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Lucy girl is wild & crazy & awesome these days. She loves being on the go & only slows down typically when she’s hungry or sleepy which is when we can sneak some cuddles.

Girl loves some jewelry! She’s holding on to my necklace as I one finger type right now. Everything goes into her mouth. A top tooth broke through two weekends ago but we have a lot of drool & chewing as we await the other one. As you can see from the photos below even paper & stickers aren’t safe from the Lucy girl’s gums.

Lucy crawls like a champ. And she can also pull up on anything sturdy & somethings that aren’t. I’m often thankful for her fluffy cloth diaper butt for padding. Lucy’s not afraid to crawl over anything or one that’s in her way of what she wants. This typically means Zach’s getting half ran over but also led this past week to her scratching another daycare baby.

Lucy & Zach moved up to the Infant 2 room the first week of Feb. All the babies are 6-12 mos & most are mobile. Its a great fit for them.

And y’all, peer pressure & dedication works. Its like something clicked in Lucy & by the first weekend in Feb, she was eating a lil applesauce on a spoon from my Mom. Lucy’s become a puree eating champ. Ive continued to make some & weve tried yo baby yogurts as well as a variety of fruits & veggies {thanks to my MIL for buying a bunch of pouches}. I’m adding probiotics in the yogurt & rice cereal or oatmeal in the runnier purees. While she will put mum mums, puffs Cheerios & yogurt melts in her mouth, she can kinda take or leave them for the most part. This solids eating has lifted a major worry off my shoulders. I now firmly believe everything in their own time.

And speaking of time, I’ve had a lil more of it {& sleep} recently since Lucy sleeps through the night I’d say 5 out of 7 nights. She’s usually down between 815-930 & wakes up between 630-730. She’ll nap a few times a day – 30-45 min naps to & from daycare & a couple hour nap at daycare.

Lucy’s wearing size 3 Luvs & sharing Zach’s size 2 Honest diapers at night. She’s still in mostly one sized or medium sized cloth diapers for daytime. My busy body has been peeing out the sides of M BG AIO diapers. We might have to start stuffing them.

Lucy wears mostly 9 month or 6-9 mo clothes with a few 6 mo favorites squeezed on as tops vs tunics. She’s in 9-12 mo the children’s place onesies & pants. I racked up on their $2.99 sale & have been loving what I bought from TCP for her.

Lucy is still a bit of a daddy’s girl & added da da to her vocal favorites within the last month. I’m so jealous & keep repeating mama mama to {so far} no avail.

Her personality is really shining through these days & its so cute. She’s a little bit serious & slower to smile, but Lucy has the best laugh.

Happy belated 9 months Lucy girl!

I’ve decided to add the Baby Center milestones to their posts as I think they’re pretty well caught up developementally.

Master Skills {most kids can do}: Stands while holding onto something YES
Jabbers or combines syllables YES
Understands object permanence I THINK SO

Emerging Skills {half of kids can do}: Cruises while holding onto furniture YES
Drinks from a sippy cup WE HAVEN’T REALLY TRIED MUCH
Eats with fingers YES
Bangs objects together I THINK SO

Advanced Skills {a few kids can do}: Plays patty-cake and peek-a-boo NOPE
Says “mama” or “dada” to the correct parent NOPE

My Lucy girl. You’re eight months! So close to ONE that some days I want to put a book on your head & stop time. Other moments, I’m so excited to see what’s coming next from you.

You’ve become our escape artist this month. Daycare calls you a magician. No matter how we fasten you into a seat be it a bumbo or bouncy seat or the circle ones at daycare, you manage to hurl yourself out of them.

Because you want to be on the floor. On the move! This past month, you learned to crawl. And now there’s no stopping you. You’re so cute doing it too ~ arms swing around like a freestyle swimmer, knocking over everything {including your brother} in your way. You can crawl up over toys & into the excersaucer & across the room to get to want you want; typically your brother, toys, car seats or me.

