April 21st was Leila 8 month birthday and its amazing the milestones we have crossed. As you know Leila is on solids, but we are pretty consistent to eating 3 meals a day! Yay! It seems that her favorite foods now are the ones mommy makes. (not just tooting my own horn, Brian noticed this!) She has mastered feeding herself gerber lil munchies and any small pieces of fruit you put in her hands. When it comes to favorite foods, there isn't one that she hates. A few flavors that need mixing, like organic spring veggies but with time she eats most. She is definitely a fruit lover! Gets that from Me i think. I am still nursing 3-5 times a day, but she is on mostly food now.
As for movement, she is in constant motion now. She can crawl all over. I have already noticed that when its quiet that means she is typically doing something she shouldn't... like shredding paper! *Side note: When i was little I couldn't pronounce my R's very well, so when watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles i used to call the bad guy the shweddah instead of Shredder*. That has now become Leila's nickname because she will shred any paper product into the littlest pieces. Besides the mess, its the cutest thing. She makes a face like "Ooh look what I'm doing." She has also been pulling herself up on anything. Who knows maybe walking will be soon!
Now as you can see I can talk, but little miss Leila has become quite the talker herself. No true words yet, but the volume has definitely increased. She is constantly laughing and smiling. She is a very happy baby. No teeth yet, but i believe they will be here relatively soon. You can feel them right under the surface. Her favorite playlist is the genius to Layla by Eric Clapton. We use this and slow dance with her at nap and bed time and it works great. Her favorite movie is still Neighborhood Animals by Baby Einstein, yet Finding Nemo is a close second ;)
She is wearing clothes from 6-9-12 months depending on the maker. She still lets me put bows and headbands on her head, but is getting better at removing them, thanks to daddy i think. Her favorite Toy right now is a pink golfball and the foul baseball we got at the rays game, pretty much anything that rolls. She has recently become not a fan of the car seat, i believe due to our 7 hour drive down to the keys, so we are working on getting that back on the good list.
Overall, she is a happy, smiley, gabbing, singing baby girl who loves playing inside and outside!!
Happy 8 months baby Leila!
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