Active

That's a one-word description of Simeon at 8 months. He's started to object when we put him into anything that holds him in one place, like a car seat or high chair. He doesn't mind the stroller so much, since it's usually moving...apparently that counts.

He's not crawling yet, but it doesn't make too much difference, since he can roll/combat crawl wherever he wants to go. He's even gotten the roll down so that he can adjust his path. For example, if he makes a roll and realizes that his objective (usually something that belongs to his sisters...sometimes the cord of something electric) is not in the path of the current roll, he'll turn until he's aimed at it, then continue on with his rolling.

Nursing sessions have gotten more active, as well. His legs kick, his arms flail, he's looking for something fun to kick, pinch, or shake. I've had to come up with a whole new routine for getting him to sleep, since if I just lie down in bed with him, he's far too active to actually fall asleep.

All of this means that when he was weighed last Friday, he was no longer in the 99+ percentile. He's now in the 95th percentile. This is why he's been stocking up all these months: once he's moving, he doesn't want to stop or slow down for something so boring as eating.