Peter 9 months

Peter has been learning like crazy this month!

We've had a couple rough months of sleep, mostly because he's always stuffy (a mixture of cold and allergies I think). We decided to put him in the crib in Benjamin's room to see if it would help him sleep. It didn't. We had an especially rough few weeks, then out of the blue we put him down to sleep at 9 p.m. and I went to bed around 11 expecting him to be up soon to eat. When I woke up at 3 a.m. and he was still asleep I was shocked, full of milk and wide awake from getting 4 hours of sleep in a row! I stayed awake til 4 a.m. when he woke up finally to nurse. Well, soon after he slept 9-7 and he has done that the last few nights! He is also back to his 2-3 hour morning and/or afternoon nap. I think he was having major brain growth or something and it was affecting his sleep, because look at what he accomplished this month!

He started:
Walking with a walker
Standing on his own for a couple of seconds
Has pulled himself up a couple of times
Cruising
Sleeping through the night
Crawling
Stopped sucking his thumb on his own (this also attributed to the hard weeks of sleep as he had to find a new way to self-soothe).
Plays peek-a-boo

We bought a sound-machine from Target that does not have a timer. He started his good sleeping before it came in, so I can't attribute it all to this, but it definitely helps him stay asleep despite household noises. It also has a projector that has helped Benjamin's nightmares.
http://www.target.com/p/munchkin-nursery-projector-and-sound-system-baby-soother/-/A-15697981?lnk=rec|slp|search_bought|slp|15697981|3

Peter still showers us with kisses, especially me if he hasn't seen me in awhile. He calls everyone Dada and babbles.