8-month Survey

Monthly Survey

1. How old is baby? 8 months (8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
   
2. Stats:
   1. Weight: 21 lbs! (with clothes & diaper on)
   2. Height:
   3. Clothes size: 9-12 month mostly. Definitely 12 mos for pants.
   4. Diaper size: Still 3's, but might be moving up to 4's before the end of next month.
   5. Hair color: Turning blonde!
   6. Eye color: Still a beautiful blue like her Momma's.
   7. Anything else?
3. Milestones:
   1. Teething: Has 2 teeth. One top front is coming through as we speak. Working on 2-3 more.
   2. Talking: All.the.time. Seriously, the only time she's quiet is if she's sleeping or getting into trouble. J
   3. Rolling: Both ways.
   4. Walking: Not on her own, but she holds onto things and walks around them.
   5. Crawling: Everywhere, and quickly! Especially after the dog's toys.
   6. Anything else? She's really into self-feeding right now. We've been trying to give her more finger foods. Still not much success with a sippy.
4. Things she likes:
   1. Toys: Her Leapfrog activity table, books, her paci…a lot of things that aren't hers like the dog's toys, the remote control, our cell phones, Adam's hat/sunglasses, shoes, etc. LOL
   2. Books: Likes her Baby Einstein animals book, also the color one. Need to get more board books.
   3. Songs: Whatever Daddy sings to her when she's upset. She quiets right down when he sings to her.
   4. Other activities: She loves going outside. She also loves her swimming classes, going to either of the grandmas' houses, going shopping with Mommy & Daddy, and playing with Scooter.
5. Things she dislikes: Sitting still in a chair/car seat. Being told she can't stand up in the tub (first real temper tantrum the other night).
6. Sleeping: Much better! Sleeps through the night most nights…until 7-8am. Naps still aren't real great. She fights a lot but finally goes down. Sometimes she'll take a longer one in the morning and a real short one in the afternoon.
7. Eating: She's into self-feeding. We've been giving her puffs & canned vegetables that are finger-sized along with her purees. The goal is to get her mostly to feed herself, but we're still struggling with taste/texture issue. Raspberries were a big fail the other day but the carrots & peas went well.
8. Nicknames: No new ones. Still calling her the same ones, though Muffin (at least for me) has made a reappearance after a brief hiatus.
9. Things we're looking forward to next month: Her 9-month well-baby check-up is at the end of August. Hoping to make another foray to the zoo, we've just been waiting for the temps to come down a bit! It's been really hot here lately! Daddy & I will both be off of school for the month of August so we'll have more time to spend as a family. We'll have to find some fun things to do.
10. How I like motherhood:
    1. Likes: I love love love seeing her personality emerging more and more every day. She's so much more interactive than she had been. My favorite is when she's laughing and wrinkles her nose way up. It's so cute! I also love to watch her explore new things.

Dislikes: That she's growing up too fast! I often wonder who that little person in my living room is that is playing with my baby's toys!