Monday, January 4, 2015

Scarlett is 8 months old!

At 8 months, Scarlett:

Weighs/Measures: Won’t know until 9-month checkup

Teeth: 2

Loves:

• Exploring the world around her by crab crawling backwards, rolling, grabbing for everything, and looking all around at all the sights when we go on outings
• Being carried when out and about as opposed to car seat or other carrier
• Foods: most veggies, yogurt, broccoli, butternut squash
• Reading books (and trying to chew on them)
• Singing and dancing with mama
• Laughing, smiling, giggling when mama and daddy are silly
• Being around people (and will fight going to sleep if she knows there’s company–baby FOMO:)

Dislikes:

• Foods: most fruit unless mixed with yogurt, green beans unless mixed with something else, egg yolk (seemed to like them but threw up last time, so monitoring for possible allergy)
• Being left alone in exersaucer or playpen without mommy/daddy interaction for longer than 5-10 minutes
• Has recently not liked getting diaper changed (used to love it)
• Getting face wiped off after meals

What’s New:

• Crab crawling backwards
• Consistently saying “mama” when she wants mama to hold her or feed her (first did this at 6 months, but sporadically)
• Actively seeking out objects she wants by lunging for them, rolling, backwards crawling, etc
• Gets up on hands and knees more often
• Sitting without support
• Almost pushing up to sitting independently
• Starting to reach for furniture to pull up on
• Clapping
• Motorboat sound with mouth
• “Talking” nonstop in baby jibberish–has entire conversations with herself and anyone who is listening
• Gets upset when you take an object she is currently enjoying away (especially her banana toothbrush when bathtime is over)
• Imitating actions and sounds that mama or dada does (i.e. clapping, making motorboat sound, hitting blocks together, etc)
• Interacting during books/songs (clapping when we find Ellie in “Where’s Ellie?”, copying mama during “Pat the Bunny” and starting to during itsy bitsy spider and patty cake
• New foods this month: yogurt, blueberries, raspberries, potato/spinach/garlic, egg yolk, broccoli, butternut squash, eggplant, lentils, green beans, beets
• Will “fake cry” for attention
• Responds to a firm “no” when crabbing for no reason or doing something she shouldn’t (like chewing on books)

Other Activity:

• Still nursing 7-8 times a day, but for shorter periods
• Sleeps from approximately 7:30-8pm to 9:30am, has been waking 1-2 times to nurse, still goes right back down after being fed/diaper change
• Naps have been inconsistent lately–sometimes will take two short naps, one short and one long, or just one long–depends on the day and if any outings interrupt naptime

Nicknames:

• Bunny
• Chuub/Chuuby
• Who/baby who/who who
• Mama’s baby girl
• Cherub
• Pumpkin
• Rosey posey puddin pie

8-month photo shoot outtakes:

When you press me to your heart

I’m in a world apart

A world where roses bloom

And when you speak, angels sing from above

Everyday words seem to turn into love songs

Give your heart and soul to me

And life will always be

La vie en rose

~From the English translation of La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf