Johnrey at 8 Months…

Baby John is now 8 months old.

• He can now stand up but with just one hand clutching on to something like the side of his crib, his toycar, my thigh, my pants, anything clutchable to support him, his other hand is used to pat his thighs or maybe he is just trying to show-off like ” look Ma, i can do it with just one hand” ..
• He can blabber his “H ” or “etch”, “dah”,  “indah” ( indah is a bicol word which means ewan in tagalog , JOhn is learning his Bicol dialect and his ABCs fast huh?) I would prefer it very much though if he will start with his As first than him starting with his Hs..
• He hums himself to sleep when I hum him his lullabye and then drifts off to sleepyland..
• HE is a very squirmy baby when we try to dress him up, when we change his diaper, or when we try to strap him on his carseat. often it takes us about 5 mins or more to do each task and oftentimes too, it requires both me and my husband’s hands to wrestle with him. Sometimes, I get scared that he  might break a bone becoz of this so I tell husband to go easy on him..
• He still loves to blow bubbles, he looks so funny when he does it, his eyebrows knitted together, his eyes getting all the more chinky and his cheeks ballooning , it kinda look like he wants to blow himself up when he does it..
• He knows his up and down now. Lifts himself up for Up and sits down for down..
• He is not a picky eater at all and I just feel so lucky. No matter how much medicine I put in his cereals ( he’s got two sets of medications), milk   or baby food, he still eats it. poor baby..
• He crawls so fast..
• He can already maneuver his walker anywhere he wants to go, whether he wants to back it up or go forward. OFten i find myself running after him coz he might bump his forehead on the low corner tables or worst, knock down his Aunt’s antique jars which would not be amusing at all..
• He likes to climb, on the pillows going to the headboard, to my tummy going to my chest.. I can now envision him as a mountain climber…
• He likes the color black that he eyes and goes after our teevee remote control and my Nokia cellphone ..
• He likes beautiful girls, young and old alike.. HE would happily flash his two toothed smile to any pretty lady but I hope he will only do that in his young age and not when he is bigger , or else, i will have a problem with them or they with me hahaha…
• I have stopped giving him lukewarm milk and he seemed to be okay with it..
• He still doesn’t want to learn his close-open and his bye bye wave, he doesn’t even try clapping his hands .. i am wondering when he will finally do these things..
• He smiles and laughs readily, even if sometimes he is crying so hard, when his dad does funny faces, he would just so suddenly shriek with giggles and laughter..