While 8 months old...

Dallin's top teeth broke through! All four of them! The middle ones came through first, but the outside ones were visible just under the skin when this happened and they appeared within a week or so after. No wonder he has been so darn fussy lately!! Poor kid! I figured it was teething pain!
He has become a major mama's boy! He whines and fusses for me to hold him all the time, even if Jared has him. He is so cute! He started waking up again sometimes at night to nurse, like around 11pm or 5, 6 am. Still no hint of crawling.
He really studies and focuses on people. He is very loud! He is more wiggly than Teya was. He does NOT like to play on his own and wants to be held CONSTANTLY!!! He will sit in his highchair and play with toys for a little while though.
He is so sweet and just adorable!!!
When he had just turned 8 months old, he weighed 18 lbs, 12 oz., exactly the same that he weighed at his 6 and a half month check-up! I was concerned and asked the doctor about it, but she said he was obviously doing just fine! That when they start out so big, it's okay for them to not have doubled their birth weight by now! I don't remember where he was at in his percentages at this visit.

While 7 months old...

Dallin became a mama's boy! He started leaning towards me and whining while others, even Jared, were holding him, and would smile and be totally content when I took him. He decided that he wants to be held ALL THE TIME and cries and cries until he gets picked up! He is still so darn cute though!!!

Daddy Love

Dallin is SO crazy about Jared!!!! Teya always was as a baby too, but she was definitely a mommy's girl. Dallin on the other hand is much more crazy about Jared than he is me. I don't feel like he is super attached to me the way Teya was. She was SOOOO mommy crazy and clingy to me. Dallin seems to like me a lot, don't get me wrong, but when Jared walks into the room, he lights up! His arms and legs immediately start flailing all over the place on turbo speed, he gets super smiley and you can just SEE him begging and hoping that Jared will come over to talk to him, or better yet, hold and play with him!! A couple of times while I was holding Dallin, Jared has just come up to him and started talking to him and I felt like the poor baby was going to explode out of anticipation of having Jared pick him up, so I was like, "Oh just hold the poor kid!" Even if he just hears Jared talking, he will immediately start twisting his little neck all around trying to find Jared. It is so cute!! I have told Jared a number of times how Dallin doesn't do this with anyone else, but Jared never really saw the difference until David came over the other day. Jared was able to see how differently Dallin responded to David verses him and has realized how right I am about Dallin's excitement over his daddy!

Getting around

Dallin is really starting to get around more and more with the way he scoots around in circles, rolls, spins some more, rolls, etc. Also, just a day or two ago I saw him push up onto his knees for a second and once saw him push up onto his feet for a second.

Laughs, Smiles and Observing

So Jared and I have realized that Dallin may not be such a smiley baby anymore. He doesn't smile as easily as he did before, especially at others besides us. He does smile instantly when Jared looks at him though! And often me too. But we are thinking he may be a little more like Teya in that department than we had originally thought.
Another way he is like Teya is that he doesn't laugh super hard or easily. He chuckles, but you have to work to get him to laugh and then it is usually just a chuckle or two. I was so hoping to get kids that just giggled uncontrollably like the babies on America's Funniest Home videos, but oh well! I wouldn't trade him for the world!
And yet ANOTHER way he is like Teya is that he really like to just observe and study people. He will sit and watch strangers especially. Just watch and watch them. It really seems like he's observing them too, not just staring.

First Tooth!

It broke through today! On the bottom. No wonder the poor guy has been a little fussy. Such a sweetheart!

Observant and Laughing

I just noticed the other day that Dallin seems to be very observant, just like Teya. He likes to watch people. Just watch and watch, just like Teya does. I am so interested to see if his personality turns out to be like hers. Another similarity is that he doesn't laugh super hard, just like her. I hoped he would giggle uncontrollably like those babies on America's Funniest Videos, but he doesn't. He does laugh, but not like I was hoping. Oh well, he's precious!!

Rolling over

Dallin finally started rolling from his stomach to his back last week! Now he rolls back and forth, turns, rolls back and forth, turns, etc. He gets around the floor doing this, so I have to make sure the whole area is clear of small objects when I set him down now!

First Solids!

We tried feeding Dallin solids for the first time this past Sunday, since he just turned 6 months old. We only had sweet potatoes and since I knew he wouldn't actually be eating that much, we tried him on it. He actually opened his mouth over and over for it for the first little while! But Jared did mention him pushing it out with his tongue, so I guess he still has the tongue thrust reflex. After a while though, I guess he finally really started tasting it and was giving disgusted looks! I tried giving him some organic brown rice cereal today, but I he didn't like it at all. I mixed it with water instead of breast milk though, so that may be the problem. I'll try and pump tomorrow and try it again. He did open his mouth for Teya when she was feeding him, but I think that may be b/c she barely put any of it on the spoon so he didn't really taste it at first.