10 Months

Cash will now throw a ball and cheer for himself. He's always been so proud of himself in ways like this and has the best happy face when doing something he loves. He also crawls around with toys in hand and claps when others clap or cheer. Everything's "that" these days. He'll point to something, like a light, and say "that." I'll tell him "light" and he will say "that" again. Standing up on furniture and sitting back down is a breeze now. One of my favorite new developments is he'll pull a book from the shelf, say "that" and try to open it. I'll read it to him and then he chooses another book that he likes.

Bike Cruise'n Baby

He's still a little unsure about the whole thing, he gets his serious face on when in his seat. But, now we are roll'n.

Diaper Free Baby

I learned about Elimination Communication (EC) while I was pregnant listening to a podcast called Pregtastic. So, I bought the book, read it, and thought sure its doable.... Cash came along and I thought what the heck was I thinking there's no time, patience or energy for this.

When Cash was 7 and a half months I met a momma who was starting EC with her girl who is the same age as Cash. I revisited the book still in my pregnancy book pile, and knew that it was worth a try to at least EC part time. I pulled my potty chair that I used when I was a toddler out of the garage, cleaned it up, and sure enough Cash pees or poops in it 90% of the time. The key was just figuring out his elimination habits! 

Since we are saving 37cents on a diaper each time he uses the potty Tucker said we can start Cash's college fund 37 cents at a time. He has crawled to the potty a couple times thus far, I put him on it and he eliminates. I think we will slowly but surely be diaper free. 

9 Months

Cash has made so many developmental leaps in the past month! He has had a growth spurt and went through a developmental leap called a Wonder Week where his little brain learns to sort different things into catagories. It has been a rough month on us all. Right after he turned 8 months he got another cold (I didn't know a nose could run that much) an he broke his second bottom tooth (his right). He crawls every where and his favorite game is catch the cats. He has won a couple of times. Words he now says: dada, kitty cat, hi, truck, duck, yuck, all done, that, dog. He thinks he meows and barks at cats and dogs but it's just a high pitched screech sure to send any animal running. Things he loves: airplanes, boats, walks, his blanket, giving loves, beards, eating eggs (well, eating in general), and picking anything up off the floor to taste (hence the use of the word yuck). Now the summer is full fledged we are at the beach everyday, playing in the sand and water. Luckily, Cash has mommy's skin type and has a beautiful beach baby glow. He truly is my little beach bum.

8 Months

Here are the latest Cash developments:

-says 'dada' and 'kitty cat' clear as day and appropriately. He says 'all done' also but it comes out with the soft o sound followed by 'd.' He also said duck when we repeated it over to him while we were feeding ducks at the park, same with helicopter (ridiculous, I know).
-first tooth just broke the surface (it bothered him, to say the least)
-pushes up from tummy to sitting
-still pushes backwards and rolls to move
-We started Elimination Communication (Diaper Free Baby) just this week. I took out and cleaned up my old potty training chair from when I was a baby (there are really some gems in our garage) and Cash has already peed and pooped in it!
-I discovered that he loves rice cakes. Great distraction at restaurants!