8 Months!

  

I’m not quite sure what happened to my sweet calm girl, but she sure has turned into quite the wild child this month!  When I say she is all over the place, I really mean it…like all.over.the.place.  I could barely capture a normal monthly picture this month!

So besides trying to climb away and make her great escape from me, here is what she’s up to this month:

• She weighs 16 pounds 10 ounces, wears mostly size 6-9 month clothes, size 3 diapers, and size 2 shoes.
• She eats stage 2 & 3 baby foods and has tried some different table food this month, like peas, cheetoh’s, biscuits, and crackers.  One thing we’ve learned is that she has a very sensitive gag reflex!  She has thrown up 3 times now just from gagging when something touches the back of her throat. 
• She drinks 6 ounce bottles of formula throughout the day, I can’t wait until the formula phase is over, bring on the milk!  She drank out of a straw for the first time this month, of course the liquid hitting the back of her throat made her gag! 
• She’s learning how to fight back with her big brother.  He loves to snatch things from her and she has recently started snatching them right back!  She lives in survival mode, this girl is going to be so tough.
• She is crawling, pulling up, climbing, starting to cruise along things, transfer from one place to another, and is doing a lot of crashing!
• She puts every thing in her mouth.  Do you know how scary it is to have a toddler who puts nothing away and a baby who searches for things to shove in her mouth?! 
• She still sleeps from 7pm to 5-6am and takes 2 naps throughout the day.
• Still no teeth…big brother got his first ones at 9 months, so maybe she’s taking after him and we’ll see one pop through in the next month!
• She said MAMA!!!!  Man, that should have been the #1 fact this month.  She will only say it in the evening when she’s tired, crawling around mad that no one will pick her up, she starts saying “maaaaamaaaaa.  maaaamaaaa”  So I purposely don’t pick her up, of course.
• She has started giving kisses this month.  It’s a very serious process to her.  She gets her serious face on, leans in very slowly, mouth wide open, and plants one on you as she gazes into your eyes.  Sweet girl :)

I love everything she brings into our lives…fun, excitement, sweetness, re-living all of these baby stages, all of it.  Well maybe I could live without all of the danger, but I’m starting to breathe and get used to it.