Cainan 8 months

6/16- Cainan is 8 months old today! He's changed so much in the last month! For a long time, Cainan was a more difficult baby than Boaz was. I'm soooo happy to say that he's turned a corner and is now a super content happy little guy. (for the most part! read on for a funny story about that!) He's scooting all around the living room and could spend hours exploring our house. He likes to be up on his hands and knees and rock, but still isn't crawling. We're finally comfortable enough with his sitting up skills to let him sit without pillows behind him. He's enjoying this new freedom tremendously! He also really enjoys feeding himself. Some new foods he's tried lately include shredded cheese, cottage cheese, puffs, grapes, bananas, & applesauce. We're a little more adventurous with the foods we're giving him than we were with Boaz. (we were more by-the-book with child #1!) Both of our boys had only two moods as a baby... happy or really really mad. There is absolutely no warning as to when that switch will flip. They can be perfectly content and then the next minute be screaming. And neither boy had a simple cry... they both hold their breath and turn blue. This can completely scare any caretaker, but we've been advised that it's no big deal and to just let them pass out. Boaz passed out a couple of times, I think, but it was so short and sudden that it wasn't a big deal. We were told that they'd pass out, and then come to and be happy again- forgetting what they were mad about.

A couple of weeks ago, Cainan and Boaz were both laying on the floor looking at Boaz's magnadoodle. Cainan took one of the magnets from it and started playing with it. Boaz wasn't happy about that and screamed 'NO!' at him. Cainan reacted by screaming at the top of his lungs instantly. I was carrying some stuff out to the kitchen and decided to just finish that task and then deal with the situation unfolding. While I was out in the kitchen, Cainan stopped screaming instantly... I figured he had just gotten distracted with another toy and was over his anger. I returned to the living room to find him laying on his tummy, head burried in his arms out in front of him, no movement. I first thought that he was just rubbing his eyes or something, but as I scooped him up, I realized he was limp and had passed out!!! When I scooped him up in my arms, he did a little shudder (almost like a cartoon character!) and then looked at me with the most dazed eyes I've ever seen. The kind of eyes that say "Where in the world am I?" He was peaceful and relaxed and snuggled with me for about 15 minutes before he wanted to be active again. It was almost like he was so tired he couldn't even move his body. I think Cainan has passed out 2-3 times before, but they were all short ones like I'd seen Boaz do. This incident was the weirdest thing I've yet to experience with a child!! Cainan still isn't sleeping through the night routinely. It seems like we get into a good routine and then he'll get sick and it gets thrown off again. On a good night, he'll wake up to eat about 10:30, then go back down until about 5, eat then, and go back to sleep until 7-8am. During the sick phases, he does that same routine, but adds a 2am wake-up call. He's not a real big napper either. We're on a pretty good schedule, but he seems to not need as much sleep as his brother.
Cainan- you are such a happy little boy. We love watching your personality develop and are so thankful to have you as part of our family. Happy 8 month birthday!!

** for those of you who like to read all of my blogs... I'll warn you that I'm waaaay behind and am playing catch-up this week. I think that I've posted 4 new ones tonight, so scroll down for more family fun! Thanks for keeping up with our family!