Well we have had a busy month. Baby girl is now crawling and pulling up on everything. She had been acting like she would crawl at the end of her seventh month just rocking back and forth but she didnt take the plunge until about the middle of march-right around 8 1/2 months. Although now she is crawling everywhere and following me around she at first would only crawl to what she wanted, toys etc. But she started pulling up the same day or the next day as she started crawling. It is so funny to try and put her to sleep these days as the second you put her in her crib, she turns over and immediately turns to her side rolls over, gets on her knees, and then grabs the side of the crib and pulls herself up. ALL within about 2-3seconds. Then she grins so big at her new accomplishment. It is the sweetest thing although crazy at times. I used to be able to put her to sleep with her bottle and she would be out but these days its a entire new ball game. My newest trick is to start with a bottle which she will drink about 2 oz and then she starts her game. I usually will play a little with her in her crib such as peekaboo or whatnot but then I will leave and let her play in her crib. She usually will play about 10-15 minutes but then get very angry in which case I go back up there and give her the rest of the bottle which then she will usually go back to sleep. So we will see. Besides crawling and pulling up on everything, she GOT 6 teeth within this month. Its like they all started sprouting at once. The third tooth she got was on her bottom right side, then she got her two front teeth at the same time, then she got her bottom left, and then the two by her front teeth. They are all through the gums and 1/2 way grown. She is also eating all sorts of finger foods like bananas, gerber puffs, veggie sticks (like cheetos), yogurt melts, and some cookies. :)We tried spaghetti at the end of her eight month but it made me nervous so we didnt do it again until recently. She is eating 2 meals per day still usually fruit with oatmeal in the morning and then veggies at night although we have moved to stage 3 foods- chicken noodle dinner and of course the regular squash, sweet potatoes etc. I am trying to add variety to her dinner as I have been doing a lot of the same things. Allison loves loves loves her leap frog table that sings to her. I try to read to her but she still doesnt have much interest in them, usually she bites the books or tries to rip the pages out. We have tried to put her in the duck bath tub a couple more times but she still will not have it and cries everytime its near. We have traveled this month to Austin but that is it. Allison is getting into her own spirit, she is trying to grab the spoon from me when I feed her. She also squirms much more and watches everything. She loves finger foods. She looks for toys when I take them away as well as if I drop them. She is so fun right now and is just so active. I can no longer change her diaper without her squirming and rolling over. Its a new adventure each day :) Stranger anxiety has started, she isnt as easy to hand over to people although she at this point warms up pretty quickly. She also lays her head on my chest and gets shy when im holding her and people come up. Allie is such a ham, when we are out and about, she will just wait until someone looks at her so that she can smile at them. Its absolutely precious.
Things to Remember:
Allison still listens to the sound machine- rock a bye baby-- every night
she is eating almost 6 oz of food per meal and/or botle with 6 oz every 4 hours
she sleeps through the night still from about 7-7
She crawls everywhere
She pulls up on everything
She is in 6-12 month clothing, but 9 months fits perfectly
She gets a bath every night, still in her bumbo chair in the bathtub b/c she hates her duck bathtub
She loves her leap frog table
She does double consonants but no dada, mama, but does like babababa,lalala,
she is starting to squeal and scream a lot
Allison statistics: Weight 17.7, 28%
Height 28.25, 73%
Head 17.5, 63%
