Eight Months Old

Cameron is Eight Months Old!

October 13, 2010

Weight: 15 pounds 4 ounces

Length: 27 inches

Head: 43 centimeters

Our little Cameron is another month older and wiser. She is getting more and more mobile everyday, so she really keeps us on our toes. Gone are the days when we could just leave her laying on a blanket and run into the other room for a second. Now if we do that we come back and she's playing with the radio (which is a big no no) or getting into some other sort of mischief.

The measurements above are actually from last week. I took Cameron into the doctor's office on Wednesday to get a weight and measurement check. She is such a little peanut that the doctor wanted to do a check to make sure she is growing like she should be. Luckily, they said that she is growing fine, she's just little. She is in the 20-25th percentile for weight, the 55th percentile for length and the 45th percentile for head circumference. I asked my mom about it and she said that both my sister and I were the same way when we were babies.

So Cameron, what are you up to at eight months old?

• You are eating solid foods twice a day now and you've really gotten the hang of eating. You generally eat between 2 and 3 ounces of "real" food at a time now.
• You've tried patty pan squash, apples, avocados, pears, pumpkin and acorn squash this month. You seemed to like all of them except for the avocados—I don't think you like the texture of them very much.
• You started pulling yourself up to your knees and feet and you do it extremely well.
• We found you standing in your crib one day so we had to move the mattress down to a lower level.
• You climbed up a few stairs all by yourself. We don't let you play on the stairs too much so you haven't had much of a chance to really master that skill yet, but you do pretty well when you have the chance.
• You made your first trip to the library for story time this month. We got to sing songs and hear stories, so you enjoyed it.
• You take two naps a day, one in the morning from about 9:00am to 11:00am and another one in the afternoon from about 1:30pm to 3:00pm. Every once in awhile you'll take a short little cat nap in the evening that will help get you though until bedtime.
• You usually wake up at about 7:30am and go to bed about 8:00 or 8:30pm and you almost always sleep through the night.
• You are still wearing your 6 month clothes, but getting pretty close to graduating up to 9 month clothes.
• You love to play with the radio. We've had to start telling you "no no" and you don't really like it. It's funny to watch the wheels turn in your head as you decided whether or not your going to listen to us when we tell you no.
• You are beautiful, funny and very smart. We really enjoy seeing you explore the world, learn about how stuff works and push yourself to accomplish new things.

Pictures from the past months:
September, August, July, June, May, April, March