-She is still breastfeeding and eats about 4 times a day and about 2-3 times after she goes to sleep at night
-Sleep is still a challenge, usually takes 2-3 naps a day and if she takes 3, will go to bed at night around 7-8pm and wake up at 7-8pm and if she takes 2 naps, goes to bed around 6:30pm. She starts off sleeping well and then after 5 hours, will wake for a feeding around 11:30pm or so, and will wake again around 1:30am and then again around 3/4am. At this point, I am super tired and bring her into my bed to breastfeed and she usually stays asleep next to me until morning. Still working on getting her to stay in her crib the whole night but the sleep deprivation takes over me and it is much easier to have her sleep next to me than fight rocking her back to bed in her crib at 3am!
-She is eating solids well, favors spinach, butternut squash and sweet potatoes. We are going to try chicken this month and egg yolks for protein
-She is about 17-18 pounds we figured after we weighed her on our scale. At 6 months she was 16 pounds.
-She still wears size 6-9 months clothes
-She loves to play on her playmat with her new toys from Christmas. She also still gets in her exersaucer and Johnny Jump Up at times when she gets bored playing on the floor
-I still try to read her stories each day and before bed, but she still prefers to eat them than listen to them!
-As far as motor skills, she is not crawling yet (which I am not complaining about!) but she enjoys tummy time more and scoots and rocks forward at times and tries to reach for me by holding out her hands.
-She is now rolling over more from back to front but still not yet from front to back. I guess she will master this when she starts to crawl.
-She is babbling more and more now than ever and was doing a lot of 'La La, Ma Ma's' but the past few days is doing Ba Ba' sounds. It's funny, people will call me and ask who is talking in the background and I say, "It's Luna!"
-She loves bath time and hates it when it's time to let the water out of the tub!
-She loves singing songs and her favorite is "Patty Cake." She is excited that we signed up for a Kindermusik class this Spring- it will be a fun mommy and me experience!
-She still loves 'tags' and any toy with a tag on it! She has a few 'taggie' brand toys that she loves!
-She has a little separation anxiety that is common now, and it even peaks around age 12 months, so we'll see how it goes. She doesn't like it when there are other people around and I leave the room but if we are alone, she does better.
-We had her 6 month pictures on the 12th (well, they were her 'sitting up' pictures) and we can't wait to see how they turned out! They should be back in a week or so.
-I am amazed at how far she has come in 8 whole months and I am enjoying staying home with her every day!! I am one lucky mom!