milk and half formula in these now - we had bumped it up to more, and he suddenly got some runny poops, so we backed off again. We'll try to add more milk soon to see if it happens again, or if it was caused by something else.


Solids: Henry is starting to develop a sense of taste. He does not like peaches. He won't eat peach flavored oatmeal, or peaches by themselves. He will eat the peach pieces from a mixed cherry fruit cup. If he's eating something, and you put something he likes better on his tray - he'll take the old food out of his mouth to put the new good food in!

Waketime Length: Same, usually 2 1/2 hours - sometimes longer

Naps: Same here - 2 naps a day, the first nap is an hour - then about an hour and a half in the afternoon.

Nighttime sleep: Stupid Daylight Savings time threw us off for about 3 days - but then he was right back on track like a champion! Still sleeping from 7:45pm until 7am.

Milestones: Henry isn't saying too many words - but he does try to mimic your sounds. He also is getting smarter with understanding what we say. He understands and follows the directions of "go get a book", "let's go eat", "bath time", and "let's go bye bye" It's so cute! He also got his toy snake yesterday when I told him to!

Daycare: Even better here - I set him down and he walks right away to the toys!!

We're having Henry's birthday party this weekend. We figured it would be better to have it before Thanksgiving weekend, so more people are likely to be able to come. We've invited a few family members and some of Henry's bestest friends ... and some of our best friends! We were going to make big pots of chilli - because that sounded perfect for a fall party. But - once we started adding up the cost of the meat and beans and sides - we decided just to spend a little more and order pizza! It'll be easier!

And just to get you thinking ... we've officially decided on boy/girl names for Maybe!! But that's for another post, another day :)