Hailey is 8 months old today! Sometimes she still seems younger than that to me. I know that you are not supposed to compare kids - every kid grows according to their own time clock. Since they are my kids, I am going to compare them anyway. Spencer started crawling at 8 months - the thought of that is just scary to me. I am so not ready for her to be that mobile. She is mobile enough with her roly polyness all over the floor. We already have to use our super parent eye scans for Legos and Magnetix and whatever food substance of the day is all over the carpet before we set her down. Of course Evan didn't really crawl until 11 months ( I think... bad Mom moment) so maybe that is the brother she will follow in the footsteps - or kneesteps - of. She is not showing any of the traditional crawling signs. No rocking on all fours. She doesn't even get up on all fours. She can sit up like a champ though! She looks so cute sitting there with her perfect posture - then she flails to reach something and topples right over.
She is a wonderful eater. She is still nursing pretty much exclusively. She will have bottles if we are out or if someone is watching her. But if we are home, she nurses. I plan to keep that up as long as she is willing since it is so much better for her and much easier on the checkbook. Spence was finished nursing at eight months and Evan quit about 11 months. Weird! Maybe once you take the ninny away they start crawling? Or maybe I should get my old baby notes out because my memory is shot? Most likely the second scenario. She is eating the "2" baby foods. So far there is nothing that she doesn't like. She gobbles them down too. Man, sometimes I think we are starving the girl. She loves to try to pick up Rice Krispies. They are a fun addition to our kitchen floor. Snap Crackle Pop every time we walk past her highchair. Daddy loves it! Ha! He has the Dyson out pretty much every night. I bought her the Gerber sweet potato puffs today and she was crazy about those too.
As far as sleeping, she does pretty well. Most nights she goes down around 7pm and will sleep though until about 5:30am. Last night was another newborn moment when she woke up at 1:30am wanting to nurse. Hopefully a growth spurt and not a new habit. She takes a nap in the morning from about 9am until 10:45am and another in the afternoon at about 1:00pm until 3:00pm.
She is a wonderful eater. She is still nursing pretty much exclusively. She will have bottles if we are out or if someone is watching her. But if we are home, she nurses. I plan to keep that up as long as she is willing since it is so much better for her and much easier on the checkbook. Spence was finished nursing at eight months and Evan quit about 11 months. Weird! Maybe once you take the ninny away they start crawling? Or maybe I should get my old baby notes out because my memory is shot? Most likely the second scenario. She is eating the "2" baby foods. So far there is nothing that she doesn't like. She gobbles them down too. Man, sometimes I think we are starving the girl. She loves to try to pick up Rice Krispies. They are a fun addition to our kitchen floor. Snap Crackle Pop every time we walk past her highchair. Daddy loves it! Ha! He has the Dyson out pretty much every night. I bought her the Gerber sweet potato puffs today and she was crazy about those too.
As far as sleeping, she does pretty well. Most nights she goes down around 7pm and will sleep though until about 5:30am. Last night was another newborn moment when she woke up at 1:30am wanting to nurse. Hopefully a growth spurt and not a new habit. She takes a nap in the morning from about 9am until 10:45am and another in the afternoon at about 1:00pm until 3:00pm.
Schedule at 8 months:
5:30am - wakes up to nurse then back to bed
7:30 - up to start the day
8/8:30 - cereal than nurses before nap
9 - 11 morning nap
11:00 sometimes nurses otherwise plays
12/12:30pm - jar of 2's then nurses
1 - 3 afternoon nap
4:00pm - nurses sometime before dinner
5/5:30pm - jar of 2's for dinner
6:45pm - nurses before bed
Repeat!
So that in an abbreviated form is our little girl at 8 months old. The boys are starting to interact with her a lot more, especially Evan. I think he is starting to realize that pretty soon she will be able to play with him like a real kid! He likes to "babysit" her when we need to leave the room. The other day when I came downstairs after a shower and was the only one who could get her to stop crying Evan told me " You are a great babysitter Mom!" Aww, nice compliment, if only I was paid as much. When she cries Evan always sings to her "it's OK Baby HayBay". She loves attention from anyone, especially her brothers. She is starting to coo a lot more. She says dadada sometimes but not really in the long repetitive sing song way. Her favorite position is still in someones arms. She has the biggest, happiest looking smiles - she just gets cuter everyday! We love you little HayBay!
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