My sweet little girl, you are (almost) 8 months old! This letter is coming slightly early, but we have a busy few days ahead, including your very first trip to your Nan & Pop's lake house tomorrow!
How to sum you up right now? Well, I tell people fairly often that if you were a good night sleeper, you would be the perfect baby. You're a great day time sleeper, you have a very easygoing disposition, you smile non stop, you're up for anything, and the only time you cry is when you're fighting sleep at night. I tell you every day how lucky I feel that you're mine.
At 8 months old you:
- Weigh roughly 15 lbs. You're a tiny girl!
- Normally eat solids 2 times a day (breakfast & dinner, but occasionally I'll throw in lunch too). You're still not interested in more than Stage 1 foods, and strongly prefer breastmilk right now. The solids you tolerate are: pears, sweet potatoes, squash, apples, avocados, and bananas. I made some homemade baby food a few weeks ago, but (with the exception of avocados), you weren't a big fan & prefer the store stuff. So, we'll stick with Gerber.
- You eat some Puffs and tiny pieces of plain graham crackers, but that's about as brave as I've gotten so far with the finger foods.
- We're working on the sippy cup-- I think your brother had it mastered by about 9 months-- but you don't seem to have a big interest in it right now. You just like to chew on the spout and then toss the cup on the floor.
- You nap 2 times a day-- morning and afternoon-- for roughly 2 hours per nap (in your crib).
- You're still toothless! I'm not surprised. I think Camden got his first tooth around 10 months old and I bet you'll follow in his footsteps.
- You're babbling! Yay! A few weeks ago, you said "mama" and then you followed that up with some "ma" and "mum". Just yesterday, though, you started the true consonant babbling: mamamamama. I love it and I can't wait to hear what's next. Your brother didn't babble until he was 10 months old, so I was curious if you'd also have a verbal delay. I'm thinking not.
- You sit like a champ now, and you want to crawl SO BAD but you're just not quite there yet. That's not to say that you can't get where you want to go-- because you scoot, roll, and shimmy over to your brother's toys quite often. But I know how excited you'll be when you can crawl because you're such a busy, active girl. Your Nan and I were just commenting today that you're not much for being held anymore. You'd prefer to be on the floor surrounded by toys.
- Are still your brother's biggest fan, and he's starting to return your affection a lot more! I absolutely love watching you two together. Camden often asks to hold you now, he puts on little shows to make you laugh, and he'll bring you toys and sit and play next to you. This afternoon when we went to get you out of your crib at nap time, you were wearing your long, pink sleep sack and Camden said, "Macey, you look like a princess." So.stinkin.sweet.
- Are an atrocious night sleeper. (I'm watching you roll around in your crib right now, fighting sleep as per usual at night.) You never sleep more than 2-3 hours in a row, you often have a 1-2 hour wakeful period in the middle of the night-- simply put? It's brutal. A large part of me wants to sleep train, but another part of me is very reluctant to sleep train before you're weaned. We sleep trained your brother when he was around 14 months old and weaned and I felt comfortable doing this because I knew he wasn't hungry when he woke at night. I can't say the same with you right now and that makes me uneasy.
- Don't seem to have a great deal of stranger anxiety, which is just an entirely different experience for me. When Camden was this age, I had to warn cashiers at stores not to speak to him because he would start crying the second a stranger even looked his way. You, on the other hand, offer your gummy grin to everyone when we're out and about. I know this might still change-- a lot of infants' stranger anxiety peaks later on-- but I'm enjoying it for now!
- Are excellent in the car and easy to take out anywhere. Having said that, I haven't taken you on a long distance trip yet (your Nan & Pop's boat house tomorrow will be your first longer car ride) so we'll see how that pans out!
- Love the "Hot Dog Song" on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and your head will snap in the direction of the TV when that music starts to play no matter where you are or what you're doing.
- Prefer your brother's toys to your baby toys. Naturally, right? This will be interesting when you start crawling and taking things from him. Also, I am going to have to do some hardcore baby proofing because Camden has a lot of small toys and you stick anything and everything in your mouth.
You're very loved, little girl.
Love,
Mommy
2 comments:
OMG, Kerri- she is teeny! But so beautiful! Lucky you are. I still want to play date w/ you, the kids would have a blast..ha
She is seriously too cute!
Leah didn't really get any teeth until around 10 months. I kept thinking she was a late bloomer, but good to hear your are the same!
Can't remember if I ever mentioned it, but I REALLY love her name. I know it's special for you, which is very important, but it's also just so sweet sounding. :)
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