Benajmin Update - he’s now 8 months old!

Benjamin is now 8 months old and is getting his first 3 teeth in!

The teeth are the 2 in the middle on the bottom jaw and the right big tooth on the top jaw.
Benjamin enjoys the company of other babies quite a lot. However, they (as most babies are) are very aggressive and like to grab him a lot, but he is quite laid back and is more of an observer. He likes to say mama and daddy a lot - when he wakes up he usually calls out “dada” or “dai-dai” so Jacob will come to him. When he wants his diaper changed or he’s hungry, then he calls out “mama”. He also like to call to Amilia “gata” (Spanish for cat), but calls Captain Picard “mama” sometimes - he really likes Captain, too bad Captain really cannot stand him.

Benjamin cannot crawl yet, but when he’s on his tummy he will slide around backwards and spin himself. He can also scoot himself around backwards when he’s sitting on the floor since we have laminate flooring. His favorite toys are the telephone, the remote control to the stereo, Jacob’s cell phone, his bath-time rubber ducky, a bath-time water squirting whale, spoons of all sizes, and anything made of paper. He has other toys that he likes too, but each week it seems he likes certain ones are more interesting than others.

He now rides in his stroller facing the world instead of facing us, but he still panics when he wakes up in his stroller and does not see someone he recognizes.

He eats two meals a day and the rest is breast milk. For lunch he has a fruit or vegetable, and for dinner he has rice cereal with a little bit of fruit mixed in. His favorite fruits are banana, mango, pear, and apple (in that order). And, his favorite vegetables are zucchini and pumpkin, but he’s allergic to pumpkin. He’s tried carrot, parsnip, and potato and does not like them one bit! Today he ate potato for the first time and just could not figure out how to swallow it without gagging. So, I mixed in 60mL (~2oz.) of breast milk, but he still couldn’t figure it out. We will put off potatoes until another day.

There are tons of new pictures of Benjamin here!

I also made some videos of Benjamin yesterday: