Adelyn’s Eight Months Old!

Once again this post is late. I’m posting it more for my reference than anything! On February 21st Adelyn turned months old!! So check out what Adelyn was up to during her 8th month! Hard to believe I need to be thinking about her 9 month VERY soon!

Her favorite game is peek-a-boo! This month she learned to hold her taggie up by herself to hide! And of course Sophie & her taggie blanket have been a favorites for a long time. She still loves to gnaw on Sophie! I think we might have to retire poor Sophie though. Adelyn threw her out of the cart at Target and Sophie got ran over. Now her squeaker sounds a little horse!

Adelyn continues to be a champ at army crawling!! She’s so quick too!! She will take about 1-2 strides of regular crawling, but then she plops down to her tummy and army crawls. This month she started pulling herself up on whatever is available…coffee table, toys, Mommy, or Daddy, etc!

She celebrated her first Valentines Day this month! She took apple juice Valentine’s to her friends & teachers at daycare. Also at daycare she got her first brownie (not by Mommy & Daddy’s choice). Speaking of daycare she got moved up to the next room on 2/1/12. She was the big girl in the room and now she’s the little peanut again! I’m hoping this doesn’t make her want to do big girl things sooner, although I’m sure it will!

Adelyn has really started to talk this month! Of course her first words were “da da” and “ba ba” despite the fact that I say “ma ma” to her 100 times/day!

We started doing more finger foods with Adelyn this month and she does SO well with them. We’ve done pancakes, waffles, broccoli, green beans, potatoes, cooked carrots, sweet potatoes, and peaches. She also had her first *small* taste of ice cream this month and LOVED it!

We eliminated a feeding this month down to 4/day. I still nurse her in the morning and night before bed. Then she has 2 bottles of breast milk at daycare. Adelyn was completely ready for that change and did really well. She also started getting 3 meals a day. She has cereal or oatmeal with a fruit for breakfast and then a fruit & vegetable for lunch and supper. She also gets 2 snacks a day at daycare. 

Adelyn moved to size 3 diapers this month. They seem SO big, but I’m sure that won’t last long!  And she's wearing just a few size 3-6 mo, mainly 6-9mo, and some 6-12 mo clothes. We're close to retiring those last few 3-6 mo clothes!

*EIGHT MONTH STATS*
weight – aprox. 19lbs
length – didn’t measure her
eating – 100% nursing or breastmilk from a bottle, cereal, & solids
clothes - 3-6 mo, 6-9 mo, and 6-12 mo
diapers - size 3

Toothbrush and No Hair Brush

Now that Adelyn has teeth we’re working on the concept of brushing those cute little teeth! Of course she’s more interested in eating the tooth paste and chewing on the tooth brush…but hey it’s a start!

Just for fun the other night I spiked Adelyn’s hair! She has a bit of natural curl (that I’m really hoping stays!) that makes the spike so much cuter!!

She can’t quite pull herself up to stand in her crib, but she will kneel. After I spiked her hair I stood her up in her crib to pose for a few pictures! 

Can you tell she was pretty proud of herself?!?!!

Sharing

During the time Adelyn was home sick, Daddy had her in her jumper for snack time. Daddy was getting some lunch ready and turned around and noticed the 6-8 puffs he gave Adelyn were quickly gone. He gave her more and then same thing happened again. Then he found the culprit…the dog! Adelyn was feeding Abby! It was so cute! She would feed Abby one and then she would feed herself one! I guess we need to be thankful that she’s good at sharing!

Sick Baby Girl

Adelyn and I went to Omaha for the weekend (more on that later!). Saturday night Adelyn woke up 5 times just screaming. The poor thing wasn’t feeling well. We got an early Monday morning appointment. I thought for sure she had another ear infection, but nope our Doctor said she had strep. He gave us some antibiotics to give her. She continued to run a fever Monday-Thursday ranging anywhere from 100-103.6. Adelyn wasn’t sleeping well either…who would though when you aren't’ feeling well. I stayed home with her Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday and Daddy stayed home with her on Wednesday. The only thing I liked about her being sick is all the snuggles. She didn’t want anything else, but to be held by Mommy or Daddy! I will never say no to that!

We’re praying she sleeps through the night tonight and wakes up fever free!

Adelyn Update

Adelyn has about as many pairs of shoes as her Daddy…but unfortunately we can’t get her to keep them on! Well before we even get to that point, when we are putting them on her, she curls her toes up, and doesn’t want anything to do with the shoes! We will have to keep working on the shoe department!

Adelyn does so well these days playing with her toys…but she would much rather play with the basket!

Or chew on it! That’s her favorite!

Silly girl! Notice her bow & headband is around her neck. She is very good these days about pulling it down. Another thing we’re working on!

Lastly, Adelyn still is not crawling, but she’s probably the fastest army crawler I’ve seen! ‘And she likes to explore all around the house. Her favorite spots are under the bench in the living room and scooting around under the table & chairs!

Finger Foods

Adelyn has really turned into a good eater these days so I decided to try more finger foods. She does so well with Puffs & yogurt melts, so I thought why not try fruits or veggies as finger foods too. I cooked up some broccoli last week and let her go to town! This was her first time trying broccoli and she did SO well!

I love to watche her eat! She concentrates so hard on the food on her tray. They she picks it up and gets in her fist.

Once she has a piece in her fist she brings it up to her mouth and uses the other hand to open up her fist…

And then pushes the food in with both hands! So cute!

By the way, we were finding those little green pieces from the broccoli all throughout her bath that night! Eating foods this way is SO much messier, but fun too! As far as finger foods go, we’ve done broccoli, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and bananas.

Valentines Celebration

Adelyn had a Valentine party at daycare. So Mommy had fun putting together little valentines for Adelyn’s daycare friends and teachers. For her friends I got the toddler size of apple juice boxes, put them in Valentine bags from the dollar section at Target, and finished them off with a printable tag I found on pinterest with a quote on the back that said “Valentine you’re the apple of of me eye”!

For Adelyn’s teachers at daycare I made pretzel buttons. I’ve made these for Christmas before, but never thought of doing them for Valentines Day. Another pinterest find! {love that site!}

Back to the gifts…I used old starbucks frap jars, decorated, filled with Valentine pretzel buttons, and finished with a little stamped tag! Doing these made me excited for the years when Adelyn will be old enough to help with her Valentines…and other crafts!

After work {and daycare} we celebrated with each other at home! Mommy helped Adelyn open her Valentine cards from friends & family and then she opened her gift from Mommy & Daddy! Of course she was more interested in the noisy tissue paper!

Here’s a video of Adelyn opening her gift! She was WAY more interested in the tissue paper and the gift bag!! It’s a bit long, but if you stick around till about the 2 1/2 minute mark you will see she love the “Party Rock” song and at 3 1/2 minutes she’s working on going #2!

After little miss was all tucked in for the night, Mommy & Daddy celebrated together! Daddy made Mommy spaghetti with meat sauce and surprised her with the newest Twlight movie! We spent the evening snuggled on the couch watching our favorite vampires! ha!

It was a perfect day with the 2 people I love most in the world!! I feel so blessed to have an amazing husband and a beautiful baby girl! Hope everyone had a great Valentines day!!