Month 8: Feb 11 - March 11

Feb 12 - For the first time, Grant sticks out his tongue.  He continues to do this all day long much to our amusement.

Feb 15 - We went swimming at the Frank McKechnie Rec Centre.  Grant has really gotten the hang of splashing with his hands and kicking with his feet.  He will even do both at once if you float him on his tummy.  What a good little swimmer!  He loves to grab at sprinkling water and loves to see it pour out of things.
Feb 16 - He is beginning to move forwards on his belly.  A day later he is purposefully propelling himself forward to reach for things.  This is the beginning of crawling!  He must be going through a growth spurt because he slept for 14 hours (waking only at 5am briefly) until 8:30am and then took 2 2-hour naps during the day.
Feb 18 - Grant is blowing raspberries like nobody's business.  He is also fond of pulling off his bibs and sticking out his bottom lip with his tongue.
Feb 21 - After a bad nap day, Grant sleeps almost 14 hours through the night.  In the morning we find Grant's bottom 2 teeth have cut through the surface!
Feb 25 - Grant is really getting good at standing while holding onto the edge of things.
Mar 4 - First meal with utensils.  Grant picked up his fork and spoon by the correct end more than half of the time.  
Mar 6 - While in his Pack 'n Play, Grant pulled himself up to standing.  He seemed very proud of himself, as were we.  Our little boy is getting so big!
Mar 9 - Grant weighs 15 lbs 15 oz (7.22 kg) and is 16.5" (67.5 cm) long.


This month Grant has really gotten mobile in many ways.  He is fond of peeking... around things, behind things, through things.  He blows raspberries and sticks out his tongue to entertain himself.  In terms of sleep, Grant sleeps about 12 hours a night, with one waking.  He typically has 2 naps, with one being 2 hours long and the other being one hour.  He is eating like a champ and enjoys anything we put in front of him.  He is starting to get better at putting smaller foods in his mouth and, although still very messy, is getting less food on himself.  He is developing his pincer grasp very well and loves eating kamut puffs in his Activity Centre.  At the end of this month we started seeing success in taking naps without a swaddle.  He is still really enjoying swimming lessons and loves to splash around in the water.  Grant is very interested in standing and we spend a lot of time letting him hold himself up against other surfaces.  His army crawling has gained speed and he will often wiggle away when we are trying to change his diaper so he can investigate all the fun things he can get his hands on.  He is getting into everything!