Happy Eight Months!- 10-19-2014

Happy 8 Months to Our Beautiful Girl!!

Age: 8 months

Weight: 19.9 lbs

Milestones:

• First tooth 10/4
• Second tooth 10/11
• Pushes a walker on her own
• Stands for a few seconds at a time
• Plays phone with everything
• Claps
• Says "da-da" and "buh-buh"

Sleep:

Bedtime routine continues to be the same. Most nights Harper sleeps 7:00-6:30. 

Harper woke up many of the nights this month due to teething. She would either want a bottle, cuddle time, or lost her Bink.

Mommy's Favorite Moment:

Wow! Harper continues to amaze me. She is really growing up fast. This month she has mastered the art of crawling as fast as she can and is starting to stand on her own. It is so much fun watching her explore everything in the house. Harper now knows where the Rubbermaid cabinet is and loves to dump them out when we are making dinner.

Daddy's Favorite Moment:

My favorite moments from this month were Harper's first trips to Linvilla and picking out her first pumpkin at the pumpkin patch. She learned how to clap and now when you say happy baby, she claps and smiles.  She's moving around so fast and starting to walk behind her walking toys, she's going to be walking on her own in no time.  She seriously has no fear and will try and climb all over daddy...or anything else that is in her way. 

Health:

Harper had a little cold this month. We thought she might of had pink eye but it just ended up being gunk from a cold she was getting. It was the first time we had to keep her home from school. She ended up getting a cough and runny nose which lasted a little over a week. 

Eating:

Bottles- 8 ounces with 4 scoops of rice. Usually she gets an 8oz. bottle at 9:00, 1:30,  and 7:00. Then, a 4-6oz. bottle when she wake up and when we get home from work (before dinner). If she wakes in the middle of the night, she'll usually take a 4 ounce bottle.

Solid- Eats all types of mixes from Earth's Best, Plum, and Ella. She eat fruits, veggies, grains, and meats from breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Snacks usually include teething biscuits, puffs, and Gerber crunchies.

Things I Want to Remember:

• First trip to Linvilla Orchards and saw animals and took pictures on the pumpkins.
• Went fall clothes shopping- Size 9-12 months
• Wear size 3 diapers
• Loves to watch mommy get ready in the morning. Harper loves the blow dryer and playing with mommy's velcro rollers and brushes.
• Loves to raid the refrigerator.
• Drinks from a sippy cup like a champ.
• We decorated for Halloween.
• We went pumpkin picking at Ramsey's Farm.