I blinked, and she’s 8 months old!
At 8 months, Sophie says “mamama” all the day long and it is the most beautiful sound! Music to my ears!! She’s also experimenting with lots of other sounds, like “baba” and “vava”… still waiting on “dada!”
Her new trick is standing up! She has to lean on something, of course, but loves it and has such good balance! It is all she wants to do these days! She is also pretty mobile, and will not sit still if you set her down somewhere. She’s not crawling yet, but ohhhh she is CLOSE. She rolls around and goes from lying to sitting up fluidly.
She loves to swing and is really good at sitting up and playing with toys. She especially loves her blocks, her brother’s balls, her dollies and books! Although she’ll eat the books if we aren’t careful. ;) She and Sam actually “play” together now, and it’s the cutest.
She loves her daddy and mama, and is absolutely obsessed with her brother and her cat! She follows Sam’s every move! She is going to be running around with him in no time! Eek!
She is such a good napper, and takes 3 (sometimes 4) naps a day. Her wake time has been pushed up to about 2 hours and bedtime is 7-ish. A rough schedule these days:
7:00 – wake and nurse
7:30 – breakfast
8:30 – nap
9:30 – wake and nurse
11:30 – nap
1:00 – wake and nurse
1:30 – lunch
3:00 – nap
4:30 – wake and nurse
5:30 – dinner
6:30 – bottle
7:00 – bedtime
She LOVES food!! Meals with her are pure joy! Bananas, blueberries, Cheerios, crackers, sweet potatoes, spinach, apple sauce… The only thing she’s tried and doesn’t seem to like too much is avocado.
My girl- we are so blessed by you every day. We are 8 months into our journey of forever with you, our little angel, and I still pinch myself that you’re ours. From the moment we knew you were growing inside of me, you were my every prayer, my dream, my hope. We have been waiting for you our whole lives- and I’m so happy it was you all along.
xo
p.s. Sam at 8 months! :)
Happy 8 months, Sophie! Love her little boots!!
She’s beautiful and getting so big! It looks like a great schedule too.
She is so cute! It is crazy how fast kids grow up!
Hi Katie,
Really, we feel pretty good when the child calls mother ‘mamma’ first time and I think, it is the first biggest gift by the child to his mom. She is looking so lovely and her smile is so sweet. I know your excitement to see the baby growing near you. This is one of wonderful experience of mom, who love so much her baby.
A child who loves so much to her mom and dad, is really awesome. Glad to hear about that she loves food such as bananas. It’s really awesome when a child start eating food and we offer too much a food to a child to eat.
Thanks for sharing your lovely experience with Sophie, :)
Keep sharing.
– Ravi.