8 months

Lucy is 8 months old!  I can hardly believe it.  Her babyhood (if that is a word) has passed so much quicker than Emma's.  She is the happiest baby, and plays so well alone (unfortunately she has to sometimes).  Still no teeth, but I think she might be working on one.  We started introducing solids around 6 months, so there's a few she can eat...pears, sweet potatoes, carrots, prunes, squash, butternut squash, avocado...and the sweet potato flavored puffs.  We started apples this week, and I think will do green beans next.  She likes to eat, but her appetite isn't what it used to be.  Her weight gain has really slowed down...she's been in 9 month clothing for probably 2 months now, although I think we'll be moving up to 12 month soon.  We've finally gotten her out of the swaddle...last night was the first night we had tried it.  She needed her pacifier to go to sleep but slept all night.  For some reason she immediately rolls onto her belly, and then gets upset as if she can't roll back over.  But she can.  And she will always sleep on her stomach now anyway, so I don't know why she gets so upset.  She goes to bed around 7:15 and gets her medicine at 7am, then gets up at 7:30.  She's almost always already awake by 7...both of my girls are going to be early risers apparently.  She takes two naps a day, from 9:45-11:45 and 2-4.  Usually one nap is great and the other is only ok.  She's still on Prevacid, but we're hoping to start trying over the counter in another month or so to save us some money.  Her reflux seems to be really well controlled right now, and the spitting up has almost stopped completely.  Woohoo!  I can't believe how suddenly she improved, but I'm so glad.  Lucy sits up all the time now, but still falls over after a while.  She would much rather be standing and thinks it's so funny to try to walk holding our hands.  She can't stand alone and doesn't really try to pull up yet, but loves to have us help her stand.  We finally got her in a pool for the first time this past weekend.  She got in the big pool and also in our small inflatable pool.  She seemed to like it, but I hate keeping her outside too long in the heat.

I am still having a hard time believing she is so close to turning one already.  She has been so much fun, and her and Emma love each other so much.  Nick and I have been really surprised at how well they get along and play with each other.  She has added so much joy to our family.