Harper is 8 months old today. She is definitely not a little baby anymore, instead she is teetering between babyhood and toddlerhood. She seems to make her way to whatever she wants, even if it is across the room. Her methods are subtle, little scoots, rolls and inching so that before you know it, she is in something she shouldn't be. She is obsessed with pulling herself up and I'm sure as soon as she masters crawling it will be a matter of hours, not days or weeks before she is pulling herself up, or rather pulling things down on top of her.
She is determined to have fun. Ian and I have both been witness to Harper's tantrums. There she is smiling and eating the remote control. You take it away and she throws her head back, arches her back and screams. Same when you take her out of the tub, rearrange a cookie in her hand, or take dirt out of her hands. Smile...scream. Lovely.
She, as stated before, eats and eats and eats. She throws a fit the entire meal until she begins to feel full, then it is all smiles and giggles and flirting and grins. Nothing can come between her and her food.
She is beginning to talk. Harper now says "Momma" and "Mi" (milk). She can make the sounds "dada", "nana", "baba", and "hi". She razzes whenever she isn't babbling and speaks her own language of clicks and clucks. She will mimic sounds when told to her and loves when I mimic her sounds.
Her recognition and memory are coming along. Harper can now point out people via a look in their direction when you ask "where's momma" or "where's Reggie". She will look around the room for them until she sets eyes on them. She can do the same with eyes, nose, mouth and sometimes belly button.
She can mimic gestures. She will pat me on the back if I pat her on the back. She will raise her hands up if I raise my hands up. She will tap on a toy or her high chair tray if I do so first. She will shake hands, first the right, then the left, depending on which hand is held out to her.
She can kiss. They might be open mouthed, wet, sloppy kisses, but that's what they are. She will sometimes do it when you ask, but definitely she will do it if you are kissing her cheek first.
She now really cuddles. Harper loves to cuddle. She pops her thumb in her mouth and settles into my lap. It is the best. She can fall asleep doing that. So can I.
Overall, it seems like she is just around the corner from her first birthday although I know that she has many, many more milestones to conquer before that time. But for now, I must go feed her meal number 6 today (her afternoon snack which precedes her pre-dinner snack and then dinner). It's no wonder she is growing!
PS- we (Ian, Taylor and myself) all believe that Harper actually visually grew in size this week. She is rounder, longer and her belly is now toppling over itself so that her belly button is facing the ground when she is sitting!
She is determined to have fun. Ian and I have both been witness to Harper's tantrums. There she is smiling and eating the remote control. You take it away and she throws her head back, arches her back and screams. Same when you take her out of the tub, rearrange a cookie in her hand, or take dirt out of her hands. Smile...scream. Lovely.
She, as stated before, eats and eats and eats. She throws a fit the entire meal until she begins to feel full, then it is all smiles and giggles and flirting and grins. Nothing can come between her and her food.
She is beginning to talk. Harper now says "Momma" and "Mi" (milk). She can make the sounds "dada", "nana", "baba", and "hi". She razzes whenever she isn't babbling and speaks her own language of clicks and clucks. She will mimic sounds when told to her and loves when I mimic her sounds.
Her recognition and memory are coming along. Harper can now point out people via a look in their direction when you ask "where's momma" or "where's Reggie". She will look around the room for them until she sets eyes on them. She can do the same with eyes, nose, mouth and sometimes belly button.
She can mimic gestures. She will pat me on the back if I pat her on the back. She will raise her hands up if I raise my hands up. She will tap on a toy or her high chair tray if I do so first. She will shake hands, first the right, then the left, depending on which hand is held out to her.
She can kiss. They might be open mouthed, wet, sloppy kisses, but that's what they are. She will sometimes do it when you ask, but definitely she will do it if you are kissing her cheek first.
She now really cuddles. Harper loves to cuddle. She pops her thumb in her mouth and settles into my lap. It is the best. She can fall asleep doing that. So can I.
Overall, it seems like she is just around the corner from her first birthday although I know that she has many, many more milestones to conquer before that time. But for now, I must go feed her meal number 6 today (her afternoon snack which precedes her pre-dinner snack and then dinner). It's no wonder she is growing!
PS- we (Ian, Taylor and myself) all believe that Harper actually visually grew in size this week. She is rounder, longer and her belly is now toppling over itself so that her belly button is facing the ground when she is sitting!
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