Clara is 8 Months Old!
Another month has FLOWN by and our little girl just keeps growing up! It's sad that things seem to be flying by. I'm not ready for this girl to grow up. Please stay little forever Clara!! This was a difficult photo shoot, but it must be the age! Looking back at Calin's 8 months his was pretty similar! She has lots of cute blurry pictures! She was also tired, so we didn't get a lot of our normal happy smiley Clara, more of our tired serious girl.
This past month has really brought out a lot of Clara's personality. She's really starting to figure out what she wants and where she wants to go and she definitely has an opinion and things to say (squeal and screams) if she doesn't get what she wants.
She is full of things to say especially when she wakes up in the morning and after her nap and when she is eating. She is making lots of noises, but we especially love her babbles that sounds like "mom mom mom" and "da da da"!
She makes noise when she is eating (she used to do this when nursing, but that has since stopped and now she does it when she's eating solid foods). She does a "mmm mmm mmm" so we can only assume that she is really loving her food!
She is rolling all over, scooting backwards, lifting herself up on her knees, doing a plank up on her hands and feet occasionally, going from laying down to sitting, and somehow combining all that to move all over the place. No crawling yet though.
She likes to hear music and will start to "sing" along sometimes when she hears it.
Lately she has been talking a lot during quiet times like during Sunday school. She is finding her voice!
She still loves crinkly things-paper, plastic bags, anything that makes a fun noise. I have to watch her cause if she gets ahold of something she tries to eat it.
She still occasionally has an evening nap. Its still a rough stretch if she doesn't have one. I actually tried to stop her evening nap for a while but then she wasn't sleeping as well at night so I have started trying to give her that short nap again right around 5:30 or 6 and then she sleeps much better through the night.
Most of the time she sleeps pretty well until she wakes up to eat. If I feed her she goes right back to sleep and then sleeps good. However, I've been trying to hold her off a little more to see if I can get her to give up her 2-4am feeding. It doesn't work. She will go back to sleep for a little bit if I hold her and walk around or if I bring her in bed next to me, but then she keeps waking up until I feed her. So usually I just give in and feed her so I can go to sleep!
Right after 7 months I noticed one night that she was rolling over onto her stomach in her swaddle. So I had to stop swaddling her. It was a rough transition for about a week and a half, but since then she seems to be doing great. She likes to sleep on her stomach and usually as soon as I lay her down she rolls right over to her belly.
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| I wish this picture wasn't so dark cause I love her cute face she's making! |
She has finally gotten the hang of the whole eating business. She still doesn't eat a ton, but does seem to like everything she's tried. She has had most of the typical baby foods (peas, carrots, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, peaches, pears, bananas, avacado, applesauce, and baby oatmeal). Although she doesn't eat a lot, she does enjoy her food and seems to like everything.
She is very aware though that the food she has is not the good stuff and really tries to grab or get her mouth on what we are having!
She is still wearing 3-6 month clothes and has room to spare in her 6-9 month clothes. She is in size 2 diapers.
She still loves Calin, but is definitely showing her occasional annoyance at his "smothering". He loves her a lot too, but sometimes just a little too much.
She gets really excited when she sees Dad or when he comes home, but (and I must say I kinda like this) she still gets really excited to see me even if I just walk away for a little bit.
She does not like to be left behind. If we all happen to leave the room (to go help Calin or something like that) she gets so sad and definitely puts on the sad face until we come back and get her.
She does ok with books. They are not always her favorite unless she can grab it and get her hands all over it.
She loves to be outside watching Calin, friends, cousins and all the action. She stays content out there for a long time as long as someone is up, walking around, and holding her. She does pretty well playing inside too as long as she has some company and some toys to play with.
She likes to try to see and do whatever Calin is doing, but is especially showing lots of interest in his cars! She loves to try to get to him when he is driving and playing and she likes to drive them around too and is doing her own car noises pretty good as well!
She really likes to stand up and is always trying to find something to pull herself up onto!
I love that we are seeing her "fighting" side coming out because I can see that she is going to be tough and stand up for herself and make sure that she gets attention too! She's going to need those qualities with her older brother around! We sure do love our little Clara and love watching her learn and grow!
