Chloe is 8 months old!

8 months old as of May 25

Weight: 14lbs 8oz as of June 5

Height: Will need to measure. 

Diapers: Still in size 2s. It might be my imagination but they seem to be getting smaller on you

Feeding: You went through a spurt where you hated drinking your bottle, then went through a spurt where you hated your baby food. You seem to be finally getting over the baby food hate today (June 5th). As of June 4th we started you on half of your soy formula and half regular formula since it won't be long before you should be drinking regular milk anyway. You're adjusting well so far. 

Don't eat more food as in quantity, but you've tried a few new foods. Mangoes, turkey, chicken dinners (which include lentils, parsnips, potatoes), creamed corn. You're still not a fan of any solid food like your baby treats, mum mums or even real banana. We'll try some again soon.

Sleeping: For a couple of weeks your were up twice a night, every night. Then you lowered it to once a night, which I prefer. Then finally, for the first time in a long time you slept through the night once or twice. You usually go to bed around 7:30-8:30 and wake up around 8 lately. It works good for us. You sometimes fight your second nap to the point where you've missed it twice. That makes for a long, cranky evening so hopefully you'll co-operate more for a little while longer.

Talking: You growl like crazy lately. You still say all your little words and squeals. Your talking hasn't changed much lately. 

Moving: You're a great sitter now. I can sit you down almost anywhere and you don't fall. I don't leave you sitting on the floor alone, just in case, but I will leave you on your big foam puzzle pieces. You sit up on your own all the time now, by pushing yourself backwards until you're completely upright. You're usually sitting in bed when I have to go get you. When you're on your hands and knees you reach forward a lot, but no leg movement yet.

Social: Same as before - you're still a big flirt but sometimes still get scared of strangers. 

Teeth: No new ones this month, but I've noticed and increase in drool and crankiness so maybe soon. 

Chloe Plays with her Food

There are so many big Chloe milestones happening lately, but I haven't even done her 8 month update yet, and they've all happened SINCE the 8 month cut off. So my OCD won't let me talk about them yet. But they are awesome. 

Once thing that hasn't been awesome lately is her hate of baby food. For a few days, she decided she was done with her bottle. She would drink it through the night, but that was that. She got over that, but now wants nothing to do with her baby food. Today she is finally getting better, but it's been almost a week of fighting with her to eat. 

Yesterday, after trying and failing to feed her supper, I gave up, stripped off her clothes and let her play with her food. I had hopes that she'd put her hands in her mouth and at least eat some of it, but no luck. She did have fun for awhile though.

The beginning - just a little mess

Hard at work

Having so much fun! 

Making a mess is hard work

Good times all around. 

Cell phone mini photo-dump

November 19, 2011
How is this the same baby I have now?
And I swear I'm not torturing her. She was taking a snooze mid-burp

November 20, 2011
The brief period when she sucked her thumb all the time

December 8, 2011
I miss when she used to fall asleep laying with me. 

February 13, 2012

February 21, 2012

February 23, 2012
The joys of travelling with a baby

March 22, 2012
First time at the park! 

April 18, 2012
I love my sheep

"The big story of a little sperm"
I did not know that they made children's books about sperm.

May 11, 2012
Sitting outside on a beautiful evening

May 12, 2012
Sticking my tongue out is my new favorite thing!

Chloe is 7 months old

Weight: 13lbs 13oz

Height: Will need to measure. 

Diapers: Sometime since the last update we moved you to size 2's. They aren't as huge on you as the size 1's were when we first did that switch, but much more room now. 

Feeding: It took a long time, but now you enjoy eating baby food. You open your mouth, and you rarely gag. Your absolute favorite thing so far seems to be peas. At first you seemed to hate all fruit and carrots, but even those have grown on you.

Foods you've tried so far are: peas, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, pears, peaches, pineapple, prunes, apple sauce, bananas, chicken. 

You eat a bit of cereal in the morning, a veggie and fruit at lunch, and since April 29th, have been having a tiny bit of chicken mixed in with your veggie. Sometimes you have a little bit of veggies around supper time, then cereal again before bed, usually with a tiny bit of fruit mixed in to make it more exciting. 

You eat the solid food great, and usually do okay with your bottles, but you're super slow drinking them.

Sleeping: You've started sleeping through the night, which I should be happy about, but I'd rather you have your middle of the night bottle because of your weight. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I will wake you up to eat. If I let you sleep, sometimes you'll wake up around 6-7 and won't go back to sleep, so I try to get you up around 5, and then you wake up between 7:30-9. Your naps have been going pretty good lately too. You still have a fit sometimes, but once you're asleep sometimes you'll sleep for almost 2 hours, sometimes only 40 minutes or so. 

Talking: You still say dada, baba, blahblah and sometimes rara and mama. You growl a lot, especially when you want attention. Sometimes you just love to make noise, other times you're content just sitting silent, taking everything in. You love to laugh and smile and charm anyone who comes near you. 

Moving: Just during the second week of May, you've started being able to push yourself forward a little, and you can sometimes go from your hands and knees into the sitting position. You sit up quite well now, and almost never fall down. I think we'll soon have an active crawler on our hands. 

Social: You still want to cry sometimes when people you don't know well try to hold you or get too close too quick, but usually you just smile, growl and flirt with anyone who pays attention to you. 

Teeth: No new ones this month.

You are so much fun these days. I thought months 4-6 were fun, but it just keeps getting better. It makes me proud, but a little sad that you're already almost crawling. That you sit on your own. You're getting so old and I don't like it one bit. It seems like a million years ago that you were my little newborn, falling asleep on my chest. Now you're too stubborn to fall asleep anywhere but your bed, you even rarely sleep in the car anymore. You sure are growing up. Please slow it down a little.