Well, I missed month 1-8. But it is never too late to begin, right? Here is a recap of Maddy at 8 months. (I'm totally stealing this idea from my sister, Lisa. I thought it was so neat that she recaps her son's favorites and happenings every month)
How am I sleeping?
Better than I was - but not as good as my peers. It also depends on if I'm teething. Last week, her 2nd tooth was poking through - so she was awake 3 times.
No matter how much I let her cry it out, I cannot seem to cut down her feedings. When I go in there - she is literally pulling at my shirt with her mouth wide open. So clearly she's hungry. She eats 2 times/night and luckily goes right back to sleep. It is what it is.
What am I eating?
While we have had breastfeeding and bottle refusal struggles - I am so glad that taking to food as been relatively smooth. We are doing baby led weaning, and Maddy really enjoys most every food I've given her.
Her favorite foods are scrambled eggs, apples, and cheese! I also will roll up a tortilla with avocado and give that to her as a treat. I guess tortillas are frowned upon because of their nutritional content, but I like balance. And tortillas...:)
Here she is enjoying some soba noodles, ground turkey, and zucchini.
How often do I eat?
Oh man, that continues to be a struggle. But I guess I'm a full time mom - and this is what I'm getting "paid" to do. Lol.
Maddy eats every 3-4 hours. And then you add in 2-3 real food meals/day. I feel like I'm constantly either breastfeeding, preparing food, or washing dishes.
What are my favorite toys?
Dog food, dog water, cook books, and all the things I'm not supposed to get into.
When Mom is doing a good job at supervising me, I love to play with wooden puzzles (mostly just chew on the pieces) and balls.
What makes me cry?
Car rides. That's basically the only time she ever cries. I have tried everything - and she just doesn't seem like it. It is what it is...we gotta go places so I just deal with it.
What makes me laugh?
She really makes us work for her giggles. She finds sneezing very entertaining as well as peek-a-boo and, of course, tickling. But I try to keep the tickling to a minimum - as there is nothing is this world I hate more than being tickled so I have empathy. Ha
What's keeping mama busy?
We are currently trying to sell our house - so I have been doing a lot of packing/decluttering/cleaning to attempt to make our home look like a single OCD person lives here (not 2 busy adults, an 8 month old, and a golden retriever). In addition to that - Maddy crawls and climbs into everything. So it keeps me on my toes all day long! But it's fun - and fills my heart.
While she's a very high-energy baby - she's so happy and silly!
Here is our attempt at a family picture in front of our cabin the weekend we closed!
Maddy loves looking out windows that are her height. I always wonder what she's thinking about...
Comments
I hope she starts to need less feedings but it's so different from baby to baby. It took us until about 10-11 months to cut Paul's night feedings. He had all the ear trouble so we didn't feel we could cut them until after he got tubes at 9m. I look back at that time and wonder how we did it, although it was a little easier because he was bottle fed so we split the nights. But still - that was a rough stage for us and I think we were always a little bleery eyed!
She's such a cutie, though! Don't worry about tortillas. Like you said it's all about balance. I tried giving Will a tortilla when we had tacos and he did not like it! It was corn since that's all we buy w/ my gluten intolerance so maybe that is too strong of a scent for him or something? Who knows. His favorite food is banana pancakes which is a fave of Paul's - you mix a mashed banana with one egg, add cinnamon and vanilla. They are very thin and crepe-like so can be tricky to flip. We put PB on them. Paul likes his rolled up and sliced. I fold Taco's in half and cut into strips. They love them and they are very nutritional! I heard about them on a dieticians blog.
Good luck on the house selling and buying. It will be interesting to see how the next weeks go.