8th month updates

gapang
pistoy kind of officially tried crawling last aug.30 in the morning. =P kind of, dahil di namin alam kung gapang nga ba yon. hahaha! dadapa sya, pull himself to crawling position (nakaluhod at nakatukod ang kamay), then lunge himself forward. then from there, he would do army crawl, or roll, to get to where he wants to go. in a matter of seconds, naikot na nya halos yung buong kama. =P he was doing the army crawl for a while, pero di ko naman pinapansin kasi ang bagal naman ng usad nya. pero lately ang bilis na!

he still doesn't look very comfy crawling. mas natutuwa pa sya pag ginagabayan namin sya sa paglalakad. in my evil-mom mind, i was hoping he would skip crawling altogether. hahaha! =P

a-da!
this is pistoy's fave expression. ano ka ba anak, koreano ka ba?! *lol* when he's really into something, he would blurt out "a-daaaa!". hindi namin alam kung gusto ba nyang sabihin is "dada", or "tada", or "hotdog". it's a far cry, but i guess when you watch mickey mouse clubhouse a lot, everything sounds like "hotdog". =P he used to babble a lot nung 7 months sya, medyo nabawasan ngayon. i wonder if it's because medyo nabawasan din ang chatter namin. dati kasi kausap ko sya buong trip from je's office to bahay. ngayon nanonood na sya ng baby Einstein vids. uh-oh! =P

pulling himself up
he can do this really fast now! nakakatakot na syang iwan sa lapag mag-isa. one time, may kinuha lang sandali si je, so iniwan nyang nakaupo sa padded mat sa sala. pagbalik nya nakatayo na at nakahawak sa sofa! =P he's starting to experiment na tumayo while twisting his body. dati nakakatayo lang sya pag directly nasa harap nya yung kakapitan nya. ngayon kahit sa tagiliran lang nya, he tries it.

finger food
jecobie is now starting to pick finger food off his food tray and bring it to his mouth. yehey!!! mukhang kaliwete ang anak ko. he can control his fingers on his left hand better. pag sa right, he ends up "palming" the food kaya di nya maisubo nang maayos. hehe! i bought some of the grain puffs by gerber, and he loves those! may veggie dip thingy din, parang snacku. pero medyo malaki kasi kaya i assist him with those. hahawakan ko, tapos kakagat lang sya, which he loves doing! with gusto talaga na "haaam!", sabay kagat. hehe! pag sya lang mag-isa ang kakain, isusubo nang buo! i also got him some of the yougurt bites. parang yung mga freeze dried chuva. mas malaway sya pag yun ang kinakain, dunno why. siguro dahil medyo maasim?

i'm a little worried about jecobie eating more textured food. for the longest time kasi nasa stage 2 pureed food sya. i introduced stage 2.5, which is pureed with a little more texture, may konting chunks. when i fed him the pears and green beans one, sumuka sya. =( akala ata nya lulunukin lang lahat.

my theory is that pag sa spoon galing ang food, akala nya lunok lang. pag sinusubuan namin sya ng tinapay or biscuits or mga butil ng kanin (kamay lang), ngumunguya naman. same with his finger foods. when i fed him the pureed with chunks (shempre using a spoon), he didn't chew kaya nasuka sya nung tintry nyang lunukin yung chunks. =( pero ang exception, pag pinapakain ko sya  ng baked potatoes, nginunguya nya yon kahit galing sa spoon. i'm confused. =P

i can't wait for papa to get here. that will allow me some time to prepare homecooked meals. by the time papa gets here, 9 months na si pistoy. sakto, kasi yun sana ang target ko to start him on real table food. right now, jecobie is only eating solids once a day pag MWF (pumapasok kasi sila ni je sa office, ang hirap magpakain pag nandun sila), and twice a day on other days. i'm not so worried dahil he's still getting his nutrition from formula naman. malakas pa rin dumede. hehe!