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

The Eleanor Update: Week 30

Every week I take her picture with this bear; but she rarely shows interest in it. 

Feeding: I've been working on some introducing some new foods lately.  I've been trying not to do to many fruits yet because I want her to love vegetables.  Most have been successful though.  She liked peas (puree) and even though she tried broccoli (as a whole piece) most of it wound up in her high chair.  I also have her puffs which she didn't eat (I don't think she could pick them up very well), but she liked the Mum-Mums.  I only give her a half of one once or twice a day.  She could and probably would eat the whole one, but they are kind of expensive so I don't. 

She's still nursing on demand - it's closer to 3 hours now.  Yesterday she went a 4 hour stretch and when I realized it (by looking at the app I use when I sat down for her next feeding) I felt awful.  Rob said she wasn't crying and she would have if she had been hungry and I know but I felt like I starved her anyway.





Sleep:
Yesterday I put a soft blanket in her crib and laid her on it.  She napped for an hour and half.  I had to wake her up to get her dressed and fed before church.  I don't know if it was just a coincidence and I want to try it again, but I'm nervous to.  I kept checking that monitor.

She also slept from 9 pm Saturday night to 5:30 am Sunday, I nursed her and she slept in until 7 am.

I write these posts throughout the week so I write how it's been going and then the night before I publish it she switches it up just to make me re-write it.  Like this morning she slept in until.......wait for it.....8 am!  I'm pretty sure that hasn't happened ever.  She woke up at 1:30 and 5:30 to nurse though, but I don't care.  8 am is a lot easier to get up at than 6:30.



Misc:  
We didn't get out much this week.  It rained a lot this week so we were stuck inside a lot.

She's become an expert at scooting backwards and has been getting up on all fours a lot lately.

Pictures:

A new garage sale puzzle

Visiting nana at work; she really loved that binder clip.

Exhausted after visiting Nana

She loves that vacuum.