So, this month, she perfected sitting up. She doesn't fall back anymore and has a great posture. She has started to produce more sounds, mostly repeats of the same two letters, like this "ja ja ja ja ja" or "da da da da da". Yup, she sometimes says Dada. :) I haven't really her heard her say "mama" but Avikar told me she did one night, when she was calling for me.
She also started crawling around a little. She rocks back and forth on her knees and then pushes forward. AND her big thing is grabbing onto anything, legs, sofas and toys and standing up! All she wants to do is stand up on her own. Her little feet are still too small (I think) but she balances pretty well on them. A lot of the times, she does fall down on her bum.
The falling and hitting her head on things phase had also come upon us. I remember how much I did not like this part of them becoming mobile. Its so hard to catch her always, but even harder to watch her fall and cry. I hope the noggin is pretty hard so she recovers quickly but its really not fun.
And she is still the happiest of babies, always smiling and only fussy when she is hungry, sleepy or wants you to play with her. Which is another change...She doesn't like to be left alone anymore, someone needs to play with her! Of course I love to, but it also makes it a little hard to do any chores. She is so observant when she plays with each toy, she analyses it, turns it around in her tiny hands, and when she realizes someone is watching her, she breaks into a humongous smile.
Here are some pics of the 8 month old!
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| Yup, I'm crawling! |
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| Put that paper down Jiji! |
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