You are officially 2/3 of the way to being a one year old - what?! I know I say this every month, but you are just the happiest and most easy going baby. You love to hang out with me on days that I'm not working, either running errands, playing at home, or eating.
No crawling yet, and not any closer than you were a month ago. But you have pulled yourself up to stand at your cube! If you want to get anywhere, you just roll around until you get there. I think you have realized it's frustrating not being able to get there quickly, so I wonder if you will eventually clue in that you should crawl. But I'm also not pushing you too hard because that means we have to baby-proof the house.
The highlight of the past month is that you are officially sleeping allllllllll the way through the night - woohoo!!! It was kind of a fluke when it happened. At your six month appointment, your pediatrician said that you could definitely go eight hours without eating, so that has been my rule of thumb. One night, you woke up around 2am, so I ignored you since it hadn't been eight hours. When I heard you, again, around 3am, technically it hadn't been eight hours, and I knew you would be waking up around 5am (per usual), so I ignored you and you went back to sleep.... until 7am!!! You had gone 12 hours! I was so ecstatic, but also realized you didn't need any of those night feeds; it was all just habit. So for the next three nights, I never went in your room (only one night were you actually crying, so dad went in; the rest you just fussed). It's been over a week now and it's amazing how refreshed I feel! So you now go to bed between 7 and 7:30pm and usually wake anywhere between 7 and 8am, sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later.
As for naps, I've tried to be a little more strict and put you down after being awake for three hours. If you wake at 7am, you go down for nap at 10am. And then if you wake from your nap at 11:30am, I put you down for your afternoon around 2:30pm. You have gotten into this rhythm and I think it's helped our evenings (you're not as tired during bath). It's also helped me plan things to do because I can pretty much guess when we'll be available :)
You've continued to be an amazing eater. You get excited when we start to get your high chair ready. You still love pancakes, and we still oddly like seeing what you've eaten in your diaper later. I think that's mainly because it confirms that you're actually eating the food and not just playing with it. It's so cute, too, when you drink water from your little cup afterwards. It makes you look so grown up.
These next couple months are going to be super busy with Halloween, your first trip to Taiwan, Thanksgiving, and then Christmas! It's going to be the best holiday season because we get to experience it with you. We can't WAIT!
xoxo,
Your Mom
{8 Month Stats}
- Weight: Estimated on home scale, around 18lb?
- Height: n/a
- Head: n/a
- Clothes: 9 month (I wonder if we need to start putting you in 12 month sleepers soon)
- Diapers: size 3 during the day, size 4 during the night
- Shoes: I got shoes for you! I ordered for 4.5". They're a little big, but that just ensures you can wear them for a while. You can see your new black moccasins below :) I also got little leather sneakers and t-strap Mary Janes.
- Likes: going on walks, playing with a cup in the bath, eating food and drinking water, and playing with your activity cube
- Dislikes: being put down / left alone and sitting if you want to stand,
