Taylor will be 8 months next week....it does go fast. However, I can't imagine life without her. She's moving around a lot - not really crawling yet, mostly rolling and moving backwards. We're definitely in child-proofing mode as she can move quickly over to the wall where there's outlets or come face-to-face with Jack within seconds. While Jack has shown absolutely no issues with her, we are careful that she doesn't grab his paw, poke him in the eye, etc. So far so good.
She's also eating real food - here's our basic schedule. She's been going to bed around 7:30 and getting up around 7. I have tried a few nights to not give her any formula but last night she was crying so I did give her 4 ounces. I've made a bunch of food and she loves peaches and pears but she also likes cauliflower, butternut squash, sweet potato. She has liked everything and so I am still nursing 5 times a day and trying to do 3 meals but she's usually not hungry in the morning, probably because that's when I have the most milk. At lunch and at dinner I will do 2 cubes of veggies and then 2 cubes of fruit.
In conjunction with this is her poop. I never thought I'd be so excited about this but she has real poops now and you can tell when she's "working something out" because she gets a little strained. She will go several days without popping but I just try to make sure she gets less formula and more foods with fiber...so far so good.
She still does not have any teeth - probably an okay thing because of nursing but it does seem like it will be soon. She hasn't been too fussy but when she is, it does seem to relate to her teeth so we give her something to use for teething - ice cube, frozen butternut squash in the mesh baggie. She's great but I'm a bit bored. She's fun to hang out with but I wish I had a bit more work...trying to stay busy and get together with friends. My weight has been as low as 145 but it came back up to 147. It's hard to get to step aerobics because of her sleep/eat schedule. We got to Iceland/Finland in 2 weeks and then start her swim classes right after...should be fun!
