Talmage at 8 months

At 8 months Talmage has 6 teeth. Holy cow. The other boys didn't get their first tooth until 7 months so to have 6 teeth at 8 months amazes me. Thankfully he doesn't use them on me very often. That is another thing. I feel so blessed to have been able to nurse him exclusively this long. The longest I did was Luke until 6 months and then one time daily until 9 months.

Talmage is giving the boys more smiles which they love. He is much like Douglas was as a baby. It was near impossible to get Douglas to smile and laugh. I can get Talmage to smile and laugh easier but other people have a much harder time. It's almost impossible for someone outside the family to be able to. He is an even tempered baby.

 When I first introduced some solid food at 6 months he wasn't interested and made lots of faces. These last few weeks he is way interested. He only eats solid food once or twice a day though. He likes avocados, pears, green beans, sweet potatoes, prunes, peas, carrots, and apple. At dinner he has to be eating w/ us or he is not very happy. He'll watch our food intently. For a few weeks he's been waking up at 3-4am and I ignore it. The last couple days he's slept through that and wakes around 5:30am to eat. He is no where near crawling. He doesn't like to be on his belly. We LOVE our Talmage.