Our sweet girl is 8 months old! She is still such a peanut. I weighed her a few weeks ago and she was 15 lbs 11oz. She is still wearing 3-6 months clothes! I have tried a few 6-12 month clothes on her and they are huge. I am struggling to decide what size I need to buy her for the fall and winter. I am guessing at this point she will be in 6-12 month through the winter. I’m not use to having such a tiny baby!
Noelle continues to be a good eater. She does prefer to be spoon fed instead of feeding herself. She will eat just about anything and for the most part eats whatever we do. New favorites are scrambled eggs, pasta, and anything sweet mommy will share with her! I am so thankful that she doesn’t seem to have the texture aversions like Ethan did. We still joke that she eats a bigger variety of food than Ethan. She definitely doesn’t eat much but is always willing to try something new. She is still nursing 4 times a day. We are practicing with a sippy cup but she usually isn’t very interested in it.
Noelle is finally sleeping through the night more often than not. She has been sick so often over the past few months and it has really interrupted her sleep at night. She now sleeps from 7:30-6:30ish most nights and takes 2 naps a day. Her naps are always unpredictable, anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours. She is very flexible and doesn’t get too mad if her nap is late or short. She still doesn’t nap well in the car, so we try to be home as often as possible for naps.
Noelle is crawling like a champ, pulling up on everything, trying to climb stairs, and trying to stand on her own. We have caught her a few times after she had climbed up to the first step. We have practiced walking and she is starting to take steps forward when I told on to her hands. She will also pull up on something and try to let go briefly. She is very strong and determined! Very recently she has started “talking.” Instead of just babbling she has started saying “da da da da.” She has started to take an interest in books, and I’m hoping she will enjoy them as much as Ethan did as a baby. She enjoys a variety of toys and likes to be in the middle of whatever her big brother is doing.
Noelle is still such a little sunshine. She is almost always happy and loves to giggle ferociously. She thinks her big brother is hilarious. There are times where the two of them will play together so well and she will laugh hysterically at whatever he is doing. The only thing she really doesn’t like is her car seat. We just switched her to her convertible seat which isn’t quite as reclined, so we are hoping that will get better. We are soaking up her sweet gummy smile (no teeth yet) and fuzzy head, as we know how quickly these next 4 months will go until she’s not a baby anymore!
