Eight Months Old

Stats?
About 16.25 lbs (?%), ? in long (?%), and ? cm head circumference. 
She's in size 2 diapers (soon to be size 3) and her 6 month clothes.  
(As always, we'll have more complete stats in months that we have a well-baby visit.)


How is she sleeping?
She's sleeping well and we successfully converted to an arms out swaddle, so hopefully we'll be just in a fleece sleeper by the time cold weather arrives.  We start her bedtime routine between 7:00 and 7:30 and she wakes up between 6:00 and 7:00.  She usually takes a couple of naps during the day ranging from 1-2 hours and occasionally longer; sometimes she doesn't nap long enough and we have to have 3 mini naps. 


How is she eating?
She still eats solids 3 times a day and nurses close to her regular schedule during the day. We've had a bit of a set-back in feeding as she would only eat cereal for a while (up to 3 oz of formula mixed with cereal at almost any consistency).  We've done our best to be patient but persistent and gradually we have had success with yogurt (3-6 oz) and the previously accepted sweet potatoes (1-2 oz).  While she doesn't mind things (namely yogurt or cereal) flavored with small amounts of fruit, it seems that she doesn't like straight fruit.  In the last two days, we've had success with peas (1-2 oz) at lunch time and I did a victory dance for baby girl's amusement yesterday after she ate.  We've let her play with some Kix and she's managed to get one in her mouth a couple of times, but mostly it's just for exploration at this point.  We're working with her sippy cup and with straws when out.  She's always surprised when water ends up in her mouth, but she's slowly getting it (usually dribbling down out of her mouth and down her shirt).  


Doctor Visit?
None this month.  Just a call where we got permission for some Children's Claritin at night which has helped relieve some of the congestion that was disrupting her sleep.  :)  


What new tricks does she do?
She's mastered sitting on her own completely.  She's working on crawling, so we get a lot of inching, rolling, "squiggling", and getting frustrated.  She figured out how to turn around in the exersaucer now so she's much more into it. Her hands are getting much more dexterous and purposeful.  Verbally, we've heard solid ya ya ya and da da da and some other babbling.  She's definitely ramped up how much she "talks".  Cracks me up sometimes.  


General Observations?
Her two bottom teeth are out on display and we're waiting on the top two. She's still tiny.  
Her smiles and giggles light up my world.  
If you take your girl out in a "gender neutral" outfit, people will assume she's a boy.  I wonder if Naomi is tired of wearing pink yet?
Tiny Tots and Tunes starts this week and I'm excited to see how much more she will get out of it.  
Blogger runs much better in Google Chrome than in IE (nothing to do with baby, but this post was much easier to do).  


Until next time...

One without a bow

See My Two Teeth!

Sticking my tongue out at Daddy!