No more putting you in one spot & you still remaining there minutes seconds later. This is very fun but also means that we will soon be breaking out the baby gates & pin we got to contain y’all.

Your new favorite object is our remote control. You love fighting your daddy for control of it. This past weekend, I bought you a remote of your own at Target. You like it a lot, especially if Dad plays with it first & you manage to ‘steal’ it from him. Speaking of stealing toys, you’re kinda getting famous for this at home. Anything Brother’s happily, quietly playing with suddenly becomes your most.favorite.thing.ever. It’s cute & funny for now. As the bigger sister, you get away with it. But lessons in sharing are coming.

At the doctor last Friday {a follow up to check your breathing from having RSV}, you weighed 16lb 11.5 oz. You’re mommy’s big girl although the PA Thursday kept calling you a lil peanut! Sometimes I forget that you’re actually on the smaller side for your age!

Lucy girl wears mostly 6 month clothes & pjs, but I’ve brought out some 9 month Carter’s outfits & ordered 9 mo onesies from Target for the first Valentine ’s Day.

The one size & medium sized cloth diapers fit really well. Although thanks to your first round of ear infections & antibiotics, you’re currently crying through our first bad diaper rash. We’ve been trying the myriad of samples of creams & trying what the pediatrician recommended for fighting yeast. Because of all this, you’ve been wearing your size two disposable diapers recently. I noticed at Target Sunday that you’d fit in size threes now too. I’m not ready for that. Size three sounds all grown up!!

You remind me that you’re not grown up when it comes to eating. You’re so silly. You immediately start complaining when you see that bowl & spoon. Even before you taste the solids. I’m trying my best to outsmart you because I know that somewhere deep down, you’ll love bananas, avocado, peas, & sweet potatoes. Eventually. Thankfully, you’re still a rockstar nurser {morning, evening & occasionally overnight} & drink your bottles down without a hitch every day at daycare.

You’ve slept through the night just enough that I know you can do it, Lucy girl. It takes the perfect combo of a short post-daycare nap, a lot of mommy’s milk & snuggles right before bed. Plus a few sleep dances from me & fingers & toes crossed. 😛 You’re on your way to being a great sleeper & we love to hear you wake up in the morning on your own. All coos & wiggles from your crib {which you haven’t quite managed to escape from, yet}.

Happy eight months {& three days} to you Lucy!

Oh our Lucy girl. She’s such a joy. I’m about writing this a week late because we’ve been busy celebrating the Christmas holiday with family. Lucy & Zach too have been spoiled with love & hugs & kisses this week. I’ll post about their first Christmas soon. Back to Lucy girl.

I weighed us on her month day & she’s about 17 pounds now. We’re still putting 6 month clothes on her, but in cloth diapers they’re getting tight. I hit up after Christmas sales at the children’s place & bought my baby 9-12 mo clothes. Crazy how quick she’s growing.

She’s almost sitting independently & very very very close to crawling. She loves to move the little beads across the bar on the exersauser. She likes us singing, reading, bouncing & dancing! She’s getting good at standing too.

Lucy often gets attacked by the sock monster & is thrilled when she finds herself sock less. It’s then that she can most easily grab her toes & stuff them in her mouth!

Lucy’s still a fabulous nurser and she’s learned to help hold her 5 oz bottles. She eats every 3-4 hours. We started her with solids right after their 6 mo appointment & she is not a fan. It’s like shes personally offended I’m not giving her the boob. She has tolerated bananas & kinda like the peas we tried this week.

She continues to do a good job sleeping. Typically waking up once a night for a quick nursing session. She still takes smaller naps.

Lucy experienced her first (since postNICU) antibiotics  during the past month when she had hand foot mouth & an eye infection. She handled both the eye drops & dealing with the blisters on her hands, feet & bottom like a champ.

Happy {super late} seven months baby girl! Here’s hoping the sweet Santa outfit photos from your month day make it off the camera & on here before your eight month post!