Eight Months Old Today

I turned eight months old today! I'm getting to be such a big girl - not quite as I think I am, but still getting big. :)

Let's see...in the past month I've started crawling, trying to pull myself up on things - even succeeding sometimes, starting to learn pat-a-cake and doing a lot more jabbering, like I'm trying to make actual words.

My sleeping habits are pretty similar to what they have been. I go to bed around 8:45, wake once in the night anywhere from 2:00-5:00 (sometimes even 6:00), eat, get a dry diaper and go back to sleep for 4-5 more hours.

Mom and Dad lowered my crib and put my breathable bumper in because I'm working really hard at pulling myself up in there and last week I got my leg all the way through the slats, bent back around and my foot through the next slat over. It was a pickle and woke me (and Mom to rescue me) in the night.

Eating habits have changed a little bit this past month. Most days I now eat three meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner. I'm also eating puffs and Mum Mum bars as snacks. I am down to 3-4 bottles a day; my one bottle in the night, one in the afternoon, sometimes a small one in the evening then my night time bottle. My middle of the night one is 7-8 oz, afternoon is 6 oz, bedtime is 8 oz and if I have the evening one it's about 4 oz. I also have some formula in my sippy cup with meals.Usually just 1 -2 ounces but I am getting much better with my sippy cup.

I'm obsessed with Marlie. I crawl to her all the time. I lay in her bed with her, rub my head against her, try to take her chewies and grab at her. She's very patient with me but Mom and Dad only make her be patient for so long before they make me leave her alone.

I'm a very drooley girl. I always have been so Mom and Dad don't think it has anything to do with getting more teeth. I still just have my bottom two teeth.

Things Mom and Dad are working on teaching me are, "Mama", "Dada", "Cohen", "Eat", Drink", pat-a-cake, so big, "up", "bye-bye" and waving. The only thing I'm really sort of doing is pat-a-cake but we'll see what this month brings. :)