It's that time again! And I'm only a day late in getting up Oakley's 8 month post!
She has changed a lot over this last month!
Physically and verbally, she is much different then she was a month ago!
Here is what you are up to these days:
* Nights have stayed the same. Go to bed around 8:00, wake up around 8:30/9:00 the next morning. Still on occasion you will wake up about an hour or two after you go to sleep and then are up until 11:00 or so, I can't find a rhyme or reason as to why.
* You have begun to put yourself to sleep. I will nurse you while rocking before naps or bedtime, but if you aren't asleep, I just lay you down. You grab your baby doll, put your two fingers in your mouth and roll over to your side to fall asleep. It's so cute and I'm so glad, but I get sad sometimes at how fast you are growing up.
* Still napping two times a day (once in the morning, once in the afternoon).
* You are consistently eating 3 meals a day of solid food and nurse about 4-6 times a day. Typically when you wake up and go down for naps.
* Eating is great. Your favorite is my smoothies mixed with plain yogurt
* You are NOT a fan of straight veggies, and I have to mix them with some kind of fruit too
* You are getting better at eating things that aren't pureed, although you still gag and choke some when you do.
* You are very interested in your food and like to play in it and try to feed yourself
* You are VERY distracted while nursing. If someone or something is around and making noise, it gets your attention...so you can imagine nursing you with two brothers running around can be a bit frustrating :)
* You still just have your bottom two teeth and like to mouth and chew everything
* You can sit up entirely independent and get from sitting to laying, but not back up yet.
* You are up on all 4's, rocking and can scoot forward at times, but you aren't quite crawling. You are rolling and pushing yourself backwards, so you get stuck in awkward positions from time to time!
* You love playing with your tongue! Sticking it out, blowing with it, spitting with it and making raspberries
* You have added new sounds this week and say /dadadada/ all the time! I'm not qualifying "dada" as your first word yet, since you just love babbling that combination!
* You are still so very attached to me! And for some reason you are okay with some people holding you but others NOT at all! You will cry if they just look at you...which of course makes them feel bad!
* You are screeching and screaming more, blowing air in and out of your nose, babbling back and forth and overall just much more vocal!
* You don't belly laugh often, but it's so cute when you do
* You smile a lot for us and laugh at us...but are a hard sell to strangers
* Landon can get you laughing just as good as I can (we sometimes have competitions to see who can get you to laugh and smile the best)!
* You do not like to be left alone and are just so sweet!
* You really love your walker and it's so funny to watch you maneuver it and run all over the living room. The unfortunate this is that once you notice me, you follow me everywhere and will continually ram into my ankles until I pick you up...little stinker!
* Fine motor skills are stronger and you have a great grasp. You are much more coordinated at grabbing, reaching and putting things in your mouth!
* You are in size 6 month clothing and size 3 diapers
* Hair is brown and eyes are blue
* You weigh...
Overall, you LOVE us and we LOVE you!
It's a great match!!!
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