Addison is 8 months old today! This week, Addie and mommy were in Chicago visiting Nana (Kristin's mom). It was a short visit (Monday to Thursday), but a nice and relaxing one. Nana has carpeting throughout her place so Addison had a much easier time crawling around. Nana also lives right next to the airport so when the airplanes flew by, Addie's eyes would open up and she would stare out the windows.
Milestones:
Cartoons: Addie doesn't watch a TON of TV, she seems more interested in things she can play with, but when Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is on she is GLUED!!! We've posted before about how much Addison loves the cartoon Mickey Mouse Clubhouse but I really thought it was just something she would grow out of. Even if she hears Mickey's voice on mommy's iPhone app, she stops what she's doing to listen. We have turned on other cartoons and she will watch for a few seconds or minutes, but seems to lose interest in them quickly. She LOVES Mickey!
Solids: Week two of baby food and Addie is still going strong! Daddy and Mommy have pureed a few other foods (pasta, etc) and she seems to like everything! Our routine right now is that Addie gets solids in the morning before having a bottle and sometimes at dinner. If we try giving her solids after she has had even a little bit of her bottle, she usually wants nothing to do with the solids. It's such a relief to see her finally enjoying ALL solids. I was starting to think we were going to be sending her off to college one day with a cooler full of breast milk!! HA!
Holding bottle: Ok, so we posted last week that she is getting better and better at feeding herself. Now, she's getting better and better at PLAYING with the bottle!! She will start eating and then snap the bottle out of her mouth quickly (the nipple makes a "pop" noise when she does this. Also, she now likes to shake the bottle to hear the 'swish' noise it makes. It's actually really funny to watch her play around now, but I'm sure it will be frustrating when we really want her to eat ;)
Sitting up: Addie has been sitting up for quite a while, but now she's trying to get into a sitting position from laying flat on the ground. She is able to sit up from a reclined position with no problem but when she tries to do it while laying flat, she just ends up on her side.
Crawling: With every day comes a new type of crawling with Addie. Now she crawls out of her "doughnut" pillow. Sometimes she will immediately face plant and sometimes she will catch herself with her hands as she's crawling out of it. She's getting better at it each day though. The house is pretty much "baby proofed" but I'm sure as the crawling progresses, we will find more we need take care of.
More pictures from week 35:
Waking up from a nap at Nana's
Making her "crinkle nose" face
Watching her favorite cartoon,
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Crawling around at Nana's
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