Weight: 20 lbs 9 oz. (In love with your squishy thighs!)
Height: 28.3 inches (major growth spurt!)
Clothes: wearing mostly 9months
Diapers: size 3
Teeth: the count is still at 0
Oh me oh my little pea pod! You are not so “little”
anymore…well in terms of how quickly you are growing these days, but you still
remain the precious little baby of the family for now! And boy are you doted on
around our house…not by just mommy and daddy who are completely smitten over
everything you do, but your sisters adore you! It has been such a blessing to
watch their love for you grow with time. They’ve always loved you, but these
days you are a priority to them. They can’t stand it when you are upset and not
happy and they will bring you anything you need, sing to you, try to make you
laugh, and want to be near you if you are awake at all times! Hearing them sing
to you to try to comfort you has got to be one of the cutest things I’ve ever
laid eyes on. Needless to say, you are one LOVED little girl in this family! It’s
hard to imagine life before you arrived for sure. You sure have captured all of
our hearts. We love you so much sweet Ashton Kate!
Love, Mommy & Daddy
Milestone and Memories from 8-9 months:
-Ever since we dropped the swaddle on 7/14 your sleeping has
been SO much better AND you are officially a
tummy or side sleeper now! You might wake up once or twice and cry a tad, but
generally you will put yourself back to sleep. Your usual these days is down at
night between 7:30-8pm and you will usually sleep til around 6, nurse, and go
back to sleep until 7:45-8:15am when we start our day.
-You are down to 4 feedings a day-8, 12, 4, & 8 give or
take and this 4 hour schedule is WONDERFUL for all of us! You
eat best when holding something in your “free” hand! You take two naps if
we’re home, one around 9:30ish (for about 1-1.5hrs) and the other around
1/1:30ish (usually 2 hrs). If you skip your morning nap, you usually nurse at
12 and fall fast asleep and sleep til 3:30ish (usually all afternoon!)
-As far as eating goes, you are eating 3 meals a day (sometimes 2 if we’re out and you fall asleep before lunchtime) and you are an excellent eater! It’s been so much fun feeding you and letting you try new things! You will usually eat just about anything, although some of our favorites that get you VERY excited are bananas, blueberries, yogurt, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, puffs, & really any fruit mixed in your cereal you will devour! You love when mommy makes you smoothies and the best way to feed them happens to be through a syringe (cleanest method we’ve found, ha!) You have mastered the pincer grasp and do a fabulous job eating diced up finger foods. We’ve tried quite a variety and sometimes it slips out of your hands but you really do enjoy mealtime which is such a breath of fresh air! The only thing you hate about mealtime is having your face washed off-you despise it. Sorry punkin!
-Two of your signature moves these days is opening and shutting both of your little hands very quickly when you’re excited and then the other is when we come in to pick you up and we get you upright in our arms you are a wild girl and you flap back and forth like a porpoise-it’s quite hilarious!
-As far as eating goes, you are eating 3 meals a day (sometimes 2 if we’re out and you fall asleep before lunchtime) and you are an excellent eater! It’s been so much fun feeding you and letting you try new things! You will usually eat just about anything, although some of our favorites that get you VERY excited are bananas, blueberries, yogurt, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, puffs, & really any fruit mixed in your cereal you will devour! You love when mommy makes you smoothies and the best way to feed them happens to be through a syringe (cleanest method we’ve found, ha!) You have mastered the pincer grasp and do a fabulous job eating diced up finger foods. We’ve tried quite a variety and sometimes it slips out of your hands but you really do enjoy mealtime which is such a breath of fresh air! The only thing you hate about mealtime is having your face washed off-you despise it. Sorry punkin!
-Two of your signature moves these days is opening and shutting both of your little hands very quickly when you’re excited and then the other is when we come in to pick you up and we get you upright in our arms you are a wild girl and you flap back and forth like a porpoise-it’s quite hilarious!
-Some new skills you’ve learned this month: scooting backwards and ending up underneath furniture regularly, rolling over constantly in your crib and on the floor, reaching for things and pulling yourself back up into the sitting position, putting your hands up a little to be picked up when we come to you, clapping, and copying/imitating sounds, saying bbb, ddd, mmm, and others that I can’t distinguish J
-Some of your favorite things lately: anything that has a string, tag, or strap that you can put immediately in your mouth, any books that have textured parts to touch, you LOVE your twin sister’s doctor kit-has plenty of things to put in your mouth and to pull out of the box, you LOVE swinging at the park (like huge smiles!!), being outside and taking walks, going wild at bedtime, scooting around in your walker, bouncing when music is playing, bath time, trying to grab remotes and cell phones, playing games back and forth with us (copying sounds or pulling the paci from our mouth and then giving it back), being part of the action! (you love being where the fun is!) and MOMMY-you are in that phase of not wanting mommy out of your sight (even though you don’t love to snuggle, you like to at least be held by mommy!)
-Things you’re not a fan of right now: DOGS, STRANGERS,
& BEING LEFT ALONE: dogs-you are not a fan, you will get all stiff and
start grunting/crying and we can tell you are super curious/afraid, strangers
still-(no rhyme or reason to when you choose to get upset) but you will scream
the hardest, maddest cry ever if someone you don’t know or even some you do
know get in your face to talk to you or play with you. You definitely have to
warm up to people first. And being left alone-you’re totally content playing
independently as long as we’re not in the room but you will cry when we put you
down somewhere and walk away!
-Important dates this month: 7/2-you started rolling over in
your crib and getting stuck on your tummy and in the corners & you also
started scooting all over the carpet just a few days past turning 8mo;
7/9-started scooting backwards on the floor and ending up underneath beds,
crib, couch, and anything else you could slide underneath; 7/12-first time to
the lake and first time to ride on a boat-you fell fast asleep after you got
over the misery of getting your life jacket on! =) 7/24-started rocking on all
4’s; 7/29-started clapping at storytime; 7/28-pulled up for the first time to
standing position-pulled up on changing table from sitting down
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