Maddy, Mylee, and Mckynzee: Mylee

8 months

This month I really can't get behind because Mylee has changed so much that I would forget it all if I waited a month to post. So believe it or not but I'm only a day behind and writing this post.

Best shot

Clapping

"Mom, why are you acting like an idiot?"

"Dad, is she for real?"

As I mentioned before, Mylee's big development was her mobility. She started the month off by working really hard to move a few inches and now she is cruising across the living room in a matter of seconds. It truly has been amazing to watch her figure so much out soon after crawling. It didn't take her long to figure out how to get herself back into a sitted position after crawling and now the last week or two she has mastered pulling herself up on just about anything. So she has become quite a handful for us lately, getting into things that she shouldn't (like my fake trees), pulling herself up in her crib (which we had to move down), and not sitting down during bathtime. Its so much fun to see her explore the world around her and try to keep up with Maddy but it has been a challenge at times too. Thank goodness for our basement because she can play for hours down there without causing too much trouble. She is so proud of herself too that its too adorable to actually get mad.

Speaking of being proud of herself...she learned to clap this last week and man does she think she's cool with this one. We've been going to a lot of high school volleyball games lately so I don't know if she picked it up there or what as we really didn't work on it too much at home, but she's got it down and loves to do it. She uses it for the sign more while eating too. We've been working on waving too, but it's taken a back seat to clapping so she doesn't really have it down yet.

Mylee is still taking 4 milk feedings a day (about 6 oz at a time) with me nursing her just in the morning and at night when I'm home with her. She eats 3 solid meals a day too with each meal consisting of about 2 cubes of food with rice or oatmeal. She loves her puffs (any flavor), yogurt melts (strawberry only), gerber biscuits, and lately 'lil crunchies. Mylee figured out how to feed herself finger foods like that right away so that has been really nice because she is pretty content sitting in her high chair feeding herself so that we can get a few things done or eat dinner. This past month we introduced the vegetables: green beans, peas, corn, and cinnamon sweet potato (loves them all) and the fruits: apples (red delicious, gala, and cinnamon), peaches (YUK!, she hates them), and blueberries (not a huge fan either). She seems to really love veggies and is a lot more picky about her fruits. She can really eat, hence, she continues to be a big girl (size 3 diapers still though), but I think she'll start to slow down weight-wise with as active as she is lately.

Lovin' her food

Latest expression when eating

Mylee still has no teeth, which I can't believe, as Maddy had her first at 4.5 months and a mouth full by this time. She has been chewing on her thumb (oh no!) lately though and has a runny nose so maybe soon. She continues to sleep well from about 8:30 pm until 8 am. We do have to get up a few times (at least once a night) to pop the paci back in though. She takes a morning and afternoon nap (about 2 hours each) and is so easy to put down. We've made sure that her naps don't coordinate with a feeding, which has made things nice because she doesn't rely on it to go to sleep and is able to put herself to sleep when she's tired...and its obvious when she is tired because it's one of the only times she gets cranky. Seriously this kid makes me LOVE having a baby in the house again!

Getting pictures of her, on the other hand, I don't love. She won't sit still for them anymore. Ugh.