Vivian Kate | 8 months

Sweet Vivi,

Time is flying! Your personality is growing and you are just so much fun. You squeal and bury your face in me when you get excited. I love watching you grow and I can't imagine my life without you in it!

Weight

21 lbs. Big girl!

Sleep

We went through a rough patch in the sleep department last week when she was sick. She woke up multiple times a night and I ended up having to rock her to sleep. I think we are finally back on the right track though. We have a strict bedtime routine. Bottle at 7:15pm, she falls asleep while I rock her, then in the crib she goes. She was waking up at 5:30am for a bottle but we nipped that in the bud. So usually she sleeps 7:15pm-6:30am.

We finally have a somewhat regular nap schedule. She is taking two naps a day. They are usually 9-10:30ish in the morning then 1:30-3:30ish in the afternoon. Sometimes they are shorter and she will take a third short nap late afternoon.

Vivi's pajamas (similar)

Eat

She drinks 5oz every 3ish hours, so typically 25oz a day. She loooves eating and hasn't met a fruit or veggie she doesn't like. She gets solids/purees 3x a day at meal times. We also just started soft finger foods like bananas, kiwis, strawberries, etc. She thinks she is such a big girl feeding herself! I am still making all of her baby food but it is getting hard to keep up because she eats so much! I think this will I am going to give her a scrambled egg and may try peanut butter as well.

Clothes

She is in mostly 12m clothes right now. She has a few 9-12m and they are getting super snug. And 12-18m are still a tad too big.

Vivi's outfit sold out but similar here

Likes

Loves to eat! Her favorites are pears, apples, sweet potatoes, prunes, and mangos. She loves her puffs. Still really enjoys her exersaucer and jumper. She is always content outside so we go on lots of walks. Her very favorite thing to do outside is ride in her ride cruiser car. She thinks she is such a big girl in that thing, it's adorable! She loves sitting on the porch waiting for her daddy to get home from work and her face lights up when we go in her room in the morning.

Dislikes

There aren't many dislikes, thankfully. She doesn't enjoy having her hands and face wiped after she eats. She also doesn't enjoy being in the car for long periods of time (but who does?!). Overall, she has become a very happy baby!

bear beanie

Milestones

You had your first ear infection and cold this month. Not a good milestone but something to document nonetheless. It was so sad! We got home from your baptism and you felt warm so I took your temp and it was 102.6*. I took you to the doctor and they diagnosed you with an ear infection. You never even got fussy... if it weren't for your fever I never would have known! I left you overnight for the first time this month when I went to Key West. It was so hard leaving you and I decided only family vacations from now on :) No signs of crawling yet, you'd prefer for us to carry you everywhere. You are trying to start pulling up on stuff though.

Vivi's pjs sold out but similar here