Sunday, January 22, 2012

8 Months Old!

These are pictures of Noelle I took on 1.20.12



This chair upholstery is so interesting!




Oh and look at those feet!

So Noelle is 8 months old... not too much has changed, which is both good and bad ;)

On the sleeping front - at home she takes two 1.5-2 hour naps, goes to bed for the night between 615 and 700 and wakes up around 6-7am.  She still wakes up two times in the middle of the night to eat - around 1230 and 4ish.  The goal this month is to get her to one feeding overnight and to get her in Brady's room full-time. 

On the feeding front, she HATES all food.  Purees, crackers, puffs, regular food.  All of it.  She watches us eat with extreme interest but if you give it to her, she either gags on it or holds it in her mouth until it dribbles out.  Per doctor's suggestion, we are giving her a break for the next few weeks and then we'll try again with the goal of getting her on real food between 9-12 months.  Mommy has her fingers crossed because pumping after Noelle turns one is not on the work agenda. 

Development-wise, Noelle sits like a champ and will rock on her hands and knees if she's on carpet.  No crawling yet, but she can pivot and turn her body around.  She also LOVES to stand with assistance either from us or one of her toys.  She doesn't pull up to stand yet, but she definitely prefers to stand at least 50% of the time she's up.  She also has started to babble.  So far we've heard: gaga, baba, and dada.  Daycare says they've heard mama but we haven't yet.  She is really vocal now, growling and screeching all the time too. 

She also got her second ear infection and round of antibiotics shortly after the first one (at the end of December).  She hates medicine... But we've been medicine free for a few weeks now and fingers crossed we can avoid ear infections for the rest of the winter.  

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