8 month favorites

1) I bought this at a garage sale when I was still pregnant (it is missing the mat however).  For a while she loved just playing with the shapes, and while she can't get them into the correct spots, she can pull them out of the open side. It makes music and talks as well.





2)  This was another garage sale buy and while she still can't figure it out, she likes to pull the pieces out and play with them.  I have this exact one, but there are other options available.  The normal price is usually around $10 (so the link below is way pricey at $35; fyi)

3) JJ Cole 3 Count Bib Set,

Although the bibs in the link below are the boy version, we do have the girl version (the are available at many other stores) and they are my favorite because they wipe clean easily and have a little pocket which catches the crumbs. They are snap bibs and so she can't pull them off. At least not yet anyway.

To see what some of our favorites have been in other months check out these links. 1 month favorites 2 month favorites, 3 month favorites, 4 month favorites,  5 month favorites, 6 month favorites, 7 month favorites

8 months!

For more detailed updates feel free to check out any of my weekly Eleanor posts.
2/3 of the way to a year.  I can't believe it!



She's gotten so mobile in the last few weeks.  She is all over the place.  It's good and bad.  We are pretty much baby proofed and I keep the bedroom and bathroom doors closed so for the most part I'm not really worried about her getting into anything, and if I walk out of the room she can come after me which helps her. 

She learned this week to pull herself up to sitting.  Still kind of startles me when I look over and see that though.

I noticed this week that she has a few teeth visible under her gum, but they haven't popped through yet. 

She's also extremely vocal.  She makes a lot of different sounds "dada" "eh" "uh" "ahh" "ah buh ba"

She's mostly in cloth diapers now, but disposables are size 3 when she wears them.  With a few exception she's usually in-9 month onesies and shirts and 9-12 month pants. 

She loves taking walks, getting into the laundry when I'm folding it, and her new nickname is princess destruction.

Still breastfeeding - usually every 3 hours, but sometimes more/sometimes less.  She's usually getting oatmeal in the morning, mixed with breast milk and sometimes a fruit puree.  In the evenings she usually gets a veggie puree or pieces of whatever we are eating.  She loves toast ( I put hummus or cream cheese on it)!  I think that is a favorite.  I'm still pretty low key about her eating solids.

She's starting to take one good (hour to two hour) nap a day, and a few catnaps, but I'll take what I can get.