Liam 8 months

Liam 8 months

We've got an independent man on our hands.  Liam is now a full out crawler and crawls any and everywhere.  He can crawl into the most small and odd places and most often get himself out again.  He is also so much more stable when standing up and can get down again without falling backwards and hitting his head. He can "walk" around tables, counters, whatever, just moving one foot slowly after the other and even scooch chairs or boxes around and walk with them. He is so curious and it's really fun to see him explore!

Liam continues to be a good eater and is eating more and more of whatever we eat. (Including ice cream which Søren gave him one day) He really likes to eat by himeself and is content sitting through a whole meal.  His absolute favorite food are pea pancakes which he can eat all by himself. He has a perfect tweezer grip and is getting quite fast at eating small pieces of fruit, bread and meat.  Liam is content to sit in his high chair for the entire meal...and sometimes that can be a long time with the tempo his brothers set.

Liam now has 4 teeth...two on top and two on the bottem, but 1 more on top is on his way.

Liam got the chicken pox 3 weeks after Benjamin.  You couldn't really tell by his mood, he was just his normal happy self.  He got about 60 pox but they never seemed to itch or bother him.

Seperation anxiety is something that we definitely understand now.  Even if we are in the same room as Liam he will start really crying hard if he can't "feel" or see us.  He gets really upset and frantically crawls where he thinks we went.  On the other hand, if you sit on the floor he will crawl all over and just come over and say hi once in awhile and then crawl back to play.  It's quite cozy!

Liam sleeps a little bit longer stretches at night lately.  For ex: 7:30-12 _ eat _ then sleep from 12:15-4/4:30.  He has a hard time falling asleep again there at 4 sometimes, but sometimes a feeding can help and he'll sleep until 6/6:30.  As for naps he still takes about 2 naps.  One nap lasting 2-3 hours + 1 or 2 more about 1 hour. However, it's been a little more challenging lately to get him to sleep for naps as he constantly wants to spin on his stomach and sit up!

Along with the seperation anxiety,  Liam has really become a Mommy's boy. If I leave the room even though Søren is there, he will cry and cry and try to crawl over to me.  If he is just playing fine by himself and he catches a glimpse of me, he will start whining and crawl in my direction.  A lot of times if Søren is holding him and I get too close, he will reach out for me and want me to take him instead.  As both Silas and Benjamin are major Daddy's boys, I am actually really enjoying this!!!

Liam likes to babble and talks non-stop..da da da, ba, ba, BAH..etc.  Especially if he has something to chew on.

Liam has been going with me every wednesday to Gospel-Kids practice and the kids have watched him grow.  Every time he has learned a new trick, they are so delighted.  One girl was gone a few weeks and when she came back Liam could crawl.  She was so excited and exlaimed "He can crawl".. Liam was alwasy great and just entertained himself.  All the kids love him and had a hard time saying goodbye last week after our last rehearsal as they all wanted to hold him one last time!

Oh and Liam is very camera happy! When you point it at him his whole face lights up with the biggest smile!

We love our little boy and he brings us very much joy..,,we are blessed to be a family of 5!