Lucy's Eighth Month

Lucy is almost eight months old! It is hard to believe that she is growing up so quickly. Despite that she slept well for a couple of days earlier this month, we are still having a rough time getting her to sleep through the night consistently. If anything, it seems like her sleep patterns have gotten worse than what they were like in January. I fear that my milk supply is decreasing, and I worry that she is waking up hungry. Luckily, just over the past three days we have had a major breakthrough with Lucy eating solids (finally!): she will at least open her mouth for a spoon. Just over the weekend we got her to eat peaches, carrots, and rice cereal with quite a bit of success. Let's hope that she can get more calories that way, especially if my supply is decreasing.

I've been thinking lately about how Lucy is different than Sam, partially because of her hesitance to eat solid foods. Sam never had a problem eating solids - at least, he would open his mouth to try them! Lucy also is a little bit of a melodramatic nurser - she dramatically clamps down on me with her gums (and then twists her head away from me while still clamping down - ouch!) to indicate that she is finished drinking. This gets to be a bit of a nuisance when it happens multiple times a day (and at least once at night). She is a silly!

Lucy seems most interested in feeding herself food. I have gotten her to suck on apple slices a few times. She doesn't have any teeth yet, but I hope that we can do more finger foods in the next month or two.

I took this picture to send to my grandma, who bought this outfit for Lucy

An early morning picture, just after she ate. This is one of her "What are you doing?" faces.

Don't be fooled by that messy face and tray - she hardly ate anything during this sitting. But I love her straight smile. It reminds me of the S family smile.

My valentines!

Another valentine shot! Lucy is wearing an outfit from Gram and Bop.

 

 She loves getting to splash in the bathtub with Sam!

Cheesy Bubba Face

This is her "pick me up" pose. When she anticipates getting picked up, her body goes rigid, her arms lift slightly, and she points her toes.

 Where's Lucy?

There she is!

This is her "Where did Sam go?" expression. She looks like this whenever Sam walks out of the room.

She sat in the grocery store cart for the first time this weekend. It's nice to be able to put groceries in the main area of the actual cart again - her carseat would usually take up most of that space before.

I sometimes turn on an episode of Baby Einstein to show Lucy while I am getting ready for the day. Yesterday Sam heard the Baby Einstein music and ran upstairs to watch the show with Lucy. He apparently felt the need to sit in a plastic contraption too, since he grabbed a laundry basket to sit down!

 

They make quite a pair!