Eight Months

Well Jason, after the last week you have me completely sleep deprived. The combination of you getting two teeth & having a cold have resulted in many sleepless nights for your Mommy. So, I am going to cut to the chase about what is new in your life in the last month.

Sleep

• naps, good
• nights, not so good

Eating

• love cereal
• love smoothly pureed food
• freak out when we try to introduce anything with texture
• you have started to eat cereal biscuits

Baths

• you often have your bath with your sister & you usually like it
• you have graduated to sitting on your own in the tub without any assistance
  
• you have started to splash more in the tub
  

Motor

• refuse to be on your tummy, only want to sit
• I think you may never crawl, but be a bum scooter
• sitting, you can stretch yourself out so flat to reach something it is amazing
• you have gotten to your tummy from a sitting position a few times, but it obviously was not a feat you were meaning to do because you start crying right away

Social

• like to "flirt" with people when we are out & you always lean towards the person who is talking to you
• you get very excited when you see your sister & start to bounce up & down
• you have become more aware of other children & love to watch them

Physical

• we went to the doctor this week because of you being sick. While there I weighed you to be sure that we were giving you the proper medicine dosages & you weighed in over 20 pounds!!! You were fully clothed & had a diaper on, but wholly cow! That is 4 pounds more than you weighed 2 months ago. No wonder my wrists have been getting so sore lately (also because you do nothing to help the person who is trying to hold you)
• you graduated to a new car seat because you were just too big for the infant carrier
• you have peach fuzz hair that I am really hoping will be dark, but have my doubts
• your eyes are definitely hazel & change colour each day depending on what you are wearing

I must say, you are generally a happy baby but we do call you the "switch baby" because your mood can change quickly and dramatically. In the last month your biggest freak outs usually occur at mealtimes. If I give you something you don't like you freak out and slam those lips together & won't eat anymore. Introducing new things to you is proving to be quite the challenge.