Ward Family Happenings: 8 months

Saturday, August 25, 2012

8 months

Raegan hit 8 months on the 22nd! Time is just flying! She is so sweet and such a stinker all at the same time. I really feel like she has changed a lot from 7-8 months and her little personality is growing and showing more each day.

She still loves to smile.
She is not such a great sleeper, still waking up in the middle of the night, but when she hit 8 months, I started laying down the law and letting her cry it out more so we will see if she starts sleeping through the night soon!
She is a good eater. She is still nursed for the most part, but will take a bottle. She also eats breakfast and dinner and has tried rice cereal, carrots, peas, apples, watermelon, cantaloupe, pears and just last night avocado. She seems to like most things (Except those nasty vitamins I have to give her!) She kind of drinks from a sippy cup, but all I have put in it is water.
She started sitting a little just before 7 months, but now sits really well and she can also go from laying to sitting and back to laying all by herself.
She started scooting about a week ago and has already gotten a lot better! Harrison really has to watch where he puts his stuff or she will swipe it!
She loves to be around people. You don't have to hold her most times, but as long as she is in the room with you, she is happy. Walk out of the room and she will usually yell or cry for you.
She answers to her name but also we like to call her baby girl, Thumper, RaeRae, and Harrison always calls her Babers. I love to hear him tell her when he sees her "Hey Babers" or when she is crying "It's okay Babers!".
She loves her big brother. She will gravitate towards him and loves to watch him play and now get in the middle of whatever he is playing with. She has even started climbing on top of him if he is playing on the floor. It is too cute!
She loves to go for walks and be outside, but the poor girl sweats anytime it is even a little warm. If the AC in our house is above 77 the poor girl starts sweating.
She is a water baby. She loves her bath and loves the pool.
She continues to suck her thumb but uses a pacifier as a toy now. I leave one in her bed just in case she would rather have it then her thumb, but so far, the thumb is the best soother we can find.
She loves to play with toys, loves things that make noise or light up and loves to play with her toes. She almost uses them like hands and will grab at toys with them or stabilize toys that she is playing with using her feet. She will also thump her feet when she is excited about something.
I think she might have minor allergies. As we were traveling she seemed to have a hard time being too close to dogs or on the ground where dogs have been. She also didn't do well with the climate change from Houston to UT so I wonder if there is more dust or something there. She seems to get congested a lot!