My Little Bug at 8 months old:

• Little Bug is starting to get the hang of crawling!! She’s still got some practicing to do before she really picks up speed but she is getting there more and more everyday. I hope being able to crawl and get to where she wants to go makes Little Bug happier in life. She is sooooo curious about her world and already loves to explore by rolling. Being able to crawl should just make her day!
• I re-introduced solids to her starting on January 15th. So far, she loves squash and green beans and doesn’t care too much for peas. (She will eat the peas but after a few bites she starts to gag.)
• Little Bug is eating more on a 4 hour schedule now with solids at three of those feedings. She eats 5-6 ounces with every bottle.
• Little Bug still takes three naps a day, ranging in length from 1 to 2 hours. Her last nap is only 30 minutes long. Overall, she is a very good napper and naps are only disrupted by teething.
• Little Bug cut two more teeth this month (her front two teeth!). It looks like another top tooth is trying to make an appearance.
• Little Bug went on her first plane ride to visit family in Texas.
• Little Bug reaches for me to pick her up.
• I put Little Bug in the church nursery for the first time on January 17th. She did fabulous and had a good time playing.
• Little Bug says, “Guh!” all the time. She also says, “Buh!” I don’t think they mean anything – it is just sounds she likes to make.
• Little Bug wears mostly 6 month and 6-9 month outfits, although she can still fit into some of her 3-6 month summer outfits and dresses!
• She wears size 3 diapers. I am switching to Pampers Cruisers once all the Pampers Baby Dry are used up. I am finding that she is starting to leak sometimes with the Pampers Baby Dry diapers. She also wears Huggies Size 3 (especially at night).
• Little Bug is such a wiggle worm on the changing table! Sometimes, it is almost near impossible to get a clean diaper on her little behind! :)
• Little Bug still loves her bath time. She now sits up in her baby tub and loves to play with bath toys.
• Little Bug loves to ride in the stroller up to the park in our neighborhood. I put her in the baby swing there and she really enjoys that.

- Elaine